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How to Synergize Nunu & Willump with Tristana on the Same TeamNunu & Willump is in the b tier of champions

Nunu & Willump with Tristana

How to Win With Nunu & Willump and Tristana Paired TogetherNunu & Willump is in the b tier of champions
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How to Synergize Nunu & Willump and Tristana

based on 3,166 Nunu & Willump with Tristana pairs
Win Rate
46.7 %
K/D/A
2.31
Pick Rate
3.5 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

At MOBA Champion, we pull the stats from from millions of League games directly from Riot Games each week. Nunu & Willump has fought alongside Tristana in 3166 recent, ranked matches. By accumulating so much relevant data straight from the hosts of LoL, we have complete confidence that we can showcase high quality, usable builds to help Nunu & Willump play with Tristana. It is relatively rare for Nunu & Willump to play with Tristana on the same team. This pairing has only occurred in approx. 3.5% of games with Nunu & Willump.

Nunu & Willump Tristana Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Nunu & Willump does a pathetic job of fighting on the same side as Tristana. Typically, he wins a dismal 46.7% of rounds the champions fight together on the same side. If you want to do better as Nunu & Willump when fighting on the same team as Tristana by learning how to better synergize your tactics with her, then review the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Nunu & Willump vs Tristana Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Gustwalker HatchlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsHaunting Guise

Core Nunu & Willump Items

~22 Mins
Kaenic RookernFrozen HeartLiandry's Torment

Optional Items

Rabadon's DeathcapSpirit VisageDead Man's PlateThornmail

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Nunu & Willump to level upq
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Second ability for Nunu & Willump to level upe
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Last skill for Nunu & Willump to max outw

Runes

DominationDark HarvestCheap ShotEyeball CollectionRelentless Hunter
SorceryCelerityWaterwalking
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Nunu & Willump's passive ability p
Nunu & Willump's q ability q
Nunu & Willump's w ability w
Nunu & Willump's e ability e
Nunu & Willump's ultimate ability r
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Guide to Synergizing Nunu & Willump and Tristana

Tips for Playing as Nunu & Willump with Tristana

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 Tristana Will Play

Use Rapid Fire to help stack up your Explosive Charge on enemy champions.

Her massive gun allows Tristana to fire on targets at a great distance. Utilize this to prevent your enemies from ever laying a hand on you.

Use Rocket Jump after you have stacked up your Explosive Charge on an enemy to finish them off with a burst of damage.

Nunu & Willump Tristana Synergy Stats

Nunu & Willump Image
Win Rate
46.7 %
VS
Win Rate
53.3 %
Tristana Image
5.2
< Kills >
5.3
6.7
< Deaths >
6.7
10.3
< Assists >
11.1
1.15
< Killing Sprees >
1.18
30
< Minions Killed >
30
1.45
< Dragons Killed >
1.56
0.37
< Inhibitors >
0.38
1,065
< Physical Damage >
1,077
13,126
< Magic Damage >
13,358
822
< True Damage >
840
15,014
< Damage Dealt >
15,276
35,926
< Damage Taken >
36,969
10,579
< Gold Earned >
10,814
1.17
< Towers >
1.26
0.36
< Baron Takedowns >
0.4
19,157
< Total Healing >
19,841
12,425
< Experience >
12,772
18
< Vision Score >
19
6
< Wards Placed >
5
437
< Time Dealing CC >
459

How to Play with Tristana as Nunu & Willump in LoL

The Nunu & Willump Tristana synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Tristana, 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 Tristana. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Tristana helps Nunu & Willump perform poorer in ranked League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Nunu & Willump is an ally to Tristana, he gets a little drop in his full damage output. This change could demonstrate that Tristana doesn't help protection for him to dish out more damage or that her presence also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Nunu & Willump is played together with Tristana on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Tristana.

Additionally, when Nunu & Willump plays with Tristana on the same side, he on average takes a little less damage than when he plays alone. Receiving not as much damage could indicate that Tristana does a decent job of protecting Nunu & Willump in team fights.

Synergies between Nunu & Willump and Tristana

Damage Types Compared

Nunu & Willump
Tristana
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Nunu & Willump
Tristana

Is Nunu & Willump better when played alongside Tristana?

There is no one best ally for Nunu & Willump that will 100% of the time be his ideal teammate. However, Tristana is a very typical ally for Nunu & Willump. By playing on the same team as Nunu & Willump, she lowers their win rate by -0.8% to 46.7%. This shows that there is not really a strong bond between Nunu & Willump and Tristana that allows them to perform worse together than without each other.

Tristana has a lower difficulty than Nunu & Willump. That means Nunu & Willump players don't need to be careful when lining up Tristana teammates to play with, as they will have to have a lower level of skill to play well with you.

When playing alongside, you should witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to dish out massive AD. Combined, these two can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.

Conversely, by aligning Nunu & Willump and Tristana together, you will not be giving your team much crowd control. We recommend you include other champions on your team that nullifies this relative gap in their potential.

Regardless of the skill of your Tristana teammate, you should focus on increasing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you will do well anyway.

Additional Information for Nunu & Willump Players

How We Calculated Our Nunu & Willump Tristana Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Nunu & Willump and Tristana, we analyzed 3,166 ranked and recent League of Legends matches. We perform advanced data cleaning and statistical methods to guarantee that our team synergy stats are accurate and reliable. You can be confident that our recommended build to pair Nunu & Willump with Tristana comes from actual data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view your division's most relevant stats and build.

Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing

If you would like to truly master Nunu & Willump in order to pair well with Tristana during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends matches, you should continue reading to gather some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you mind the build and suggestions presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot.

The most crucial finished items to get in your Nunu & Willump and Tristana synergy build include Kaenic Rookern, Frozen Heart, and Liandry's Torment. When Nunu & Willump bought at least these three great items in his build, he performed much better when paired up with Tristana than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Nunu & Willump boasted an average winrate of 46.7% when playing alongside Tristana with this build.

To have the best likelihood of coming out on top against your oponents, you should equip the Dark Harvest, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Celerity, and Waterwalking runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune builds players chose for this team composition, this blending of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 46.7% winrate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to synergize Tristana with Nunu & Willump are presented for all skill levels combined. If you want to scope the statistics and builds to a specific skill level, you may use the selection menu located at the top of this page.