Nunu & Willump with Lucian
How to Synergize Nunu & Willump and Lucian
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Nunu & Willump Lucian Synergy Summary
Best Nunu & Willump vs Lucian Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Nunu & Willump and Lucian
Tips for Playing as Nunu & Willump with Lucian
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 Lucian Will Play
For optimal burst, try to combine Relentless Pursuit into Piercing Light.
Ardent Blaze actually explodes in a star pattern. Try to line it up so the spokes hit enemy champions.
Because of Lightslinger, Lucian benefits more from Attack Damage than he does from Attack Speed.
Once you have chosen an angle for The Culling, you cannot change it. Pick your moment well!
Nunu & Willump Lucian Synergy Stats
How to Play with Lucian as Nunu & Willump in LoL
The Nunu & Willump Lucian synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Lucian, 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 Lucian. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Lucian helps Nunu & Willump perform poorer in ranked League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Nunu & Willump plays on the same team as Lucian, he sees a small increase in his complete damage output. This change may demonstrate that Lucian supports by providing protection for him to deal more damage or that his participation also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Nunu & Willump is played with Lucian on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Lucian.
Additionally, when Nunu & Willump plays with Lucian on the same team, he usually receives a little more damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt more damage may indicate that Lucian does a poor job of protecting Nunu & Willump in teamfights.
Synergies between Nunu & Willump and Lucian
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Is Nunu & Willump better when played alongside Lucian?
There is no universally accepted best companion for Nunu & Willump that will always be his top synergy. Yet, overall, Lucian is a very typical teammate for Nunu & Willump. By playing on the same team as Nunu & Willump, he drops their win rate by -0.8% to 46.7%. This shows that there is only a small bond between Nunu & Willump and Lucian that allows them to perform worse together than without each other.
Lucian has a greater difficulty than Nunu & Willump. That means Nunu & Willump players should be very careful when lining up Lucian allies to fight alongside, as they will need a greater level of skill to cooperate well with you.
Working together, Nunu & Willump players will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal physical damage. Together, these two should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.
Although, by bringing Nunu & Willump and Lucian together, you may not be providing your other teammates a great deal of support. Plan to include other champs on your team that neutralizes this relative gap in their playstyle.
Regardless of the ability of your Lucian ally, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Nunu & Willump in order to synergize with Lucian during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends matches, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The most crucial finished items to focus on in your Nunu & Willump and Lucian synergy build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Hextech Rocketbelt, and Shadowflame. When Nunu & Willump included at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better when fighting alongside Lucian than with many other common item sets. In fact, Nunu & Willump had an average win rate of 46.7% when playing alongside Lucian with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest probability of vanquishing your oponents, Nunu & Willump players should equip the Phase Rush, Nimbus Cloak, Celerity, Waterwalking, Eyeball Collection, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune builds players chose for Nunu & Willump and Lucian pairings, this combination of runes yielded the top win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 46.7% win rate overall.
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