Anivia vs Nasus
How to Beat Nasus as Anivia
based on 1,606 Anivia vs Nasus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Anivia vs Nasus Matchup Summary
Best Anivia vs Nasus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nasus as Anivia
Tips for Playing as Anivia against Nasus
Timing Flash Frost with Frostbite can lead to devastating combinations.
It can be very difficult for enemy champions to kill her egg early in game. Seize the advantage by playing aggressively.
Anivia is extremely reliant on Mana for Glacial Storm. Try getting items with Mana or going for a Crest of the Ancient Golem buff on Summoner's Rift.
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.
Anivia vs Nasus Counter Stats
How to Counter Nasus with Anivia in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page highlight some critical Anivia vs. Nasus matchup statistics that can help us interpret the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Anivia’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Nasus’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Anivia may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Nasus..
Anivia typically has a similar longest kill spree as her opponent does. Commonly, she receives less damage than Nasus. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Anivia and Nasus
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Who is Better, Anivia or Nasus?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Anivia usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Nasus, with a 50.7% win rate. Thus, Anivia makes an ok counter to Nasus.
While Anivia does have a higher win rate compared to Nasus, when they face off with one another, Anivia also has a much greater difficulty level that makes her a more complex champion to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Anivia into Nasusas her relative depth means you may not be able to reach her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Anivia has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Nasus. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Anivia vs Nasus matchups, Anivia is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Anivia is a decent counter to Nasus. Make sure you focus your actions on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Anivia against Nasus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Anivia to counter Nasus during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips presented here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Anivia on average accumulates a similar amount of CS relative to Nasus. Champions who typically don't take much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers displayed here to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Anivia versus Nasus build include Seraph's Embrace, Rabadon's Deathcap, and Rod of Ages. When Anivia incorporated at least these three items in her build, she performed a lot better vs Nasus than with most other common item sets. In fact, Anivia had an average winrate of 50.7% when countering Nasus with this counter build.
To have the best likelihood of coming out on top against Nasus as Anivia, Anivia players should take the Electrocute, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Presence of Mind, and Coup de Grace runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players picked for Anivia vs Nasus counters, this combination of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 50.7% win rate overall.
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