Nunu & WillumpVSVi
What decides the jungle matchup: Nunu & Willump vs Vi in League of Legends
What decides the jungle
A tactical read of the jungle matchup, written from LaneDiff's champion notes: what each champion threatens, and the one thing to do about it before three minutes. It is analysis, not a match sample, so there is no win rate on this page.
Both are early ganker champions in this lane: Hunts kills at levels two to four, so the first wards and a safe wave decide the lane.
Nunu & Willump
jungle · Early ganker
The snowball comes straight down the lane. Stand off to the side and ward at 2:30.
Window: before three minutes
Nunu's Biggest Snowball Ever travels in a straight line and grows; lateral movement dodges what a ward makes visible in time.
Vi
jungle · Early ganker
Her charged Q gank is a guaranteed knock-up. Ward river and hold your escape for it.
Window: before four minutes
Vi's Vault Breaker closes lanes from fog at level three; a dash spent early into her gank converts to a death.
Nunu & Willump vs Vi: Common Questions
- Who wins Nunu & Willump vs Vi?
- LaneDiff has not analysed enough ranked jungle games of Nunu & Willump against Vi to publish a win rate, and does not estimate one. What decides the lane is which player respects the other's threat first. Nunu & Willump: The snowball comes straight down the lane. Stand off to the side and ward at 2:30. Vi: Her charged Q gank is a guaranteed knock-up. Ward river and hold your escape for it.
- How do you play the Nunu & Willump Vi matchup?
- Nunu & Willump and Vi are both early ganker champions in the jungle matchup: Hunts kills at levels two to four, so the first wards and a safe wave decide the lane. Nunu's Biggest Snowball Ever travels in a straight line and grows; lateral movement dodges what a ward makes visible in time. Vi's Vault Breaker closes lanes from fog at level three; a dash spent early into her gank converts to a death.
- What should I know about Vi vs Nunu & Willump?
- Vi and Nunu & Willump are both early ganker champions: Hunts kills at levels two to four, so the first wards and a safe wave decide the lane. What separates them is what each one does with it. Vi: Her charged Q gank is a guaranteed knock-up. Ward river and hold your escape for it. Nunu & Willump: The snowball comes straight down the lane. Stand off to the side and ward at 2:30.
- How do I beat Vi as Nunu & Willump?
- Vi's Vault Breaker closes lanes from fog at level three; a dash spent early into her gank converts to a death. Her charged Q gank is a guaranteed knock-up. Ward river and hold your escape for it. LaneDiff's live scan then tells you which Vi you have drawn: their recent form on the champion, whether they are on a loss streak, and whether they are smurfing, because the player in front of you moves the odds more than the matchup does.