Xerath with Nunu & Willump
How to Synergize Xerath and Nunu & Willump
based on 3,407 Xerath with Nunu & Willump pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Xerath Nunu & Willump Synergy Summary
Best Xerath vs Nunu & Willump Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Xerath and Nunu & Willump
Tips for Playing as Xerath with Nunu & Willump
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.
Advice to Understand How Nunu & Willump Will Play
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.
Xerath Nunu & Willump Synergy Stats
How to Play with Nunu & Willump as Xerath in LoL
The Xerath Nunu & Willump synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Nunu & Willump, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Xerath sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Nunu & Willump. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Nunu & Willump helps Xerath perform not as well in ranked League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Xerath plays on the same team as Nunu & Willump, he sees a little decrease in his total damage dealt. This may indicate that Nunu & Willump does not help cover for him to deal more damage or that his participation also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Xerath is played together with Nunu & Willump on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Nunu & Willump.
Additionally, when Xerath plays with Nunu & Willump on the same side, he typically takes a little less damage than when he plays alone. Receiving not as much damage could mean that Nunu & Willump does a decent job of covering Xerath during teamfights.
Synergies between Xerath and Nunu & Willump
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Is Xerath better when played alongside Nunu & Willump?
There is no ideal synergy for Xerath that will no matter what be his ideal teammate. However, overall, Nunu & Willump is a terrible ally for Xerath. By playing on the same side as Xerath, he lowers their win rate by -3.1% to 47.5%. This clearly indicates that there is a very bad synergy between Xerath and Nunu & Willump that results in them performing not as well together than without each other.
Nunu & Willump has a much lower diffuclty than Xerath. That means you don't need to be very careful when arranging Nunu & Willump teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a much lower level of skill to fight well with you.
When playing cooperatively, you should see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal magic damage. When paired, these champs can deal quite a lot of AP type damage.
Conversely, by pairing Xerath and Nunu & Willump together, you probably will not be granting your team very much AD. We recommend you pick other champions on your team that fills this hole in this pairing's playstyle.
Regardless of the ability of your Nunu & Willump ally, you should focus on maximizing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Xerath in order to synergize with Nunu & Willump during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends games, you should continue reading to gather additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The top items to get in your Xerath and Nunu & Willump synergy build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Horizon Focus, and Luden's Companion. When Xerath combined at least these three great items in his build, he performed a lot better as an ally of Nunu & Willump than with many other common item sets. In fact, Xerath boasted an average win rate of 47.5% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Nunu & Willump with this build.
To have the greatest probability of vanquishing your oponents, Xerath players should use the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Coup de Grace, and Presence of Mind runes from the Sorcery and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune builds players used for this champion pairing, this set of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 47.5% win rate overall.
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