Nunu & Willump ARAM Mayhem Build
The Boy and His Yeti. A below-average pick in ARAM Mayhem on patch 26.21: #156 of 173 champions.
Tier CPatch 26.21TankMageNo runes in Mayhem
- Tier
- C
- Win rate
- 46.2%
- Pick rate
- 2.3%
- Rank
- #156 of 173
- Games
- 530,933
- Patch
- 26.21
How to play Nunu & Willump in ARAM Mayhem
Nunu & Willump is a below-average pick in ARAM Mayhem on patch 26.21: tier C, #156 of 173 champions, with a 46.2% win rate over 530,933 games.
81% of Nunu & Willump's damage to champions is magic, so enemy magic resist is what slows it down. It soaks 51,415 damage per game and mitigates another 66,208, so it belongs at the front: start fights and absorb the poke your carries can't.
Most Nunu & Willump players go AP (60% of games), but the Tank path, tank items, is ARAMKit's top-ranked build: Heartsteel, Warmog's Armor and Unending Despair, with a 48.9% win rate. On this build 69% of players skip boots and spend the slot on another item.
The cards that do best on Nunu & Willump are Pressure Cooker, Wooglet's Witchcap and Upgrade Immolate. Cards built around health and resistances fill most of the top of its list, followed by movement speed. Skip Totentanz and Mystic Punch when you can: they do worst on Nunu & Willump. A pair to look for: Apex Inventor with Big Brain.
Take Flash and Mark (81% of players); Ghost is the common alternative. Max W (Biggest Snowball Ever!) first, then Q, then E. Players who max Q first instead win a little more often, so it is worth trying.
Nunu & Willump ARAM Mayhem build
ARAMKit groups every Nunu & Willump game by build path. The top-ranked path comes first, with the items most players start with, buy first and add later.
Tank build · top ranked
48.9% win rate · 18% of Nunu & Willump games · 80,719 games
Start
Giant's Belt
Ruby Crystal
Core items, in buying order
Heartsteel
Warmog's Armor
Unending Despair
| Boots, best first | Players |
|---|---|
| No boots | 69% |
 Mercury's Treads | 19% |
 Plated Steelcaps | 8% |
Situational, after the core
Hollow Radiance11% buy it
Spirit Visage34% buy it
Riftmaker16% buy it
Jak'Sho, The Protean17% buy it
Sunfire Aegis6% buy it
Thornmail25% buy it
Other build paths
| Path | Core items | Games | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| APStormsurge, Shadowflame, Rabadon's Deathcap |    | 60.5% | 45.6% |
Games: the share of all Nunu & Willump games that went this way.
Most bought items
- Shadowflame64% of games
- Stormsurge56% of games
- Rabadon's Deathcap49% of games
Luden's Echo43% of games
Sorcerer's Shoes38% of games
Void Staff26% of games- Heartsteel25% of games
- Spirit Visage21% of games
- Warmog's Armor15% of games
- Unending Despair12% of games
Best augments for Nunu & Willump
Every card with enough Nunu & Willump games, by tier and best first within each tier. Tiers are Nunu & Willump's own: a card can be S tier here and C tier on another champion. As Riot's policy asks, cards are shown by tier and order only, never with a win rate. Click a card for its own page; the augment tier list ranks them over all champions.
PrismaticBest prismatic cards
- 1
Wooglet's WitchcapTier S - 2
Hand of BaronTier S - 3
Mad ScientistTier A
GoldBest gold cards
- 1
Pressure CookerTier S - 2
Steel Your HeartTier S - 3
Armored ImpactTier S
SilverBest silver cards
- 1
Upgrade ImmolateTier S - 2
Escape PlanTier S - 3
Lich BrainTier A
S- and A-tier cards for Nunu & Willump
7 S tier and 36 A tier, best first.
| Augment | Rarity | Tier | What it does |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pressure Cooker | Gold | Tier S | Every second, apply an infinitely stacking Burn to nearby enemy champions, dealing (0.5% Max Health) magic damage per second for 2 seconds… |
| Wooglet's Witchcap | Prismatic | Tier S | QUEST: Possess Rabadon's Deathcap and Zhonya's Hourglass. REWARD: Get Wooglet's Witchcap. |
| Upgrade Immolate | Silver | Tier S | Hollow Radiance and Sunfire Aegis grant 12 Gold per target affected with Immolate. Gain 250 Gold. |
| Steel Your Heart | Gold | Tier S | QUEST: Possess Heartsteel with 300 stacks. REWARD: Multiply Heartsteel stacks by 3. |
| Armored Impact | Gold | Tier S | After casting an Ability, your next Attack deals (50–125 (by level) +250% Bonus Armor) bonus physical damage to nearby enemies. |
| Escape Plan | Silver | Tier S | Gain a massive (65% Max Health) decaying Shield, decaying 150% Movement Speed, and a decaying shrink effect upon reaching 35% Health (75… |
| Hand of Baron | Prismatic | Tier S | Gain 25% Adaptive Force. Nearby allied minions are greatly empowered. |
| Mad Scientist | Prismatic | Tier A | On each Revive, you grow large (gaining 30% Adaptive Force and 20% Health) or tiny (gaining 70 Ability Haste and 40% Movement Speed). |
 Omni Soul | Prismatic | Tier A | Gain 3 random Dragon Souls. |
| Lich Brain | Silver | Tier A | Gain (30+4% Bonus Health) Ability Power. |
 Weapon of Destiny | Gold | Tier A | Your first Legendary Item becomes the Weapon of Destiny. When a champion you damaged within the last 3 seconds dies, increase the Weapon of… |
 Giant Slayer | Prismatic | Tier A | Become tiny, gain 20% Movement Speed, and deal between 10% and 30% bonus damage to champions based on how much larger they are than you. |
 Circle of Death | Prismatic | Tier A | Your healing and Health Regen deal 70% of the value magic damage to the nearest enemy champion. |
 Celestial Body | Gold | Tier A | Gain 1500 Health, but you deal 10% less damage. |
 Heavy Hitter | Silver | Tier A | Your Attacks deal additional (3.5% Max Health) physical damage. |
 Don't Change the Channel | Silver | Tier A | While Channeling gain (50–200 (by level) +50% Attack Damage +25% Ability Power +10% Bonus Health) Shield every second. It decays when you… |
 Tank Engine | Gold | Tier A | On takedown, gain a stack that grants 5% increased size and 5% max Health. Lose 65% of stacks on death. |
 The Boom and the Bass | Gold | Tier A | After casting an Ability, your next Attack within 6 seconds is faster, deals Melee (50–200 (by level) +50% Bonus Attack Damage+30% Ability… |
 Titan's Resolve | Prismatic | Tier A | Dealing and receiving champion damage grants you 1 stack of Juggernauting for 6 seconds. For every 10 stacks of Juggernauting you gain 25–75… |
 Shark Bait | Gold | Tier A | On death, become Shark Bait. You can take no actions other than moving, which slows nearby enemies by 40%. After a few seconds, a Shark… |
 Upgrade Stormsurge | Gold | Tier A | Stormsurge's Squall now always detonates in an area, dealing (10%+2% Ability Power) maximum Health magic damage to all nearby enemies. Enemy… |
 Goldrend | Prismatic | Tier A | Damaging a champion with Attacks or Abilities deals an additional (50–150 (by level) +20% Ability Power +40% Bonus Attack Damage) magic… |
 Endless Decimation | Gold | Tier A | Autocast a circular axe swing that deals physical damage every 8 seconds in combat. Enemies along the outer edge take increased damage… |
 FireFox | Silver | Tier A | Autocast: Gain 25% movement speed and conjure three flames that orbit you every 9 seconds, targetting the closest visible enemy in range and… |
 Big Brain | Gold | Tier A | Gain a (300% Ability Power) Shield. Resets on death or 70 seconds after depletion. |
 Fruitify | Silver | Tier A | Scoring a Takedown causes the slain champion to explode into 3–6 (by level) Fruit. Fruit restores 6% of your maximum health and restores 6%… |
 Take'em Down Down Down | Gold | Tier A | Attacks and Abilities apply a stack to enemy champions for 5 seconds and deal Melee (5–30 (by level) +35% Bonus Attack Damage+15% Ability… |
 Stats on Stats on Stats! | Prismatic | Tier A | Gain 4 Stat Anvils, with a higher chance of Gold and Prismatic Anvils! On your next Augment selection, gain one additional reroll per slot. |
 Goliath | Prismatic | Tier A | Become large, gaining 35% Health and 15% Adaptive Force. |
 Clown College | Prismatic | Tier A | Backstab: You deal (20–35 (by level) +35% Ability Power +50% Bonus Attack Damage) bonus physical damage when striking from behind. Deceive… |
 Homeguard | Silver | Tier A | Gain 100% Movement Speed, disabled for 6 seconds after taking damage. |
 BEES!!! | Gold | Tier A | Every 15–10 (by level) seconds, your next Ability hit against an enemy champion throws a beehive at the target. Upon arriving, the hive… |
 Shrink Engine | Gold | Tier A | Takedowns grant a stack that makes you 4% smaller, grants 8 Ability Haste, and 1% Movement Speed. Lose 65% stacks on death… |
 From Beginning To End | Gold | Tier A | Gain the First Strike and Dark Harvest Keystone Runes. First Strike: When you initiate champion combat, deal 10% extra damage for 3 seconds… |
 Growth Spurt | Gold | Tier A | Gain Growth Spurt as a Summoner Spell. Growth Spurt suddenly increases your size, Knocking Up nearby enemies for 1 second and granting… |
 Infinite Recursion | Prismatic | Tier A | Gain 60 Ability Haste, plus 3 Ability Haste per takedown. |
 Apex Inventor | Gold | Tier A | Gain 100 Item Haste (equivalent to 50% Item CDR). Item Haste reduces the cooldown Cooldown of all Item Abilities. |
 Leg Day | Silver | Tier A | Gain 50 Movement Speed and 50% Slow Resist. |
 Porcupine | Gold | Tier A | Taking damage from champions builds up a burst of needles. At critical mass, the needles burst, dealing (75–200 (by level) +125% Bonus… |
 Heavy Is The Crown | Gold | Tier A | Gain 10 Attack Damage, 25 Ability Power, and increase your Bonus Attack Damage, Bonus Ability Power, and Total Attack Speed by 10%. Decrease… |
 Lonely Warrior | Silver | Tier A | Gain 15% Attack Speed, 10 Armor, and 10 Magic Resist for each nearby enemy champion within 600 Range. |
 Donation | Gold | Tier A | Receive 1750 Gold. Thanks chat!:) |
 Don't Blink | Silver | Tier A | Gain 1% bonus damage per 10 Movement Speed more you have than the target. |
Tier B
Average on Nunu & Willump
48 cards, best first
Eureka
Soul Eater
Sap Magic
Forged By The Master
Dive Bomber
En Passant
Witchful Thinking
Tooth Fairy
Biggest Snowball Ever
Urf's Champion
Back To Basics
Transmute: Prismatic
Stats!
Prom Queen
Slap Around
Ocean Soul
Stats on Stats!
ADAPt
Rite of Ascension
Phenomenal Evil
Transmute: Gold
Overflow
Dawnbringer's Resolve
Transmute: Chaos
Recursion
Cruelty
Squishy Slappy Grab
Blue Barrier
Final Form
Triggered Inferno
Ultimate Unstoppable
Kill Secured
Flashy
Jeweled Gauntlet
Infernal Soul
Surge Field
Ominous Pact
Mind to Matter
Get Jinxed
Pinball
Upgrade Zhonya's
With Haste
Warlock Juicebox
Stuck In Here With Me
Get Excited!
Mountain Soul
Ravenous Bind
Ethereal Weapon
Tier C
Below average on Nunu & Willump
39 cards, best first
Thread the Needle
It's Killing Time
Bread And Butter
Siphon
Erosion
Impassable
Courage of the Colossus
Archmage
Divine Intervention
Goredrink
Infernal Conduit
Shark Tempest
Ultimate Revolution
CRIMSON COBALT
Snowday
Overloaded
Twin Fire
Can't Touch This
Pat On The Back
Nightstalking
Marksmage
Ice Cold
Adaptive Ward
Hellbent
Bread And Jam
Nature is Healing
Pursuit of Power
Bread and Cheese
Ultimate Recursion
Brass Blast
Ultimate Awakening
Upgrade Sheen
Pandora's Box
Purist - Caster
Pursuit of Haste
Arcane Axiom
Double Time
Fey Magic
Holy Snowball
Tier D
Weakest on Nunu & Willump
9 cards, best first
Totentanz
Mystic Punch
Poltergeist
Snowblast
Juiced
Master of Duality
Flash 2
Flashbang
King MeBest first augment for Nunu & Willump
Your first card decides the early fights, and a card that is great as a first pick can be a weak fourth. ARAMKit ranks Nunu & Willump's cards for each pick on its own; these are the top five per pick, with their tier in that pick. For the first pick, Armored Impact, Pressure Cooker and Upgrade Immolate come out on top.
| # | First pick | Second pick | Third pick | Fourth pick |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Armored ImpactTier S | Upgrade ImmolateTier S | Hand of BaronTier S | Hand of BaronTier S |
| 2 | Pressure CookerTier S | Wooglet's WitchcapTier S | Omni SoulTier S | Don't BlinkTier S |
| 3 | Upgrade ImmolateTier S | Lich BrainTier S | En PassantTier S | Tank EngineTier S |
| 4 | Wooglet's WitchcapTier S | Escape PlanTier S | Endless DecimationTier S | Heavy HitterTier A |
| 5 | Steel Your HeartTier S | Mad ScientistTier S | Escape PlanTier S | Shrink EngineTier A |
Strong card pairs
Two cards that do especially well together on Nunu & Willump, best pair first.
Summoner spells and skill order
Summoner spells
Flash + Mark81% of players · 46.2% win rate
Flash + Ghost15% of players · 46.1% win rate
Flash + Ignite1% of players · 46.2% win rate
Skill order
WBiggest Snowball Ever!
QConsume
ESnowball Barrage
Max W first. 63% of players use this order (46.3% win rate); put points in R whenever you can. Maxing Q first (18% of players) wins 48.3%.
Nunu & Willump in an average Mayhem game
Averages per game over every game on this patch.
- K / D / A
- 9.7 / 11.8 / 30.2
- KDA
- 3.85
- Damage to champions
- 36,261
- Damage taken
- 51,415
- Self-mitigated
- 66,208
- Healing on allies
- 10
- Shielding on allies
- 0
- Crowd control
- 41 s
- Kill participation
- 71%
- Game length
- 17:02
Damage type
Physical 12%Magic 81%True 7%
Questions and answers
What is the best Nunu & Willump build in ARAM Mayhem?
On patch 26.21 ARAMKit ranks the Tank build first for Nunu & Willump: Heartsteel, Warmog's Armor and Unending Despair. The most played build is AP.
What are the best augments for Nunu & Willump in ARAM Mayhem?
The S-tier cards for Nunu & Willump, best first: Pressure Cooker, Wooglet's Witchcap, Upgrade Immolate, Steel Your Heart and Armored Impact. The full list by tier is on this page.
Is Nunu & Willump good in ARAM Mayhem?
Nunu & Willump is tier C on patch 26.21, #156 of 173 champions, with a 46.2% win rate over 530,933 games. That makes it a below-average pick in ARAM Mayhem right now.
What is the best first augment for Nunu & Willump in ARAM Mayhem?
For Nunu & Willump's first pick on patch 26.21: Armored Impact, Pressure Cooker, Upgrade Immolate, Wooglet's Witchcap and Steel Your Heart, best first. Cards rank differently in later picks; the table on this page has all four.
Other Tanks in ARAM Mayhem
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Related
- ARAM Mayhem tier list
Every champion by tier on patch 26.21.
- ARAM Mayhem augment tier list
Every card from S to D over all champions.
- All Mayhem builds
Pick a champion from the full list.
- ARAM Mayhem rules
Augment levels, rerolls and why there are no runes.
- ARAM Mayhem guide
How the mode, the cards and the picks work.
- Nunu & Willump counters
Its lane matchups on Summoner's Rift.
- ARAM Mayhem overlay
The card picker and build in the app.
Source: ARAMKit, used with permission. Patch 26.21, 23,177,263 ARAM Mayhem games, data of October 28, 2026. Riot keeps Mayhem games out of its public match API, so these aggregates come from ARAMKit. Card tiers are shown without win rates, as Riot's developer policy asks.