Nunu & Willump with Zilean
How to Synergize Nunu & Willump and Zilean
based on 977 Nunu & Willump with Zilean pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Nunu & Willump Zilean Synergy Summary
Best Nunu & Willump vs Zilean Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Nunu & Willump and Zilean
Tips for Playing as Nunu & Willump with Zilean
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 Zilean Will Play
Time Warp is an effective way to enable allies to finish off enemies, or escape from a losing battle.
Chronoshift is a powerful deterrent to attacking your carries, but casting Chronoshift too early in a fight can cause the enemy to switch targets too soon, making it less effective.
You can combine the use of Time Bomb and Rewind to place two Time Bombs on a target quickly. Placing the second bomb will detonate the first and stun all nearby enemies.
Nunu & Willump Zilean Synergy Stats
How to Play with Zilean as Nunu & Willump in LoL
The Nunu & Willump Zilean synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Zilean, 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 Zilean. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Zilean helps Nunu & Willump perform worse in ranked League games. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.
When Nunu & Willump tries to synergize with Zilean, he observes a small increase in his full damage dealt. This difference could signal that Zilean provides protection for him to dish out more damage or that his support also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Nunu & Willump is played alongside Zilean on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Zilean.
Additionally, when Nunu & Willump plays with Zilean on the same team, he often receives a little more damage than when he plays alone. Taking more damage could mean that Zilean does a poor job of covering Nunu & Willump during teamfights.
Synergies between Nunu & Willump and Zilean
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Is Nunu & Willump better when played alongside Zilean?
There is no top companion for Nunu & Willump that will always be his top ally. However, Zilean is a good ally for Nunu & Willump. By playing on the same side as Nunu & Willump, he improves their win rate by 1.4% to 48.9%. This demonstrates that there is a good synergy between Nunu & Willump and Zilean that allows them to perform at the top of their game together than alone.
Zilean has a greater difficulty than Nunu & Willump. That means you must be very careful when enlisting Zilean allies to play with, as they will have to have a greater level of skill to play well with you.
Playing alongside, Nunu & Willump players will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal magic damage. Together, these champs can blast through enemies with magic damage.
In contrast, by aligning Nunu & Willump and Zilean together, you probably will not be granting your other teammates very much AD. Make sure to include other champions on your team that nullifies this hole in this pairing's capabilities.
Regardless of your Zilean ally's skill level, you should focus on maximizing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you do this, 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 Zilean during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends rounds, you should continue reading to master some more tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you use the build and tips displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Nunu & Willump and Zilean synergy build include Kaenic Rookern, Frozen Heart, and Liandry's Torment. When Nunu & Willump bought at least these three items in his build, he performed much better as an ally of Zilean than with many other common builds. In fact, Nunu & Willump had an average winrate of 48.9% helping carry Zilean with this build.
To have the best probability of defeating your oponents, you should use 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 sets players picked for this team composition, this order of runes resulted in the top win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 48.9% win rate overall.
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