Alistar vs Nasus
How to Beat Nasus as Alistar
based on 1,890 Alistar vs Nasus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Alistar vs Nasus Matchup Summary
Best Alistar vs Nasus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nasus as Alistar
Tips for Playing as Alistar against Nasus
Using Flash can allow you catch your target off guard to knock them back into your allies with Pulverize and Headbutt.
Move Speed is very important on Alistar. Consider which boots to buy carefully.
Using Pulverize can allow you to establish better positioning for Headbutt.
Advice to Win Against Nasus
Nasus is prone to being kited. Try not to engage him at full Health.
Max rank Wither is a very effective counter to Attack Damage characters, so try to avoid getting caught alone by it.
While transformed by his ultimate, Nasus is stronger than most champions in the League. Engage him only if you have a clear advantage.
Alistar vs Nasus Counter Stats
How to Counter Nasus with Alistar in LoL
The stats provided here underscore several strategic Alistar against Nasus matchup stats that may help you grasp the differences between the two. As an example, Alistar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Nasus’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Alistar may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Nasus. This observation is in large part fueled by the differences in assists.
Alistar normally has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his enemy does. Typically, he takes less damage than Nasus. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the champion with more HP has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Alistar and Nasus
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Who is Better, Alistar or Nasus?
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Alistar usually fairs equally well when facing off against Nasus, with a 50.0% win rate. Therefore, Alistar makes an ok counter to Nasus.
While Alistar does have a higher winrate than Nasus, when on opposite teams, Alistar also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more difficult champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Alistar into Nasusas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Alistar has a great amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Nasus. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Alistar vs Nasus matchups, Nasus is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Alistar is a decent counter to Nasus. Focus your strategy on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Alistar against Nasus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Alistar to counter Nasus during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Alistar most often picks up a lot less CS compared to Nasus. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values reported on this page to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Alistar versus Nasus build include Knight's Vow, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Solstice Sleigh. When Alistar bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better when facing Nasus than with many other common item sets. In fact, Alistar had an average winrate of 50.0% battling Nasus with these items in his kit.
To have the highest chance of crushing Nasus as Alistar, Alistar players should take the Glacial Augment, Hextech Flashtraption, Minion Dematerializer, Cosmic Insight, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Of all the runes players used for Alistar vs Nasus LoL games, this mix of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 50.0% winrate overall.
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