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Nasus

FighterTank
Nasus is a fighterRolefighter
DifficultyAverage
Power SpikeMid-Game
Soul Eater abilityp
Siphoning Strike abilityq
Wither abilityw
Spirit Fire abilitye
Fury of the Sands abilityr
StatsBuildCounters
Runes
Synergies
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Nasus Build

based on 81,291 matches
Win Rate
51.4 %
Pick Rate
7.7 %
Ban Rate
6.6 %

How We Come Up with Our Nasus Builds

We process over 1 Million League of Legends games every day to bring you the most accurate Nasus build so you can destroy your enemies and improve you win rate. We've broken down our Nasus builds by rank, position, and enemy team type, so you can find the most accurate set of Nasus core items and runes for any situation.

Nasus Build Summary

Nasus is a good top lane champ in League of Legends. His best rune sets are Precision Resolve. Incorporating the specific runes shown below into your Nasus build will give you the bonus stats to guarantee he plays well through the laning phase of the match and into the late game. You should focus on leveling up his q ability first.

Best vsAll Build for Nasus

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's ShieldDoran's Ring

Early Items

~5 Mins
KindlegemIonian Boots of Lucidity

Core Nasus Items

~22 Mins
Trinity ForceThornmailHullbreakerIonian Boots of Lucidity

Optional Items

Spear Of ShojinSerylda's GrudgeBloodthirsterMuramana

Summoner Spells

summonerhaste summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Nasus to level upq
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Second ability for Nasus to level upw
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Last skill for Nasus to max oute

Runes

PrecisionFleet FootworkTriumphLegend: TenacityLast Stand
ResolveConditioningOvergrowth
Ability HasteMagic ResistMagic Resist
Nasus's passive ability p
Nasus's q ability q
Nasus's w ability w
Nasus's e ability e
Nasus's ultimate ability r
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Q
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W
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Q
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E
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Q
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R
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Q
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W
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Q
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R
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W
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W
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E
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R

Nasus Matchups Overview

Nasus is Weak Against

IllaoiIllaoi45% winrateShenShen47.4% winrateUrgotUrgot47.5% winrateAatroxAatrox48.2% winrate

Nasus is Strong Against

GnarGnar57.5% winratePantheonPantheon56.5% winrateKennenKennen56.3% winrateJayceJayce56.1% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

Volibearjungle+ 55.3% 865 GamesSwainmiddle+ 55.9% 925 GamesAmumusupport+ 56.1% 565 GamesZiggsbottom+ 58% 559 Games

More Gameplay Tips for Nasus Players

Tips and Tricks

Always last hit with Siphoning Strike because you permanently get stacks which increase your damage output.

It's important to manage your minion wave and pull creeps in order to farm with Siphoning Strike safely.

Nasus FAQs

Q: How to carry with Nasus?

A: Nasus is an incredibly powerful hyper-carry. He can theoretically scale his damage infinitely. His Q will continue to grow in power throughout the game. A safe, yet powerful LoL Nasus build is to build lots of tank items while stacking your Q. In this way, Nasus will be able to outlast most enemies while dealing massive damage in the mid- to late-game.

Q: Is Nasus Q AD or AP?

A: Nasus' Q deals bonus AD damage. It augments his regular physical damage and also synergizes will with lifesteal.

Additional Nasus Build Insights

LoL Nasus players may find him to be a dynamic champ to build out properly. You'll see that his build varies when he is up against either well-rounded or homogenous team comps, meaning you should not follow the same Nasus build every game of League of Legends

The most important items to use in your champion's build are: Trinity Force, Thornmail, and Hullbreaker. Those who added these pieces in their kits had a much better winrate than players who used other Nasus builds. Moreover, if you are battling a well-mixed enemy team arrangement, you should strongly consider getting yourself the Precision, and Resolve runes. In recent matches, he won the largest fraction of his rounds when using these runes.

We came up with our Nasus build suggestions by examining 81,291 recently ranked LoL rounds with him selected. We only advise the best winrate Nasus builds that were used by ranked gamers enough times for us to advise them. With so many games in our dataset, we are very confident in our suggested builds.