Nunu the Yeti Rider - Ap Guide by Dan Dinh

Nunu - The Yeti Rider

Runes:
X9 Marks of Magic Resist per lvl
X9 Seal of Evasion
X9 Glyphs of Magic Resistance
X3 Quint of Fortitude

Summoner Spells:
Exhaust
Smite

Masteries -

Offensive:
3/3 Archmage Savvy
1/3 Deadliness
4/4 Sorcery
1/1 Archaic Knowledge

Utility:
Spatial Accuracy x 1
Perserverance x 3
Expanded Mind x 4
Meditation x 3
Utility Mastery x 2
Quickness x 3
Intelligence x 3
Presence of the Master x 1

Spell Builds

Level 1: Snowball (if team fighting,comsume otherwise)
Level 2: Consume (if you got snowball first, otherwise grab snowball)
Level 3: Snowball
Level 4: Blood Boil (if you are having trouble laning grab consume for extra heals)
Level 5: Snowball
Level 6: Absolute Zero
Level 7: Snowball
Level 8: Blood boil
Level 9: Snowball
Level 10: Blood boil
Level 11: Absolute Zero
Level 12: Blood Boil
Level 13: Blood Boil
Level 14: Consume
Level 15: Consume
Level 16: Absolute Zero
Level 17: Consume
Level 18: Consume

Items to start:
Dorans Ring
Health potions x 1

Build:
1. X2 Dorans Ring ASAP.
2. Boots Lvl 1
3. Health Crystal + Mana Crystal = Catalyst the Protector
4. Combine Boots Lvl 1 to Ninja Tabi if they have 3 Physical Carries or More otherwise Combine to make Mercury Threads.
5. Finish Banshee Veil
6. Get Aegis of Legion of your Team does not have 1 or go for Void Staff
7. Get another Void Staff

Spells

Consume (Q): This spell does 500 damage to a creep at level 1 and heals your for 100 Hit points. Try to consume only when you're hit point is not topped off. It is more efficient to last hit creeps and save your mana for snowballs so you can keep up the harassment. When you go back to base to heal or get items make sure to run across a creep camp to grab a creep or two before blue pilling. Then as you run back to the lane, finish them off if you haven't already.

Blood Boil (W): This skill is very good for getting away and initiating on heros. This spell will most definitely save you and your teammates lives over and over. Also you want to keep this spell casted on your physical carry, because it will make a noticeable difference in their damage output.

Snowball (E): I call this spell the snowball of doom. You want to throw this in the face of the enemies champions constantly to keep them low so they play defensive in a lane. A very important thing to remember is to be selective when you choose who to throw it at. You want to throw it at champions without hit point regeneration and you want to focus 1 hero so that champion would stay passive and not double up and gank you.

Absolute Zero: More like absolute destruction. This spell is very good but getting it off is very tricky. This spell is the primary reason for getting a lot of survivability. It will be hard to get this spell off because as soon as the enemies sees you casting it in a team fight they will stun you. So my suggestion in a team fight is to run in snowball them hit a few times and wait for the malphite/sion/taric etc to cast it first (usually 3 seconds into a teamfight then cast your ult. This spell will be a lot easier to pull off once you get your banshee's veil. Also, something very important to note is that Nunu can detonate his ult at anytime while he is channeling his spell by simply moving. In doing so it will deal the percentage of damage it is suppose to relative to the channeling time. Say for example: the full channeling time is 3 seconds and is suppose to deal 900 damage. If he cancels at 1 second he will deal 300 damage and 600 damage at 2 seconds respectively.

How to play Nunu

Laning: You want to harass the other champion as much as possible with your snowball. The reason I got x2 Doran's Ring because It gives a lot of Health, a lot of mana regeneration (for snowball/consume) and AP to make your consume heal more. The best time to throw a snow ball at a champion is when you notice that one of your creep is about 1/5 hit points because you can safely assume that the other champion will run up to last hit it. Now they can expect to run up to eat a snow ball. Doing this will deter them from last hitting and will keep the low on hp which makes them easier to gank. If you are laning with a partner. and you are top lane as purple team, when ever your smite and consume is up both at the same time, run to the neutral camp to smite and consume them. This will give your lane a level advantage over the other team.

Ganking: Nunu's snowball and bloodboil makes not a very good ganker. He will allow fast initiate and continual slows on the person you are chasing down. Couple those two spells together, your opponent is as good as dead if they are running away alone.