Opinion: Is Nunu going to get nerfed?

Illabethe··2 votes·1,401 views

So far, I'm thinking Yes. I just touched Nunu, and I have to say.... he's stupidly OP now. And not for obvious reasons like his Root/Knockup.

There's some subtleties that are pretty scary.

_**-Nunu now has one of the fastest auto attack reset animations in the game. If you are a strong Orber (the practice of repositioning to reset attack timers), Nunu had almost shotgun as fast as a Yasuo).

This stat won't help much in champion interactions. But it's MONSTROUS towards turrets, and objectives.**_

-Nunu's Snowball on move speed items can travel 1/3 of the entire map on a spammable skill, and move speed increases your banking and turning accuracy. Once people master it, it's effectively a longer and stronger range skill shot than Zoe's Q. And..... while rolling, it passes through targets who are not champions...... knocks up champions, and can be launched at the last second of a run with it to gain extra distance and explode for more damage. The damage isn't broken. But the utility of this solo skill flexibility is on par with Pyke's mobility and actually negates his sole role being a jungler. It's extremely strong as a support or mid laner as well....

-E doesn't seem strong because its damage is always low, but the root is pretty important and easy to get. It's also one of the only multi-directional skill shots in the game with spammability.

I'm gonna play around a bit.... but currently..... I'm scare of how strong he is once people learn him.

7 Comments

Frosted Tips1 votes

14 sec Cooldown is spammable?

Illabethe1 votes

On CDR it's less, and talking more about the fact his E can hit 10 times (3 volleys of snowballs, and the final Willump turn) The damage per volley is low, but together it's pretty significant and forgiveable damage/roots/snowbound that can be spread over several champs or focused on a single one, unless targets have item 3194 . He's going to be a reliable adc killer.

Frosted Tips1 votes

He does next to no damage he has long cooldowns and is weak 1v1 jungler. He has many flaws, but it is way too soon to even have a clue if he is strong or not.

BlueBilberry1 votes

Yes, he's ridiculously strong out of the gate. (What a surprise!) But not until Rito has sold a bunch of skins and made a profit out of us consumers.

Tormentula1 votes

Eh, nothing really screams OP because it's pretty easy to dodge his W, predator is hard to avoid but he blows up easily. You can still side step him just like sions ult, difference is nunu can drift a little tighter, but it's still slow enough to react/literally follow to avoid.

What might nerf nunu is them keeping his q. It's still a frustrating cheesy ability that will piss a lot of junglers off with his counter jungling, if nunu is being played more, this may feel a lot more magnified compared to previous nunu(who was frustrating without the CC). If anything in his kit is uninteractive and makes players hate playin against him, it's that.

Illabethe1 votes

You know that corner where you enter bot jung by scuttle, behind blue? I can actually guide the snowball down river from mid, and bank the ball around in a U-ee in the second path. That's how much you can maneuver.

I will say this: Nunu is sucking when you have an int feeding team. He can barely tickle a 5/0 Poppy who is at 15% HP. He's still basically an ult or nothing champ. And his Ult has been used so far into the ground, that people easily avoid a full hit.

AncientDarkOne1 votes

oh i bet he is ganna get soo nerfed his dmg from w

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