Nunu & Willump with Yorick
How to Synergize Nunu & Willump and Yorick
based on 2,064 Nunu & Willump with Yorick pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Nunu & Willump Yorick Synergy Summary
Best Nunu & Willump vs Yorick Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Nunu & Willump and Yorick
Tips for Playing as Nunu & Willump with Yorick
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 Yorick Will Play
You do not need to cast Awakening to regain the ability to cast Last Rites.
You can send the Maiden down a lane alone, be careful though, as she represents a large portion of your combat power.
The Maiden will attempt to assist you in a fight, so choose your targets well.
Nunu & Willump Yorick Synergy Stats
How to Play with Yorick as Nunu & Willump in LoL
The Nunu & Willump Yorick synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Yorick, 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 Yorick. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Yorick helps Nunu & Willump perform poorer in ranked LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.
When Nunu & Willump plays on the same team as Yorick, he gets a little decrease in his complete damage dealt. This may demonstrate that Yorick does not support by providing protection for him to dish out more damage or that his allyship also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Nunu & Willump is played together with Yorick 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 with Yorick.
Additionally, when Nunu & Willump plays with Yorick on the same side, he on average takes a little less damage than when he plays alone. Taking not as much damage may mean that Yorick does a decent job of protecting Nunu & Willump in team fights.
Synergies between Nunu & Willump and Yorick
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Is Nunu & Willump better when played alongside Yorick?
There is no one best synergy for Nunu & Willump that will 100% of the time be his ideal synergy. However, overall, Yorick is a very typical teammate for Nunu & Willump. By locking into the same team as Nunu & Willump, he drops their win rate by -0.5% to 47.0%. This shows that there is not really a strong bond between Nunu & Willump and Yorick that allows them to perform worse together than without each other.
Yorick has a greater difficulty than Nunu & Willump. That means you must be cautious when arranging Yorick comrades to fight alongside, as they will need a greater level of skill to fight well with you.
Working together, Nunu & Willump players should see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to soak up damage. Together, these two might be able to provide enough cover for their team's carries.
Although, by grouping Nunu & Willump and Yorick together, you may not be giving your side a lot of utility. We recommend you include other champions on your team that neutralizes this relative gap in this pairing's abilities.
Regardless of the skill of your Yorick ally, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, 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
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Nunu & Willump to synergize with Yorick during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and tips presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The best items to build first in your Nunu & Willump and Yorick synergy build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Nunu & Willump included at least these three finished items in his build, he performed much better as an ally of Yorick than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Nunu & Willump boasted an average winrate of 47.0% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Yorick with this build.
To have the best chance of defeating your oponents, Nunu & Willump players should equip the Phase Rush, Nimbus Cloak, Celerity, Waterwalking, Cheap Shot, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune builds that we analyzed for this champion pairing, this composite of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 47.0% win rate overall.
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