In recent days, “Chairman” Faker has been continuously using Nunu & Willump in the mid lane, leaving many in awe. Despite numerous victories, many believe that it is simply Faker’s superior skills and experience that allow him to win lanes easily with any champion, including Nunu.
However, when Faker’s mid-lane opponent is a well-known player and former world champion like DoinB, we need to take a closer look at this champion. Indeed, Faker is great, but Nunu himself is currently incredibly potent in terms of damage and sustain, which is why international gamers couldn’t help but be amazed when they saw Faker continuously solo-killing DoinB in mid.
The balance team at Riot is laughing while watching this clip because their changes are indeed effective.
Nunu could play mid even before the update. The only change was the AP ratio added to the shield of the ultimate and increasing the AP interaction on the Devour ability. If they revert these updates, I still believe Nunu mid remains strong.
Just like Karma, the changes are only to remind everyone that the champion still exists.
Come on, Faker has done this twice yesterday already, Nunu against Renekton, Nunu with Orianna. Faker’s Nunu roamed down to bot at level 2, which was incredibly annoying.
Faker played a lot of Nunu yesterday and faced DoinB twice. He cleared waves faster than DoinB, roamed down to bot at level 2, and then won the game. Even when dying in fights, Faker still dealt a lot of damage, and all that was left for his teammates was to clean up. I think Nunu building AP is indeed strong.
That’s Faker, after all.
Many players play this style like Bjergsen, Shiphtur, and Midbeast.
But it’s not Faker.
I can see the upcoming Worlds finals being T1 against Top Esports and in game 5, Faker brings out Nunu mid and solo-kills Knight 10 times, winning in just 5 minutes.
It may not be something new for Nunu mid building AP, but it is Faker who has spread this style worldwide with immense effectiveness. As mentioned in the previous article decoding the Nunu mid playstyle, this style accelerates the game’s pace with Nunu pushing lanes and constantly ganking. This playstyle is particularly suitable for solo rank, which is considered a snowball paradise.
This style is being used by many streamers and pro players in solo ranks, and people are eagerly waiting for Nunu mid to appear in professional play. Who knows, Faker might be the first to do this.
