Out of all the supports, why do people not want to play Nunu support?

Rew711··1 votes·742 views

Nunu

[P] every 5 basic attacks gives a free spell (includes ult)

[Q] Nunu heal, wave clear, large minions are easier to kill for ADC (other possibilities)

[W] long lasting AS and MS. can recast as soon as or not long after it has ended.

[E] damaging, MS and AS slow

[R] MS and AS slow, and major damage to those in it.

I've been able to use his kit numerous times to weaken opponents to certain points for my ADC to get easy kills. I love his kit. Why then, do I hardly see anyone want him as a support? I went into a Team Builder as Nunu support and Twitch was cautious and just left causing me to be kicked. (The next group took me without question and we destroyed bot. Also almost level 4 mastery with Nunu.) I've played every support and out of all of them, Nunu has the most straight forward kit I've seen.

I want to post this in hopes of seeing more Nunu's in the support position. As great as a jungler he may be (we all know it) he's more fun in the support role (at least thats just my opinion, don't take it harshly please...). Just asking for more diversity in the support role since we finally have 12 supports and Leona (no one will admit she's a primary support rather than tank).

16 Comments

IcyPepper3 votes

One reason might be like how you don't see a lot of Leona jungle. Sure, it could be effective, but it's not "meta" :(

Rew7111 votes

Well, we can break the meta. If we are the "meta" (the community that makes League possible) then we can do what we want with the it.

IcyPepper2 votes

You're telling me. Let's be real, Leona jungle can be really effective. If that shit saw LCS play, it would be all over solo queue. She's popular as a support, but secret OP as a jungler.

7ha7guy7772 votes

Relic shield + consume = 2 heals for you and 1 heal + gold for the adc

Rew7111 votes

I know right. He can also use item 3092 because he can use the AP and its a bonus slow to the two he already has (plus bonus damage) and item 3069 because this item is great on all supports (I've tried them all).

pripustas1 votes

His kit is so boring.. I can't bare to play him in ARAM. Wish I never bought him..

Rew7111 votes

:(

Well, he is 450 IP... Not much. He's also not best used in ARAM...

I still see your point, everyone has different opinions. But eventually, you might want him. I felt the same about Olaf after months of never using him.

pripustas1 votes

It's not about where. Q only useful on mobs. W is a buff. only E does damage (yes yes ult too) So you run around spaming W and poking with E. That is definition of boring.

FHMarshy1 votes

Not enough hard CC im guessing. Most viable supports now have some form of Hard CC

Marthian1 votes

His E is a pretty good slow and deals great damage for being a click ability.

FHMarshy1 votes

ya... slow isn't a hard CC :P

Duke Anax1 votes

That entirely depends on the pairup, there are several Adc that have enough CC by themselves.

Ecsta1 votes

Because Bard. That's why. Bard Bard Bard Bard Bard Bard Bard Bard Bard Bard Bard Bard Bard Bard Bard

Earl Eulrich1 votes

he´s rather vulnerable in a 2v2 lane and really not a good roamer compared to supports with actual hard-cc. So unless you play a heavy counterjungle-strat he doesn´t bring much to the team as a support currently.

Rew7111 votes

Terrible? He has a heal and poke. Also, he is a Fighter so yeah, he's not going to have much CC, but he does have great roam with a average 350 starting MS and a passive that gives a lengthy MS boost for him and a ally for over 5 seconds. You just need to see it in action before speculating. The same type of attitude was said about Mordekaiser and look at his slowly rising win rate as a ADC. He's right now at a 56% win rate (higher than Garen's) and yet he doesn't seem to be on any list for nerfs.

LaceUp231 votes

Seems easy to poke down in my opinion. I'm a scrub though so I don't know. I just know that everytime I get a Nunu support, they keep trying to walk up to the enemy adc and lose half their health before level 3 while never actually touching them lol.

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