Nunu & Willump with Rek'Sai
How to Synergize Nunu & Willump and Rek'Sai
based on 68 Nunu & Willump with Rek'Sai pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Nunu & Willump Rek'Sai Synergy Summary
Best Nunu & Willump vs Rek'Sai Counter Build
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Core Nunu & Willump Items
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Guide to Synergizing Nunu & Willump and Rek'Sai
Tips for Playing as Nunu & Willump with Rek'Sai
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 Rek'Sai Will Play
Keeping tunnels spread out across the map will ensure you have choices when you want to cast Void Rush.
Cast Burrow before travelling around the map to take advantage of the increased Move Speed and the safety provided by Tremor Sense.
Tremor Sense can warn you of enemies closing in, and is particularly useful when entering enemy territory.
Nunu & Willump Rek'Sai Synergy Stats
How to Play with Rek'Sai as Nunu & Willump in LoL
The Nunu & Willump Rek'Sai synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Rek'Sai, 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 very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Rek'Sai. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Rek'Sai helps Nunu & Willump perform not as well in competitive League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.
When Nunu & Willump plays on the same team as Rek'Sai, he sees a small decrease in his full damage dealt. This could indicate that Rek'Sai doesn't help cover for him to deal more damage or that his presence on the team also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Nunu & Willump is played with Rek'Sai on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Rek'Sai. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Rek'Sai.
Moreover, when Nunu & Willump plays with Rek'Sai on the same side, he usually takes less damage than when he plays alone. Receiving not as much damage could indicate that Rek'Sai does a decent job of covering Nunu & Willump during team fights.
Synergies between Nunu & Willump and Rek'Sai
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Is Nunu & Willump better when played alongside Rek'Sai?
There is no one best companion for Nunu & Willump that will no matter what be his top ally. Yet, Rek'Sai is a very bad teammate for Nunu & Willump. By playing on the same team as Nunu & Willump, he lowers their win rate by -7.8% to 39.7%. This proves that there is a very bad synergy between Nunu & Willump and Rek'Sai that allows them to perform not as well together than alone.
Rek'Sai has a lower difficulty than Nunu & Willump. That means you don't need to be cautious when lining up Rek'Sai allies to play with, as they will need a relatively low level of skill to be able to cooperate well with you.
When playing alongside, Nunu & Willump players should see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to dish out massive AD. When paired, these champs can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.
In contrast, by grouping Nunu & Willump and Rek'Sai together, you will not be granting your side much support. Make sure to have other champs on your team that offsets this gap in this pairing's kit.
Regardless of the ability of your Rek'Sai ally, you need to focus on maximizing your income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Nunu & Willump to synergize with Rek'Sai during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League, you should continue reading to learn some more tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you mind the build and stats presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The top items to prioritize in your Nunu & Willump and Rek'Sai synergy build consist of Knight's Vow, Frozen Heart, and Liandry's Torment. When Nunu & Willump incorporated at least these three great items in his build, he performed significantly better when paired up with Rek'Sai than with most other typical builds. In fact, Nunu & Willump boasted an average win rate of 39.7% when playing alongside Rek'Sai with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of beating your oponents, Nunu & Willump players should use the Phase Rush, Nimbus Cloak, Celerity, Waterwalking, Eyeball Collection, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune builds we have analyed for Nunu & Willump and Rek'Sai pairings, this mix of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 39.7% winrate overall.
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