Nunu & Willump with Kalista
How to Synergize Nunu & Willump and Kalista
based on 797 Nunu & Willump with Kalista pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Nunu & Willump Kalista Synergy Summary
Best Nunu & Willump vs Kalista Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Nunu & Willump and Kalista
Tips for Playing as Nunu & Willump with Kalista
Consume allows Nunu to stay in a lane against ranged opponents.
You can choose to interrupt Absolute Zero early for partial damage if an opponent is about to run out of range.
It's often beneficial to delay the casting of Absolute Zero until the initial round of disables are used. Try to hang back before rushing into a team fight.
Advice to Understand How Kalista Will Play
Rend is a valuable last hitting aid, since its cooldown resets if it kills a target.
Entering a move order once to trigger Martial Poise will not clear Kalista's basic attack target.
Due to her passive, Kalista's Move Speed is effectively increased by Attack Speed.
Nunu & Willump Kalista Synergy Stats
How to Play with Kalista as Nunu & Willump in LoL
The Nunu & Willump Kalista synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Kalista, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Nunu & Willump sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Kalista. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Kalista helps Nunu & Willump perform not as well in competitive League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Nunu & Willump plays on the same team as Kalista, he observes a barely noticable drop in his total damage dealt. This change could signal that Kalista does not support by providing protection for him to dish out more damage or that her presence on the team also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Nunu & Willump is played together with Kalista on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Kalista. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Kalista.
Additionally, when Nunu & Willump plays with Kalista on the same side, he typically receives a little less damage than when he fights alone. Taking not as much damage may mean that Kalista does a decent job of covering Nunu & Willump during team fights.
Synergies between Nunu & Willump and Kalista
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Is Nunu & Willump better when played alongside Kalista?
There is no top synergy for Nunu & Willump that will always be his ideal teammate. Yet, Kalista is a very bad ally for Nunu & Willump. By playing on the same side as Nunu & Willump, she drops their win rate by -3.5% to 44.0%. This clearly indicates that there is a terrible synergy between Nunu & Willump and Kalista that allows them to perform worse together than alone.
Kalista has a greater difficulty than Nunu & Willump. That means Nunu & Willump players need to be very careful when enlisting Kalista teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a greater level of skill to fight well with you.
Working alongside, you should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to dish out massive AD. Combined, these champions can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
Although, by grouping Nunu & Willump and Kalista together, you will not be providing your other allies very much support. Make sure to bring other champions on your team that fills this relative hole in their playstyle.
Regardless of the ability of your Kalista ally, you need to focus on increasing your income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Nunu & Willump in order to synergize with Kalista during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL rounds, you should keep reading to pick up some more tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you use the build and tips presented above, you should increase your win rate by a lot.
The best finished items to include in your Nunu & Willump and Kalista synergy build include Kaenic Rookern, Frozen Heart, and Liandry's Torment. When Nunu & Willump combined at least these three great items in his build, he did significantly better as an ally of Kalista than with many other common builds. In fact, Nunu & Willump had an average win rate of 44.0% when playing alongside Kalista with these items in his kit.
To have the best probability of defeating your oponents, you should equip the Phase Rush, Nimbus Cloak, Celerity, Waterwalking, Cheap Shot, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune sets we have analyed for Nunu & Willump and Kalista pairings, this order of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 44.0% winrate overall.
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