Nunu & Willump with Skarner
How to Synergize Nunu & Willump and Skarner
based on 71 Nunu & Willump with Skarner pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Nunu & Willump Skarner Synergy Summary
Best Nunu & Willump vs Skarner Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Nunu & Willump and Skarner
Tips for Playing as Nunu & Willump with Skarner
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 Skarner Will Play
Impale is extremely powerful when you use it to position an enemy so your allies can attack them.
Basic attacks reduce the cooldown of Crystal Slash. Use them as often as possible for maximum damage.
Capturing Crystal Spires before attempting neutral objectives or team fights around them improves Skarner's performance in said fights dramatically.
Nunu & Willump Skarner Synergy Stats
How to Play with Skarner as Nunu & Willump in LoL
The Nunu & Willump Skarner synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Skarner, 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 Skarner. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Skarner helps Nunu & Willump perform worse in competitive League rounds. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.
When Nunu & Willump is paired with Skarner, he sees a small increase in his complete damage dealt. This change may indicate that Skarner supports by providing protection for him to dish out more damage or that his participation also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Nunu & Willump is played with Skarner on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Skarner.
Moreover, when Nunu & Willump plays with Skarner on the same side, he typically receives much less damage than when he fights alone. Receiving not as much damage may indicate that Skarner does a decent job of covering Nunu & Willump in team fights.
Synergies between Nunu & Willump and Skarner
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Is Nunu & Willump better when played alongside Skarner?
There is no one best synergy for Nunu & Willump that will 100% of the time be his best teammate. However, Skarner is a below average ally for Nunu & Willump. By being on the same side as Nunu & Willump, he lowers their win rate by -2.4% to 45.1%. This clearly indicates that there is a negative bond between Nunu & Willump and Skarner that results in them performing worse together than alone.
Skarner has a greater difficulty than Nunu & Willump. That means Nunu & Willump players need to be cautious when enlisting Skarner teammates to fight alongside, as they will require a greater level of skill to play well with you.
Playing alongside, you will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal magical damage. Combined, these champs can blast through enemies with magic damage.
Conversely, by aligning Nunu & Willump and Skarner together, you probably will not be granting your other teammates enough crowd control. Make sure to have other champs on your team that fills this hole in this pairing's kit.
Regardless of your Skarner ally's skill level, you should focus on maximizing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, 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 work well with Skarner during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn some more tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The best finished items to have in your Nunu & Willump and Skarner synergy build consist of Knight's Vow, Frozen Heart, and Liandry's Torment. When Nunu & Willump bought at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better when paired up with Skarner than with most other typical builds. In fact, Nunu & Willump had an average winrate of 45.1% helping carry Skarner with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of beating your oponents, you should use the Phase Rush, Nimbus Cloak, Celerity, Waterwalking, Eyeball Collection, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune builds we have analyed for this champion pairing, this sequence of runes resulted in the top win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 45.1% winrate overall.
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