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Nunu - Fear the Yeti
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Choose Champion Build:
Spells:
Flash
Teleport
Ability Order
Call of the Freljord (PASSIVE)
Nunu & Willump Passive Ability
Introduction
Nunu is one of those champions that is good at basically anything. He is one of the most effective laners in the game and is one of the easiest junglers. I won't go into detail about this here though, more on that later.
Pros:
Cons:
- One of the best harassers and damage dealers in the game
- Hard to take down because of your high amount of health, armor and magic resist
-
Ultimate with possibly the highest amount of damage in the game
- You can heal a great amount of damage with your
Consume skill, allowing you to stay in your lane longer
- Give yourself and your allies increased attack and movement speed with your
Blood Boil spell
- Passive that allows you to cast a free spell after every 7 attacks
Cons:
- Because of your high amount of damage you get focused a lot
- You may have mana problems early game
- If you're against a team with 3 or more cc'ers it will be very hard to use your ultimate effectively, because every stun, snare, taunt, silence etc. will cancel it
- Easy to escape your ultimate if your enemies have
or aren't in the center
















If you don't like either of these spells though, these 2 spells also aren't bad possibilities:





You should stay away from the other spells though.










Games should start with you buying
Doran's Ring to allow you keep using
Consume and
Blood Boil whenever necessary. Those who don't like this item could go for a Meki's Pendant Meki's Pendant or
Boots of Speed first though. If you are jungling, go for a
Cloth Armor and
3 health potions first. Remember you don't need to buy health potions when you are laning!
The first time you go back you should buy a Catalyst the Protector Catalyst the Protector and
Boots of Speed if you hadn't done so in the start, or go straight for
Rod of Ages, which will be your core item alongside
Void Staff, which you will get at your next return after completing your boots into
Ionian Boots of Lucidity. We go for Rod of Ages because of the high amount of ability power and the health and mana bonusses. By the time we have this item we will have shown them how fearful Nunu can be, and they will be stacking magic resist. Which is why we get Void Staff, what gives is a good amount of ability power and 40% magic penetration.
The next items we get will be depending on the situation
Morello's Evil Tome
This is a great item that gives us a good amount of ability power, mana regeneration and cooldown reduction, which is all that Nunu needs.
Guardian Angel
A good amount of armor and magic resist with a great passive, which could also be used to your advantage.
Zhonya's Hourglass
Good amount of ability power and armor with a great active. Again, use this to your advantage.
Abyssal Scepter
Good amount of ability power and magic resist, good passive.
Rabadon's Deathcap
Gives you a ton of ability power. Get this instead of Zhonya's Hourglass or Abyssal Scepter when you have no trouble surviving.
Items not to get:
Sorcerer's Shoes
Some people like to use these boots for Nunu instead of
Ionian Boots of Lucidity. While there is nothing wrong with that, I personally prefer to use Ionian Boots of Lucidity because your Void Staff will already give you all the magic penetration you need, thus the cooldown reduction from Ionian Boots of Lucidity will be much more useful and needed.
Banshee's Veil
Some people like to get this item for Nunu to protect his
Absolute Zero spell, while that is actually useless. If the enemy team has something at least resembling a brain, they will cast a different spell on you before casting your cc spell to stop your channelling, making this item completely useless for that. If the enemy team only has 1 cc'er, simply let your team focus him before casting your
Absolute Zero, and if your enemy has more then 1 cc'er you should be in the bushes waiting to ambush from there or surprise them with your
Flash spell. We already got the hp and mana from our
Rod of Ages and the magic resist from our
Guardian Angel and
Abyssal Scepter.
Rylai's Crystal Scepter
Not a bad choice, but I prefer
over this because of the extra health and mana boosts. It's passive is great, but since we can already slow our enemies with our
Ice Blast spell this is unnecessary.
Mejai's Soulstealer
A great item to stack ability power and cooldown reduction when you have 20 stacks, but also a tricky item since you will get focused a lot. This item is only recommended when you know your way around Nunu and should be completed after Catalyst the Protector Catalyst the Protector.






The first time you go back you should buy a Catalyst the Protector Catalyst the Protector and




The next items we get will be depending on the situation

This is a great item that gives us a good amount of ability power, mana regeneration and cooldown reduction, which is all that Nunu needs.

A good amount of armor and magic resist with a great passive, which could also be used to your advantage.

Good amount of ability power and armor with a great active. Again, use this to your advantage.

Good amount of ability power and magic resist, good passive.

Gives you a ton of ability power. Get this instead of Zhonya's Hourglass or Abyssal Scepter when you have no trouble surviving.
Items not to get:

Some people like to use these boots for Nunu instead of


Some people like to get this item for Nunu to protect his







Not a bad choice, but I prefer



A great item to stack ability power and cooldown reduction when you have 20 stacks, but also a tricky item since you will get focused a lot. This item is only recommended when you know your way around Nunu and should be completed after Catalyst the Protector Catalyst the Protector.
Nunu is basically able to go anywhere he want. He could go to a side lane, take mid lane or jungle. The place where Nunu is the most effective though, is in a side lane. Nunu isn't the most effective farmer in the game, so if you got an Ashe or Caitlyn on your team you should always let him take the mid lane. What you are best at is harassing and keeping your enemies from farming, which is why we go mid. If your team doesn't have a jungler, you could do this aswell. If you do have a jungler, you should go to a solo side lane. You'll be able to farm more effectively that way and even start to push 2 enemies back on your own soon enough. Simply keep harassing with your
Ice Blast spell while healing back any damage done with your
Consume spell and try to keep
Blood Boil on as much as possible so you can get the best out of your passive.



When the laning phase is over and you have hit level 11 and got your second rank in your
Absolute Zero and have maxed your
Ice Blast spells you should focus on keeping the enemy carry from farming and pushing to destroy turrets, putting your
Teleport spell to good use. Tell your team to make good use of wards so you can teleport there aswell.
During late you should always stick with your team. From now on your
Absolute Zero spell will be essential to winning team fights, so you need to make sure you will always be there. Make sure to keep your
Blood Boil on your team's carry at all times and harass the enemy with your
Ice Blast spell.



During late you should always stick with your team. From now on your



Start with a
Cloth Armor and
3 health potions and go straight to golem. Use
Consume and
the moment is spawns, use a health potion and then finish him off with Consume when it has recharged. Because Consume has high cooldown this will be tricky, which is why we get
Greater Seal of Resilience and
Greater Glyph of Focus runes when we are jungling instead of
Greater Seal of Potency and
Greater Glyph of Celerity runes when we are laning to give us the extra armor and flat cooldown reduction we need. You should be level 2 now and pick
Blood Boil. Go for wolves now, and go for the wraiths after that. You should be level 3 now and pick your second rank in Consume. From now on you should make
your priority and start ganking while jungling now.










After testing this and other builds extensively I can say without a doubt that this is the most effective build for Nunu. This gives you a ton of ability power and health early and mid game while focusing more on survivability late game to keep you alive in ganks.
I will try to answer all questions, suggestions and comments to further improve this guide.
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