How to beat Nunu & Willump

Common role: Jungle

A snowball-rolling tank who controls objectives and eats your camps.

What makes Nunu & Willump dangerous

Nunu rolls a growing snowball that knocks up and travels terrain, eats jungle camps and champions with true-damage bites, and channels an ultimate that deals massive damage and shields him. His objective control is the best in the game — he devours dragons and barons through your smite.

How to play against Nunu & Willump

• 1Sidestep the snowball around walls — hitting terrain or dodging it wastes his gank.
• 2Interrupt his ultimate channel with any hard CC — it's his whole teamfight.
• 3Contest objectives with damage, not just smite: his Q bite out-secures.
• 4He falls off hard — survive early ganks and out-scale.

Weaknesses to exploit

• ✓Falls off significantly in the mid-late game.
• ✓The snowball is loud and visible — ward and it telegraphs every gank.
• ✓His ult channel is interruptible by any hard CC.
• ✓Low damage without the snowball hit.

Abilities & how to counter them

What each of Nunu & Willump's abilities does — and how to play around it.

• P
  Der Ruf Freljords

  Nunu erhöht das Angriffs- und Lauftempo von Willump und einem nahen Verbündeten und Willumps normale Angriffe fügen allen Gegnern um das Ziel herum Schaden zu.

  Strong: his and Willump's attacks empower each other for objective melting. Weak: it's PvE-oriented — in a straight duel he's weak without ult.

• Q
  Konsumieren

  Willump beißt ein Stück aus einem Vasallen, Monster oder gegnerischen Champion heraus, verursacht Schaden und heilt sich.

  Strong: a true-damage bite that heals and out-secures objectives. Weak: predictable — burn objectives fast outside his bite window or zone him first.

• W
  Der größte Schneeball aller Zeiten!

  Willump rollt einen Schneeball vor sich her, der immer größer und schneller wird. Der Schneeball verursacht Schaden an Gegnern und schleudert sie in die Luft.

  Strong: a growing snowball that knocks up and crosses terrain. Weak: loud, visible and steerable — sidestep or hug walls; a hit terrain wastes it.

• E
  Schneeballsalve

  Nunu wirft mehrere Schneebälle, die an Gegnern Schaden verursachen. Wenn die Fähigkeit endet, hält Willump Champions oder große Monster, die von einem Schneeball getroffen wurden, an Ort und Stelle fest.

  Strong: snowball volleys slow and eventually root you. Weak: short range — the root needs you to STAY close; just walk out.

• R
  Kältesturz

  Nunu und Willump lassen einen mächtigen Schneesturm in einem Bereich entstehen, der Gegner verlangsamt und am Ende massiven Schaden verursacht.

  Strong: a channelled AoE nuke with a huge shield — deadly in chokes. Weak: ANY hard CC interrupts it; the damage needs the full channel.

Itemization

Vision defeats the snowball; hard CC defeats the ult. Don't 50/50 objectives — burn them fast before his bite window.

This guide covers Nunu & Willump's core kit and playstyle — advice that holds up across patches.