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Nunu and Willump, the Boy and His Yeti

Nunu of the Notai/Willump the Yeti

Nunu: "Every adventure's better with a friend!"
Willump: "<grunts>"

Nunu voiced by:
Lucas Jaye (English)
Oliver Diaz (Mexican Spanish)
Miyuki Sato (Japanese)
Marina Reis (Brazilian Portuguese)
Marcelo Campos (Brazilian Portuguese/Bot)
Yeong-Su Jeon (Korean)
Appears in: Song of Nunu: A League of Legends Story

"Pull the fur outta your earholes, Willump! This is gonna be the bestest story ever!"

Once upon a time, there was a boy who wanted to prove he was a hero by slaying a fearsome monster—only to discover that the beast, a lonely and magical yeti, merely needed a friend. Bound together by ancient power and a shared love of snowballs, Nunu and Willump now ramble wildly across the Freljord, breathing life into imagined adventures. They hope that somewhere out there, they will find Nunu’s mother. If they can save her, maybe they will be heroes after all...

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Nunu and Willump are a Warden champion duo who roam through the map in a flurry of snowy magic and yeti fur, locking down key objectives and aiding fellow adventurers.

• Their passive, Call of the Freljord, activates when they damage an enemy champion, large monster or structure, increasing the movement and attack speed of Willump and the closest allied champion for a few seconds; while under this effect, Willump's basic attack cleave enemies near his target, damaging them too. This effect can only trigger once every few seconds when attacking the same target.
• Their first ability, Consume, has Willump take a bite out of a nearby enemy, dealing damage based on his max health and healing himself, with the heal being increased if used when below half health. When used against minions and monsters, Consume will deal true damage and the heal will be increased.
• With their second ability, Biggest Snowball Ever!, Willump starts rolling a snowball that grows in size and speed over the next few seconds. Crashing the snowball into terrain or an enemy damages and knocks-up nearby opponents, increasing based on the ball's size. By reactivating the ability, Willump will let go of the snowball, sending it flying forward like a projectile and applying the same effects when it hits an enemy.
• Their third ability, Snowball Barrage, makes Nunu rapidly fling a volley of three snowballs in a target direction up to three times in a row, each snowball damaging the first opponent it hits and other enemies behind them and marking them as Snowbound for a few seconds; enemies that are hit by three snowballs are also briefly slowed. After a short delay, Willump will damage and briefly immobilize nearby Snowbound enemies.
• With their ultimate ability, Absolute Zero, Nunu and Willump channel for a few seconds as they sap heat from their surroundings, gaining a shield and slowing nearby enemies. When the channel ends or the ability is reactivated, they will deal massive damage to nearby foes, increasing based on how long they channeled.

Nunu's alternate skins include Sasquatch Nunu & Willump, Workshop Nunu & Willump, Grungy Nunu & Willump, Nunu & Willump Bot, Demolisher Nunu & Willump, TPA Nunu & Willump, Zombie Nunu & Willump, Papercraft Nunu & Willump, Space Groove Nunu & Willump, Nunu & Beelump, and Cosmic Paladins Nunu & Willump.

In season 4 of Teamfight Tactics, Nunu and Willump are a Tier 3 Elderwood Brawler using their Sasquatch skin. Their Consume ability makes Willump bite their target, dealing magic damage. This damage is increased and converted to true damage if Nunu and Willump's current health exceeds that of their target's. In season 5, they use their Zombie Nunu & Willump skin as a Tier 3 Abomination Brawler, their ability remaining completely unchanged. They were removed in season 6, returning again with the same ability in season 7 using their base skin as a Tier 3 Mirage Cavalier. In season 8, they use their Nunu & Willump Bot skin and were changed to a Tier 5 Gadgeteen Mascot. Their Biggest Roboball Ever! ability passively causes them to constantly roll a ball around the field instead of attacking, ignoring unit collision and dealing magic damage to enemies they pass through while automatically gaining mana per second. On activation, they gain a stacking bonus to their movement speed as well as the ball's size and damage for the rest of the round.

Nunu and Willump are the Protagonists of the puzzle platformer Song Of Nunu.

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Nunu & Willump have two main incarnations that have existed, their original version from 2009, and their Visual-Gameplay Update from 2018. Both versions will have respective folders with tropes specific to them.

In General

• Adaptational Species Change: Several of their skins change up their appearances for different effect.
  • Workshop Nunu is an elf, while Willump is a big multi-armed reindeer...thing.
    While the sight of a holiday yeti and his small elf companion may seem frightening, there is no gentler pair than Willump and Nunu. Nunu builds the toys, while Willump accidentally crushes them with his inhuman strength.
  • Grungy Willump is a big monster plushie brought to life.
  • Willump Bot is already in the name.
  • Zombie Nunu & Willump; also very self-explanatory.
  • Papercraft Willump is a big creature made of origami.
  • Space Groove Willump is an alien.
  • Beelump is a cross between a bee and a yeti.
• A.I.-cronym: Nunu and Willump Bot depicts Nunu as an up-and-coming competitor in a robot fighting tournament, with Willump being his fighting droid. As such, his name stands for "Workframe-Integrated Lossless Lifeform, Uploaded Mainly for Punching."
• An Ice Person: The two have ice powers, and while violence is ultimately required to win, the two try and soften the blow by primarily using various snowballs.
• Armor-Piercing Attack: Consume does a hefty chunk of true damage to minions and monsters, making Nunu and Willump exceptional at taking jungle objectives in tandem with Smite.
• Art Evolution: Nunu received a massive graphical overhaul from a full visual gameplay update in 2018. Nunu was one of the first champions in the game, but was relatively untouched in the interim aside from a few texture and splash art updates; comparing the before◊ and after◊ of his VGU is quite a sight to behold.
  • The same treatment also applies to his many skins, including the Legendary "Nunu and Willump Bot" skin. Also of note is "Grungy Nunu": prior to the VGU, it was a minor tweak that primarily gave Nunu and Willump the colors of Oscar the Grouch and Cookie Monster, but this would be completely replaced with a much more distinctive "plush toy" aesthetic.
• Ascended Meme:
  • Near the end of Nunu's Champion Spotlight is a Shout-Out to an old "WHY, NUNU, WHY!" meme.
  • Nunu and Willump Bot references popular memes by the boatload:
    • Their dance animation (in which they summon a blue disco ball and lights) is a reference to the infamous "Disco Nunu" troll build (simply dancing in midlane while using Clarity and the now-removed Clairvoyance as a lightshow). W.I.L.L.U.M.P.'s repeated proposed strategies of "towerdive" and "Rolling it down mid" is also likely a reference to this.
    • Meeting Tryndamere might prompt Willump to say "Love me some Tryndamere", referencing the "real" Tryndamere's infamous "Love me some Regi" snafu in 2016.
    • "Another Ryze rework in 3... 2... 1..."
    • "Watch out! He has sword-boots!", as well as "Master Yi. You kill things fast, and are honorable."
    • "I need 6 more RP for Star Guardian Urgot."
    • "Can't killean the Zilean."
    • "Welcome to the Destroyed Monster Club, appreciate it a lot," a reference to a similar Catchphrase by popular League of Legends streamer/former NALCS player Imaqtpie.
    • "Jungling is so easy," referencing this moment by NALCS player Aphromoo.
• Badass Adorable: Nunu is an adorable young lad with a hold of ancient magic and a huge and powerful yeti friend. Said yeti friend, Willump, is powerful enough to have defended the said magic from the Frostguard for possibly thousands of years, and also happens to be very cute and fluffy. Even Baron Nashor is implicitly afraid of Nunu.
  Nunu: Am I crazy, or was that monster more afraid of me?
• Balance Buff: Nunu and Willump were historically seen as a somewhat niche pick due to their abilities being split in various different and conflicting directions; half of it suggested they were meant to be a jungle pick (namely with their Consume giving them powerful clears and sustain), but then the other half suggested they should be more of a bullying lane support (with Ice Blast and Blood Boil being designed as if they were to help allies kill enemies), and the need to keep either path being stupidly powerful was to make them undertuned, resulting in a situation where effectively half their kit was pointless at any point in the game. Their 2018 VGU rectified this by designing abilities that would properly function in either early jungling or late teamfighting; with the added engage power of Biggest Snowball Ever!, the stickiness of Snowball Barrage, and the still-devastating AoE power of Absolute Zero, they now amass sheer bulk and area control that allows them to be a persistent bulwark, with the clear strengths and weaknesses that entails.
• A Boy and His X: Nunu is a normal boy from the Freljord who became best friends with Willump, the last magical yeti in the land, with said friendship being one of their most defining traits in the entire game. It's even there in their collective title: "The Boy and His Yeti". Alternate skins change this, with Nunu and Willump Bot explicitly saying they're "A boy and his robot".
• Bilingual Bonus: When Nunu and Willump Bot repeatedly die, W.I.L.L.U.M.P. may read off a set pattern of 0's and 1's before passing. They all spell "noob".
• Birds of a Feather: Nunu and Willump saw in each other a very similar loneliness, Nunu's from the loss of his mother and his isolation among the Frostguard, and Willump's from the loss of his people and the years spent alone guarding his last treasure. Through each other, they find a best friend and kindred spirit.
• Blue Is Heroic: This is present in both of the duo's designs, Nunu having his bright blue eyes and cap, and Nunu being covered in blur fur and markings. And of course, they're both a very heroic pair of adventurers.
• Breaking the Fourth Wall:
  • His TPA skin has him acknowledge the original team his skin is based off of, and even namedrops a few players.
    TPA Nunu: (killing an enemy) Big MiSTakE! (Willump grunts) Get it? That's a player's name! (Willump noises)
  • Nunu and Willump Bot directly refers to Tryndamere in one interaction as "Marc".
  • Also in the Nunu and Willump Bot skin, Willump has this gem while attacking Baron Nashor:
    W.I.L.L.U.M.P: I will punch this Baron through the fourth wall, to say 'Hello' to players.
  • One of Nunu and Willump Bot's "first move" lines has Nunu claim he's hacked into "Riot Corps systems" and found AI code for one of their old games... that being League of Legends. W.I.L.L.U.M.P then promptly glitches out.
• Brick Joke: Nunu makes a few references to interactions previously made by Ivern: He also calls the Gromp "Lord Grompulus, Kevin Ribbiton of Croaksworth," and he also suspects that the Kumungu affair he and the Brambleback were in might've actually been Ivern's fault after all.
• Carnivorous Healing Factor: Consume takes a bite out of an enemy and heals them for a sizable amount. The damage dealt and the self-healing is greater against monsters and minions than champions.
• Darker and Edgier: Demolisher Nunu is this to an extent. Their dark, armored design is certainly imposing, but they can only really be as edgy as Nunu is capable of being, and even with the skin's unique voice lines where he tries to speak with a growlier voice, it's not much.
  Nunu: We're gonna demolisherize you! (Willump grunts) Uh, maulerate? (Willump grunts) Marfigure? (Willump grunts) Grr, the point is, you're not gonna find it very pleasant!
• Death or Glory Attack: If built as as AP-based Glass Cannon, Biggest Snowball Ever! becomes this. Landing a full-sized snowball will open up Nunu and Willump's foes to a world of hurt. But missing leaves them stuck in the middle of the enemy line with no escape tools and little defense to weather incoming attacks with.
• The Dividual:
  • Nunu and Willump are two very distinct characters, but in-game, they effectively function as a single playable champion.
  • Prior to their VGU, the two were still a pair, but this trope was Downplayed in strange ways. Despite the pair being collectively just simplified to "Nunu," many fans noticed that it's only Willump doing any actual in-game work, with Nunu himself basically only existing to ride him and speak. Following the VGU, the two have been given distinct, active roles (you primarily play as Willump, and Nunu has a part in Snowball Barrage and seems to contribute to Absolute Zero), and the two are now collectively referred to as "Nunu & Willump".
• Dynamic Entry: Biggest Snowball Ever! lets Nunu and Willump charge into the fight with a giant snowball in tow to damage and knockup enemy champions in their path.
• Early-Bird Cameo: Neither Nunu nor Willump themselves, but Nunu's mother is all but confirmed to have been the singer of Ornn's teaser video, "The Path to Hearth-Home".
  Nunu: (when first encountering Ornn) Ornn! My mom used to sing your song as the ashes died in the fire... it still makes me feel warm.
• Fun with Acronyms:
  • With Nunu and Willump Bot, the robotic W.I.L.L.U.M.P's full name is "Workframe-Integrated Lossless Lifeform, Uploaded Mainly for Punching."
  • One of Nunu and Willump Bot's "first move" lines is:
    Nunu: GLHF!
    W.I.L.L.U.M.P: That means "Good Luck, Human Fleshbags."
• Gathering Steam: The core function of Biggest Snowball Ever!, which grows bigger and stronger the longer the duo roll it up, resulting in some of the most explosive gank and inititiation power in the game.
  "Here we go!"
• Intergenerational Friendship: Willump is at least a couple of centuries old, having been around when Lissandra faced the Watchers. Nunu meanwhile is likely no older than eight.
• Little Guy, Big Buddy: A young boy riding atop a four-armed yeti.
• Mythology Gag:
  • While fighting the raptor camp, Nunu occasionally claims that their nest was stolen from wraiths, referencing how prior to the Summoner Rift's 2014 visual overhaul, wraiths occupied the space now taken up by raptors.
  • In a similar vein, while fighting the Blue Sentinel, Nunu might also ask it "What happened to the sentries, blue guy?"
  • Their champion spotlight describes their Call of the Freljord passive as getting "Willump and a nearby ally's blood boiling, increasing their attack and movement speed for a few seconds." This is a nod to its predecessor ability with pre-VGU Nunu, Blood Boil, which did much of the same thing (additionally granting ability power).
• Not the Intended Use: While primarily intended to be a tank with damage that falls off significantly by late game, the duo's AP ratios are solid enough that building them with a full mage build can be Crazy Enough to Work. They can't stay in the fray as long and become exponentially more reliant on their long cooldowns, but they get to layer potentially monolithic damage to their snowball and ultimate on top of their usual crowd control, and it's entirely possible to make a single Consume to restore over half of their health bar in one go.
• Our Werewolves Are Different: Neither Nunu or Willump are this, but Nunu thinks this is what the Murk Wolves on Summoner's Rift are.
  Nunu: Don't let them bite you, Willump! Then you'll turn into a were-yeti! (beat) Wait, that would be awesome!
• The Power of Friendship: Extremely prevalent with the duo. It's Nunu's kindness and heart that led Willump to entrust him with the magical gem he was guarding, and the two have been inseparable since.
• Reimagining the Artifact: Grungy Nunu and Willump used to be a very cut-and-dry Palette Swap referencing Sesame Street (Oscar and Cookie Monster specifically). The reworked version keeps that stuffed toy concept but in a different direction, instead imagining Willump as Nunu's big stuffed animal friend.
• Self-Destruct Mechanism: Willump Bot's version of Absolute Zero is framed like this, complete with an ominous countdown clock on W.I.L.L.U.M.P's screen (at least to your allies).
• Skill Gate Characters: Nunu and Willump aren't especially complex mechanically aside from the movement controls of Biggest Snowball Ever!. But their short range, kitable nature, and mediocre damage output (unless built for AP) means that they can be easily punished for reckless gameplay. Their effectiveness in higher-level play comes from good game sense, abuse of Consume for maximum jungle objective control, and working with teammates to lockdown foes and secure kills.
• Signature Move: Consume and Absolute Zero have always been core abilities of Nunu's kit, so much so that his VGU was made specifically around these two abilities in mind, preserving almost all of their original function with only minor behavioural tweaks.
• Smiting Evil Feels Good: Subverted. While Good Feels Good, Nunu still isn't really pleased with having to hurt others to do so.
  Nunu: Hurting people isn't fun, Willump. Is that why it's so hard to be a hero?
• Snowball Fight: How the two met and became friends with each other. In-game, both Nunu and Willump have their own takes on using snowballs in combat, with Nunu throwing smaller volleys by hand, and Willump rolling up an increasingly giant one to bowl into enemies.
• Stone Wall: If built as a frontline tank, Nunu and Willump's mid to late-game damage output is pretty mediocre at best. But the Biggest Snowball Ever! is a powerful engagement tool and he can restrict enemy movement with Snowball Barrage and Absolute Zero. They can also stay in the fight for surprising amounts of time thanks to the healing they get from Consume, allowing them to spend even more time hindering their foes.
• Swords Set To Stun: Nunu and Willump apparently go out of their way to avoid using lethal force, even though the enemy champions still go through their death animations.
  Nunu: We didn't want to hurt you, that's why we used snow!
• True Companions: Just going by the in-game voice lines, it's very apparent that Nunu and Willump's friendship is likely the strongest in the entire game's universe.
  Nunu: You know what would be fun, Willump? Everything! If you're there with me! (excited Willump noises)
• Walking the Earth: After buddying up, the two have been roaming the Freljordian plains to have an adventure together, with the two wildly snowballing from one place to the next.
• You're Not My Father: Played for Laughs with a random movement quote with Nunu and Willump Bot. Even with context, it sounds almost like a total Non Sequitur:
  Nunu: I love you, Willump!
  W.I.L.L.U.M.P.: You're not my real dad.

Nunu Tropes

• Calling Your Attacks:
  "This is gonna be the Biggest Snowball Ever!"
• Cheerful Child: A young, imaginative kid whose desire to become a hero to the northern Frostguard tribe led him to venture out to slay a mysterious yeti beast... and instead befriending it. His optimism and their friendship are considered some of the most wholesome things in the entire game, which is saying a lot.
  Nunu: They only hurt people cause there's something sad in their hearts? (Willump noises) Then I'm gonna knock it out!
• The Chosen One: The Stinger of Song Of Nunu hints Nunu of all people may be the one destined to save Runeterra from the Frozen Watchers.
• Cloudcuckoolander: Granted, he is a child with an overactive imagination, but some of Nunu's lines can get pretty out-there.
  Nunu: We gotta stop the raptors before they become Evil Raptosaurs and try and eat the sun! (Willump grunts) What? It could happen.
• The Cutie: Oh so very much. His pure kindness and optimism are alleged to be key to what unites the Freljord, as Willump sensed upon the yetis' gem reacting to the boy.
• Girls Have Cooties: One gets the impression he thinks this in one of his general lines, even if this is a little contradicted by him encountering Annie:
  Nunu: We'll always win, cause we have something to fight for! (Willump grunts and laughs) Not princesses! Gross!
• I Call It "Vera": He calls his flute "Svellsongur", the name of a fictional sword he invented in his mind.
• I Just Want to Be Badass: Nunu yearns for adventures and heroic feats like those in his mother's stories, so much so that it shapes the kinds of adventures he seeks with Willump. A lot of it can be traced back to the boy wanting to recapture the time he lost with his mother, who he couldn't search for because he lacked the ability to traverse the dangerous wilds alone.
• I Miss Mom: Understandable given that she was the only family he had.
  Nunu missed his mother desperately, but the Frostguard assured him no child could safely search for her...Nunu spent more and more time alone, escaping into his mother’s songs—the legends and heroes of old. He yearned to be one of these heroes, a warrior like the Frostguard, who could have saved his mother.

  The Boy and His Yeti
• Instrument of Murder: Nunu imagines and likes to insist that his flute is actually a sword called Svellsongur, but it really is just a flute. His mother's songs that he plays on it, however, are implied to be much more significant.
• Kid Hero: Doesn't look any older than a preteen, but when paired up with Willump, the two make a very formidable duo.
  Nunu: Ugh, old people always doom the world, so it's up to kids to save it!
• Like Parent, Like Child: His love of song and storytelling were imparted by his mother Layka. The short story "Frozen Hearts" shows her expertly weaving stories into her conversation with Nunu, much like how he tells stories while exploring the Rift with Willump.
• Magic Music: Layka's songs, created from tales gathered as their tribe wandered the Freljord, seem to be more important than Nunu is led on to believe. Lissandra is particularly interested in one of his mother's songs, which is implied to have some ancient connection to the yetis. In-game, flute chimes play when Call of the Freljord is triggered.
• Mass Monster-Slaughter Sidequest: A rare in-universe example; when attacking the raptors, Nunu will occasionally remark that an old man in a cave asked them to kill exactly ten of them.
• Missing Mom: Nunu and his mother, Layka, were separated after their caravan was attacked by raiders, with Nunu taken to safety by the Frostguard without her. Nunu and Willump have now been searching for her since.
• Momma's Boy: Nunu was very close to his mother, and his love for songs and storytelling comes from her. Her disappearance is what motivates his journey.
• Mr. Imagination: Nunu has a very active imagination, and thanks to the magic gem that Willump was originally guarding that's powered by imagination, they can actually weaponize it. It's also what gives Willump his friendly appearance, and it's implied that this is the in-universe reasoning behind their alternate skins.
• Nice Guy: Nunu is so nice that he just feels lonely after a pentakill.
  Nunu:I know I should be happy, but it feels lonely, Willump.
• Oh, Crap!: Nunu goes into fighting most jungle camps with confidence, even dragons, but he gets audibly nervous and has to psych himself up to take on the Rift Herald and Baron Nashor.
• Only Friend: Nunu is the first and only human Willump has been able to befriend, all after spending centuries alone in a frozen cave with no company.
• Please Wake Up: During their "death" animation, Nunu is simply knocked off as Willump bites the dust, but then he scrambles and pleads for Willump to get back up. It's pretty distressing, which was amusingly one of Riot's unofficial intentions while designing it.
  "Willump! Don't leave me!"
• Puppy Love: Nunu recoils and says that Annie is "too pretty" when he encounters her with the Nunu and Willump Bot skin.
• Rhymes on a Dime: Nunu's "long move" lines have him read off a story of adventure framed in a few couplets.
  "The troll was fierce, his breath was cold. Not blood, but ice you would behold. To spill from wounds, the bites of steel. In flesh was hero's blade concealed! Being a hero is awesome!"
  "Ice, wind, spray of souls. Lay of seekers, the elder toll. Locked for eons, a frozen key. The power lies inside me!"
  "The gods are gone, the world their forge. Now flames are gone, and words our torch. Against the cold, this song I sing, a spark of my own forging!...Well, technically my mom's."
  "The dragon's maw opened wide, and fire bloomed deep down inside. The hero saw a flash of teeth, and- Maybe I'll tell you what happened next time, Willump. (Willump whines)"
• Ship Tease: A very brief one with Nunu and Willump Bot: first approaching Annie might prompt Nunu to yelp out "Too pretty!"
• Token Good Teammate: Nunu became one of Frostguard tribe, one under the control of Lissandra and is the most "evil" in the Freljordian three-way civil war between The Avarosa and the Winter's Claw (the only other Frostguard champion being the territorial, brutish Trundle). He was originally part of a separate nomadic tribe called the Notai before he was taken in, and he has no interest in (and likely even knowledge of) Lissandra's less savory traits and history, instead just wanting to have an adventure with his new friend, Willump.

Willump Tropes

• Berserk Button: The Frostguard, or at least the Frostguard soldiers that were sent out to hunt for him. In their joke animation, Nunu forms a snowman of one to start a joke, but Willump crushes it before he can finish any of them.
• Big Eater: Willump has a mean appetite, and will freely go after raptors, poisonous frogs, Eggnivia, rock monsters, and whatever Zac is made of. The reason he can eat so much and from odd sources is because he specifically consumes magical energy, ironically meaning he isn't interested in human foods as they provide none.
• Bigfoot, Sasquatch, and Yeti: Willump is a yeti, and a very unusual-looking one at that, with multiple arms and antlers. Yetis in general were once magical and intelligent creatures until a frozen cataclysm caused by Lissandra turned them savage. Willump, is the last-known magical yeti. The duo also have the Sasquatch Nunu skin that fulfills the namesake.
• Clap Your Hands If You Believe: The last magic yeti artifact is a gem that can affect perception based on a user's imagination. Willump's current physical appearance is directly attributed to Nunu seeing Willump as a friendly giant, while previous hunters that sought the gem with only malice in their hearts saw him as a violent monster.
• Cute Giant: Willump looks like a cross between a reindeer and a giant, four-armed poro.
• Dark and Troubled Past: Willump's whole society was wiped out by what's implied to be the arrival of the Watchers, and he watched as the rest of his species devolved into wild beasts. He alone would guard the yeti's sacred gem, defending it for years against selfish hunters who only saw him as a monster. (which the gem made so due to its power). He even started to forget his own name.
• Does Not Know His Own Strength: A lot of Willump's animations showcase how much stronger he is than Nunu, who often has to hold on for dear life as the weight of Willump's motions sends the kid flying all over the place. Their laugh emote for example has Willump sneeze hard enough to send Nunu flying off, but thankfully catching the latter in time before he hits the ground, to which they both laugh it off.
• Eating the Enemy: Using Consume on a low-health minion or monster will cause Willump to eat them in one bite. And it works on a lot of different creatures.
• Gentle Giant: He's built like a big squishy pillow, with the cuddly personality to match.
• Hyperactive Metabolism: Consume instantly restores hit points, granting a ton of sustain for farming in the jungle.
• Intelligible Unintelligible: Willump primarily speaks in animalistic grunting noises, but Nunu can understand him perfectly fine. According to a dev post, every sound corresponds to a word, allowing his actor to make the proper inflections during their conversations à la Groot.
  "(Willump noises)"
  Nunu: "Uh-huh."
  "(Willump noises)"
  Nunu: "No way!"
  "(Willump noises)"
  Nunu: "Woah, that's the best story my ears ever heard!"
  "(Willump giggles)"
  Nunu: "But... no one got hit in the face with a snowball."
  "(Willump grunts quizzacly)"
  Nunu: "'Til now! Got you, you big galumpa!" (Laughs)
  "(Willump laughs)"
• Last of His Kind: Yetis were formerly a grand race that ruled the Freljord in ancient times, but following a cataclysm of ice, their magic power was stripped away and they descended into savagery, with Willump being described as "the last magical yeti."
• Machine Monotone: Willump in the Nunu and Willump Bot skin speaks with a completely flat text-to-speech program, which makes its many humorous lines even more hilarious.
  Nunu: Oh, what if we were armored? Or we were elves? Or zombies?! No, wait! Robots! That's what people wantinvoked.
• Multi-Armed and Dangerous: Unlike his pre-VGU design, Willump has four arms. Riot has stated that this helped solidify his Gentle Giant design, with his soft fur and extra arms making him "the best hugger in Runeterra."
• Ridiculously Cute Critter: Willump may be a yeti, but he's so dang fluffy and cute!
• Robot Me: Nunu and Willump Bot replaces Willump with a vocal and incredibly sassy robot counterpart called W.I.L.L.U.M.P., who can also transform into a go-kart while "dashing."
• Suddenly Voiced: Willump primarily speaks in bestial grunting noises, but in the Nunu and Willump Bot skin, he has dialogue of his own, but only through a completely monotone text-to-speech program.
• Swallowed Whole: Consume normally has Willump chomp forward, but if it's done on a minion or other small monster with low-enough health, the ability plays an alternate animation where the unit simply pops into Willump's mouth for an instant kill.
• The Unpronounceable: One brief line implies Nunu knows Willump's real name, but nobody can pronounce it. Then again, Willump can't pronounce Nunu's name either, so it's fair game.
• X Called; They Want Their Y Back: Willump Bot has a shortened form of this when approached by a champion with a Mecha skin:
  W.I.L.L.U.M.P: There is an action movie somewhere that wants its mech designs back.
• Your Mind Makes It Real: The yetis' gem bends reality to match the dreams of nearby mortals; so if you perceive Willump as just a monster, he becomes a monster. But if you're a kind child like Nunu who can empathize with Willump, he becomes friendlier and kinder.
  In anger, then shock, then joy, the guardian joined in, shaped not by fear, but by a child’s imagination. He was growing furrier and friendlier. His growl was becoming a laugh.

  The Boy and His Yeti

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Old Nunu and Willump (Pre-VGU)

Here we go!

Nunu voiced by:
Cristina Ulloa (English)
Yolanda Pérez (European Spanish)
"Antonio" — Acapela voice synthesizer's male voice (European Spanish/Nunu Bot)
Romina Marroquín Payró (Mexican Spanish)
Ayumi Fujimura (Japanese)
Mattheus Caliano (Brazilian Portuguese)
Wendel Bezerra (Brazilian Portuguese/Nunu Bot)

Willump the Yeti voiced by: Brian Sommer

"Willump and I have a whole world to explore. Don't get in our way!"

Sometimes bonds of friendship become stronger than even bonds of blood. When those bonds link a fearless boy to a fearsome Yeti, the bond becomes a force to be reckoned with. Given the responsibility of taming a terrifying beast, Nunu forged a friendship where others would have forged chains. Now Nunu and his burly pal Willump are an inseparable pair who combine youthful exuberance and brute strength with the mythical powers of the Yeti to overcome obstacles insurmountable to any ordinary duo.

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Nunu and Willump are a Warden champion duo with a strong emphasis on buffing allies and debuffing foes, their wide variety of skills making them very versatile.

• Their passive, Visionary, makes their next spell free to cast and one rank stronger after a certain number of basic attacks.
• With their first ability, Consume, Willump bites a nearby enemy minion, dealing large unblockable true damage and regaining health. If he bites a jungle minion they will gain a buff for a long duration, granting Nunu increased health, size and out-of-combat movement speed, and stacking up to five times.
• Their second ability, Blood Boil, heats both their and a nearby ally's blood, granting both of them increased movement speed, attack speed, and ability power (up to a cap) for a duration.
• With their third ability, Ice Blast, Nunu throws a ball of ice at a nearby enemy, damaging them and slowing their movement and attack speed.
• Their ultimate ability, Absolute Zero, makes them channel, sapping a large area around them of heat, which slows the movement and attack speed of all nearby foes. When the channel ends or the ability is reactivated Nunu and Willump unleash an icy explosion, dealing massive damage to all surrounding foes depending on how long they channeled.

Nunu's alternate skins include Sasquatch Nunu, Workshop Nunu, Grungy Nunu, Nunu Bot, Demolisher Nunu, and TPA Nunu.

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• Ascended Meme: Nunu Bot, named and based on a series of YouTube videos about how horrible the AI version of the champion can be.
• Because You Were Nice to Me: As Nunu cared for Willump while the latter was sick and abused by the Frostguard, the yeti took a liking to the boy. This culminates in Willump defending Nunu from the wrath of the beastmaster that abused the yeti in the first place.
  Even after so much mistreatment, it wasn't concern for himself but for the boy who'd shown him kindness that finally pushed Willump too far.

  The Yeti Rider
• Big Eater: That Yeti can eat minions riding self-propelled cannons, aswell as Dragons, Lizards, Golems and more.
• Bigfoot, Sasquatch, and Yeti: Rides a Yeti by default and a Sasquatch in his Sasquatch Nunu skin.
• Boring Yet Practical: Playing Nunu as a support involves constantly casting Blood Boil on your carry and throwing a snowball at the enemy once in a while. Not very flashy, but the attack speed buff from the former and attack speed debuff from the latter will almost guarantee that any duels between the two carries will end in your side's favor.
• Charged Attack: His ultimate is a three second channel, during which nearby enemies are slowed. If you manage to complete the entire channel without getting interrupted, you pretty much win the teamfight by default.
• Crutch Character: When played as a solo laner he can shut down most rivals with his ice blasts and heal back any damage taken with Consume, making it tough to beat him in lane. When played as a jungler he excels at counter-jungling by stealing important buffs and jungle creeps, shutting down many junglers. However, he doesn't have too much going for him late game due largely in part to his unreliable ultimate- it's easier to count the champions that cannot interrupt it.
• Difficult, but Awesome: His ultimate is an absolute bitch to land, as almost all champions can interrupt casting, and some of those who cannot can escape it in time. When fully channeled, through clever use of brush, proper teamwork and timing it is the absolute most powerful thing in the game. Nunu's ult has one of the highest base damages of any ability ever, and the AP scaling (2.5 damage for one point of AP) is more than some champions have across their entire skill set.
• Disappeared Dad: In the second version of his lore, Nunu and his father got lost in a snowstorm, leading them to take refuge in a cave. His father had to venture out to look for food, only to never return.
• The Dog Bites Back: After months of horrific mistreatment by the Frostguard's beastmaster, Willump eventually rips the man a new one after escaping confinement. Though it was less out of revenge and more because the beastmaster was going to harm Nunu.
• Fan Vid: Amazingly, a whole series starring the game's Nunu Bot and player Angry Goran. Check the first one out here. Also an Ascended Meme: Riot honored the series with an actual Nunu Bot skin, featuring a robotic yeti that mimics the voice from the series.
• Friendless Background: Prior to meeting Willump, Nunu was a pariah among the Frostguard whose elders didn't care for his imagniative tendencies.
  Sometimes he would do more than just dream, much to the frustration of his minders.

  The Yeti Rider
• Gender Flip: Nunu's very first bio used female pronouns, but was later updated to make them a boy.
  As a child, Nunu and her family inhabited the Northern fringe of Runeterra's polar region...Nunu became invaluable to her small village
• Master of None: In terms of gameplay, as they technically have a very versatile kit full of sustain, wave clear, and poke potential, but in a way that creates a very imbalanced kit, making them not excel in their primary jungle role. This is emphasized by the presence of other junglers like Rammus and Zac who have decent waveclear, but also a stronger and more consistent ability to gank lanes and aid teammates.
• Not the Intended Use: One of the most common uses for Nunu is as a 0 CS botlane support, leaning on his ability to buff the AD carry with Blood Boil and slowing the enemy carry with Ice Blast.
• Palette Swap: Sasquatch and Grungy Nunu are both basic recolors pf the duo's base textures.
• Retcon: Nunu's lore has changed multiple times throughout the game's history, including flipping him from a boy to a girl and then back to a boy.
• Skill Gate Characters: Teaches you some basics of jungling like sustain (Consume) and counter ganking (Ice Blast). More experienced players will choose a jungler who excels better in ganking and sustaining power (for example, Xin Zhao) or know how to interrupt his ultimate in teamfights. However, Nunu comes back into vogue in very high level play, since he is an extremely oppressive jungler who can set the enemy jungler far back by stealing his/her camps and counterganking. Late game his blood boil gives a competent ADC an extremely good buff and his ultimate, while easy to interrupt, is great for peel and forces an enemy team to divert resources and crowd control onto Nunu instead of a carry.
• Through His Stomach: The very first version of their lore had the duo befriending each other when Nunu offered a starving Willump some fish.
  Feeling pity for the poor, shivering beast, [Nunu] offered the Yeti a fish from her bucket. With wide eyes, the eager Yeti gobbled it down, feeling much better and the two became fast friends.
  • This was even preserved in another iteration where Nunu snuck an abused Willump scraps of protein to help the latter regain strength.
    As he saw his new friend Willump growing weaker and sicker, Nunu began to sneak the Yeti scraps of meat, hoping to restore his health.
• What Measure Is a Non-Human?: Willump was heavily abused by the Frostguard who regularly subjected him to whipping and a poor diet.