Utility tank build for forced tempo: Nunu and Willump create value well before teamfights by imposing gank, objective, and tempo threat that forces the opponent to play faster than they would like. The build must preserve that cadence without turning every entry into decorative suicide.
Standard build maximizing damage output. Use on neutral matchups or when ahead.
14,250 total cost
Nothing dominates on the other side: the standard build maximizes your damage.
Open this draft in the tool →Resistance build geared against physical damage (AD) compositions.
14,800 total cost +550g
Physical-damage enemy team: Darius, Lee Sin, Lucian.
Open this draft in the tool →Resistance build geared against magic damage (AP) compositions.
14,700 total cost +450g
Share of the roster this champion outclasses, at each stage of the game.
50% = average for the roster at that point of the game, 90% = among the strongest. The three phases come from the site's editorial tempo grid (early/mid/late, rated across 142 champions); the level-by-level curve adds this build's computed spikes — ultimate, completed items — never by more than ±8 points.
Your hardest matchups in this role, and the item from your situational list that answers each one.
Same advisor in the Draft (the MVP sheet applies it to your real draft) and in Ask Nexus, which explains the choice. On counters pages: the variant to take against each counter-pick.
Skill leveling order and rune choices explained, from our in-depth kit analysis (patch 7.0e). Ability numbers are from patch 7.3; up-to-date items are in the section above.
Nunu & Willump create value by accelerating the game's pace and turning space into immediate threat. Their build must preserve that execution speed while preventing a good engage from turning into a free death before a second control cycle.
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Tap an ability for its per-rank numbers. Source: official Tencent data (Chinese server), patch 7.3 — may lead or lag the global server by a sub-patch.
Snowball and channeled R immobilize — every gank triggers freeze zone and armor as you roll in.
The shield procs on every snowball root — you survive landing in the middle of the enemy team.
Sustain between rotations complements W — you re-gank without recalling.
Your clear devours camps — every eaten monster also feeds permanent HP.
Amplifies movement speed, core element of his kit.
