Nunu & Willump with Thresh
How to Synergize Nunu & Willump and Thresh
based on 3,324 Nunu & Willump with Thresh pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Nunu & Willump Thresh Synergy Summary
Best Nunu & Willump vs Thresh Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Nunu & Willump and Thresh
Tips for Playing as Nunu & Willump with Thresh
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 Thresh Will Play
Communication is key when making use of Thresh's lantern. Let your teammates know how you like to use it.
Death Sentence and Flay can be combined in either cast order for powerful combinations.
Thresh can collect souls without needing to kill units himself. Planning your map position to be near the most deaths will help to maximize soul collection.
Nunu & Willump Thresh Synergy Stats
How to Play with Thresh as Nunu & Willump in LoL
The Nunu & Willump Thresh synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Thresh, 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 Thresh. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Thresh helps Nunu & Willump perform worse in ranked League matches. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Nunu & Willump tries to synergize with Thresh, he observes a marginal improvement in his complete damage output. This difference may signal that Thresh provides protection for him to dish out more damage or that his presence also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Nunu & Willump is played together with Thresh on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Thresh. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Thresh.
Additionally, when Nunu & Willump plays with Thresh on the same side, he usually receives a little more damage than when he plays alone. Receiving more damage may mean that Thresh does a poor job of covering Nunu & Willump in team fights.
Synergies between Nunu & Willump and Thresh
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Is Nunu & Willump better when played alongside Thresh?
There is no one best companion for Nunu & Willump that will 100% of the time be his ideal teammate. However, overall, Thresh is a very typical ally for Nunu & Willump. By being on the same team as Nunu & Willump, he decreases their win rate by -1.0% to 46.5%. This shows that there is a weak bond between Nunu & Willump and Thresh that results in them performing not as well together than without each other.
Thresh has a greater difficulty than Nunu & Willump. That means you should be cautious when arranging Thresh allies to fight alongside, as they will need a greater level of skill to do well with you.
Playing on the same side, Nunu & Willump players should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal magical damage. Combined, these champs can blast through enemies with magic damage.
In contrast, by aligning Nunu & Willump and Thresh together, you will not be providing your team enough attack damage. We recommend you have other champs on your team that neutralizes this relative hole in their capabilities.
Regardless of your Thresh ally's skill level, you should focus on increasing your income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Nunu & Willump to work well with Thresh during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends rounds, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and tips shown above, you should increase your win rate significantly.
The best items to prioritize in your Nunu & Willump and Thresh synergy build include Hextech Rocketbelt, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Stormsurge. When Nunu & Willump combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better when paired up with Thresh than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Nunu & Willump had an average win rate of 46.5% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Thresh with these items in his kit.
To have the best probability of vanquishing your oponents, you should take the Phase Rush, Nimbus Cloak, Celerity, Waterwalking, Eyeball Collection, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Nunu & Willump and Thresh pairings, this mixture of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 46.5% winrate overall.
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