Caitlyn vs Nasus
How to Beat Nasus as Caitlyn
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Caitlyn vs Nasus Matchup Summary
Best Caitlyn vs Nasus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nasus as Caitlyn
Tips for Playing as Caitlyn against Nasus
Fire 90 Caliber Net away from the opponent to close the gap or hop over walls.
Avoid using Ace in the Hole in large team melees as it might be blocked by the wrong target.
Make use of her Yordle Snap Traps by placing them pre-emptively to ensure that you'll have one off of cooldown during combat.
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.
Caitlyn vs Nasus Counter Stats
How to Counter Nasus with Caitlyn in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here emphasize some valuable Caitlyn versus Nasus counter statistics that may help us realize the differences between the pair. For instance, Caitlyn’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Nasus’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Caitlyn may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Nasus..
Caitlyn typically has a slightly larger longest killing spree than her matchup does. Commonly, she receives less damage than Nasus. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Caitlyn and Nasus
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Who is Better, Caitlyn or Nasus?
Both League champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Caitlyn usually fairs equally well when taking on Nasus, with a 49.6% win rate. Thus, Caitlyn makes an ok counter for Nasus.
While Caitlyn does have a lower win rate compared to Nasus, when facing one another, Caitlyn also has a greater difficulty level that makes her a more complex character to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Caitlyn into Nasus.
Furthermore, Caitlyn has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Nasus. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Caitlyn vs Nasus matchups, Nasus is the better champion with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Caitlyn is a somewhat poor counter to Nasus. Focus your play on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Caitlyn against Nasus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Caitlyn to counter Nasus during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats shown above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Caitlyn on average picks up a similar amount of CS relative to Nasus. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The best items to use in your Caitlyn versus Nasus build include Lord Dominik's Regards, The Collector, and Opportunity. When Caitlyn used at least these three items in her build, she did much better versus Nasus than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Caitlyn boasted an average win rate of 49.6% when countering Nasus with these items in her kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of crushing Nasus as Caitlyn, you should equip the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players used for Caitlyn vs Nasus counterpicks, this composite of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 49.6% win rate overall.
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