Bard vs Nasus
How to Beat Nasus as Bard
based on 2,956 Bard vs Nasus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Bard vs Nasus Matchup Summary
Best Bard vs Nasus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nasus as Bard
Tips for Playing as Bard against Nasus
Don't forget that enemies can also use your Magical Journey doorways, and that your ultimate can also hit your allies!
Let your Caretaker's Shrines charge up - they heal for a lot more when at full power.
It's important to collect chimes to improve your meep's attacks, but don't neglect your lane partner! Try to make a big entrance by bringing an ally into the lane with you with Magical Journey.
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.
Bard vs Nasus Counter Stats
How to Counter Nasus with Bard in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here feature several valuable Bard against Nasus counter stats that may help us explain the distinctions between the two. Bard’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Nasus’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Bard may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Nasus. This observation is largely caused by the differences in assists.
Bard usually has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his foe does. On average, he receives less damage than Nasus. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also illustrate that the champion with more health has less agility and thus is not able to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Bard and Nasus
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Who is Better, Bard or Nasus?
Both League champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Bard usually wins when taking on Nasus, with a 52.2% win rate. Therefore, Bard makes a good counter for Nasus.
While Bard does have a higher win rate than Nasus, when on opposite teams, Bard also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more time consuming champion to learn. You should be be fine when picking Bard into Nasusas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Bard has a good 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 ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Bard vs Nasus matchups, Bard is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Bard is an above average counter for Nasus. Focus your tactics on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Bard against Nasus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Bard to counter Nasus during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Bard on average accumulates a lot less CS as Nasus. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values reported on this page to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Bard versus Nasus build consist of Frozen Heart, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Solstice Sleigh. When Bard included at least these three items in his build, he did much better countering Nasus than with many other typical builds. In fact, Bard had an average winrate of 52.2% battling Nasus with these items in his kit.
To have the highest probability of vanquishing Nasus as Bard, you should equip the Fleet Footwork, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Coup de Grace, Conditioning, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Bard vs Nasus fights, this order of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 52.2% winrate overall.
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