Azir vs Nasus
How to Beat Nasus as Azir
based on 1,724 Azir vs Nasus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Azir vs Nasus Matchup Summary
Best Azir vs Nasus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nasus as Azir
Tips for Playing as Azir against Nasus
Be a bird!
In the lane, try to position your soldiers between the enemy's minions and the enemy champion. This way you can use them both to last hit and to project threat onto your lane opponent.
Be careful about putting down both of the soldiers stored by Arise! Unless you're going all-in, always have a soldier in your back pocket if you need to escape over a wall or if you misposition your other soldier and need damage now.
Think of Emperor's Divide as a defensive ability first and foremost. Use it when the enemy engages on you or your allies. Remember that your team can walk through the soldiers summoned by Emperor's Divide and use this to your advantage when enemy melee champions engage on you.
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.
Azir vs Nasus Counter Stats
How to Counter Nasus with Azir in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here emphasize several vital Azir versus Nasus counter statistics that may help us realize the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Azir’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Nasus’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Azir may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Nasus..
Azir typically has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his opponent does. Typically, he receives less damage than Nasus. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the champion with increased HP has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Azir and Nasus
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Who is Better, Azir or Nasus?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Azir usually fairs equally well when taking on Nasus, with a 50.7% win rate. Therefore, Azir makes an ok counter to Nasus.
While Azir does have a higher win rate than Nasus, when on opposite teams, Azir also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more difficult character to learn. You should be careful when picking Azir into Nasusas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Azir has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Nasus. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Azir vs Nasus matchups, Azir is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Azir is a decent counter for Nasus. Make sure you focus your strategy on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Azir against Nasus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Azir to counter Nasus during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Azir typically racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Nasus. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values shown here to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Azir versus Nasus build include Lich Bane, Nashor's Tooth, and Zhonya's Hourglass. When Azir used at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better when facing Nasus than with most other common builds. In fact, Azir had an average win rate of 50.7% when countering Nasus with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of coming out on top against Nasus as Azir, Azir players should use the Conqueror, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Manaflow Band, and Scorch runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the runes we have analyed for Azir vs Nasus counter picks, this mixture of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 50.7% winrate overall.
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