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Runes:
Resolve
Sorcery
+10% Attack Speed
+9 Adaptive (5.4 AD or 9 AP)
+6 Armor
Spells:
Challenging Smite
Flash
Items
Ability Order Best Possible Leveling
Call of the Freljord (PASSIVE)
Nunu & Willump Passive Ability
Threats & Synergies
Extreme
Major
Even
Minor
Tiny
None
Low
Ok
Strong
Ideal
Ideal
Strong
Ok
Low
None
Champion Build Guide
What Makes Nunu So Great?
Nunu is a tank with incredible gank potential with his fast engage and lockdown kit. He is incredibly easy to learn and play and is probably one of the most champs to play. Securing and stealing is incredibly easy and people don't truly know how powerful he is with his damage, survivability, and ganking potential
Jungle Pathing
Honestly the best clear is either Red-Raptors-Wolves-Blue-Gromp-Scuttle or Blue-Gromp-Wolves-Raptors-Red-Scuttle. Either way, you will be smiting Gromp and smiting Scuttle. I personally prefer to start bot side jungle to get the best leash possible. The best way to take your first buff is to get hit by the buff 2 times and then Q it for max healing and damage then clear the buff like normal. From then on you will just want to roll into every camp you hit and use your passive to finish the camps off and secure scuttle as fast as possible.
How to Gank as Nunu
The best way to gank as Nunu is to secure river scuttle crabs. After that, you want to gank from the middle of either river at the scuttle spot if it's claimed as yours. This way you get to lane with just enough time for you to aim and just too little of time for them to react. Of course, you can gank from other spots but this is easily the best way to do it. Your basic combo while rolling in to gank is W'ing into them - Challening Smite - E to secure a root - R to slow and shield as well as doing damage. You can throw a Q in there if you are low on health aswell
Securing and Stealing
Nunu has a combo that makes it extremely easy to steal/deny steals on objectives. By Q'ing and then smiting immediately after the Q you get a true damage burst of damage that heals for a ton off of any objectives. This will catch anyone attempting to steal off guard by how fast it's taken.
Nunu's Early Game Potential
Although Nunu is easily counter jungled this champ has massive early game potential it just relies on you to get the snowball rolling. Nunu can solo dragon as early as Level 4! This allows you to quickly secure dragons or herald with your Q smite combo and get a super early lead. Along with this, if you secure scuttle then ganking lanes becomes a piece of cake. Nunu's early game potential pushes you and your team to be unstoppable in the late.
Dead Man's or Spirit Visage?
This definitely depends on your matchup. If you have AP carries on the other team you pick up Spirit Visage first. But if you have AD carries on the enemy team pick up deadman's. Both items are essential to Nunu's kit and make him unstoppable when combined. Dead Man's gives you survivability while increasing your gank potential tenfold. However, Spirit Visage increases the power of your Q a ton making surviving situations a lot easier. Either way, both items are necessary to your kit and make Nunu a beast.
Tank or AP
I personally always choose tank in this situation unless I want to have fun. AP Nunu takes so much to get ahead and stay ahead. Sure he can one-shot anyone with his W with AP but once you hit that snowball you get killed instantly. Tank Nunu just makes life easier and is a better choice for your team.
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