Nunu & Willump with Xerath
How to Synergize Nunu & Willump and Xerath
based on 3,407 Nunu & Willump with Xerath pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Nunu & Willump Xerath Synergy Summary
Best Nunu & Willump vs Xerath Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Nunu & Willump and Xerath
Tips for Playing as Nunu & Willump with Xerath
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 Xerath Will Play
If you stun an enemy with Shocking Orb, follow up with a guaranteed center hit on Eye of Destruction.
It's easier to land Arcanopulse on an enemy when they're moving toward or away from you, rather than side to side.
Eye of Destruction will make landing Arcanopulse easier as the target will be slowed.
Nunu & Willump Xerath Synergy Stats
How to Play with Xerath as Nunu & Willump in LoL
The Nunu & Willump Xerath synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Xerath, 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 Xerath. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Xerath helps Nunu & Willump perform poorer in ranked League matches. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Nunu & Willump is paired with Xerath, he gets a little decrease in his complete damage dealt. This change could demonstrate that Xerath does not help protection for him to dish out more damage or that his presence also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Nunu & Willump is played alongside Xerath on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Xerath.
Additionally, when Nunu & Willump plays with Xerath on the same team, he typically takes a little more damage than when he plays alone. Taking more damage may indicate that Xerath does a poor job of covering Nunu & Willump in team fights.
Synergies between Nunu & Willump and Xerath
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Is Nunu & Willump better when played alongside Xerath?
There is no universally accepted best synergy for Nunu & Willump that will 100% of the time be his ideal synergy. However, Xerath is a very typical teammate for Nunu & Willump. By locking into the same team as Nunu & Willump, he has no effect on their win rate by 0.0% to 47.5%. This demonstrates that there is a weak strategic relationship between Nunu & Willump and Xerath that results in them performing at the same level together than alone.
Xerath has a much greater difficulty compared to Nunu & Willump. That means Nunu & Willump players should be careful when arranging Xerath teammates to play with, as they will require a much higher level of skill to fight well with you.
When playing on the same side, Nunu & Willump players should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to to do a lot of AP damage. Together, these champs can blast through enemies with magic damage.
Although, by grouping Nunu & Willump and Xerath together, you will not be giving your other teammates enough AD. Make sure to pick other champions on your team that fills this gap in this pairing's abilities.
Regardless of your Xerath ally's ability, you should focus on increasing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you should do well, regardless.
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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 in order to synergize with Xerath during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League games, you should keep reading to learn additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The most crucial finished items to prioritize in your Nunu & Willump and Xerath synergy build consist of Frozen Heart, Liandry's Torment, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Nunu & Willump incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed much better when paired up with Xerath than with many other common item sets. In fact, Nunu & Willump boasted an average win rate of 47.5% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Xerath with these items in his kit.
To have the highest probability of beating your oponents, you should take the Dark Harvest, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Celerity, and Waterwalking runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players picked for this team composition, this sequence of runes resulted in the top win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 47.5% winrate overall.
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