Heimerdinger vs Nasus
How to Beat Nasus as Heimerdinger
based on 1,886 Heimerdinger vs Nasus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Heimerdinger vs Nasus Matchup Summary
Best Heimerdinger vs Nasus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nasus as Heimerdinger
Tips for Playing as Heimerdinger against Nasus
Spreading out Hextech Micro-Rockets leads to more reliable damage and more efficiency against multiple targets, but focusing it creates the biggest impact.
The success of Electron Storm Grenade is very important to Heimerdinger's survival. The slow and stun both are capable of keeping enemies in place long enough to punish them, but it is also the first line of defense against a surprise attack.
Turret placement can be a deciding factor in a battle. Against most enemies turrets are best when they can support each other, but if the enemy has a lot of area of effect damage your turrets can be destroyed quickly. Placing turrets in brush can lead to a surprise attack in your favor.
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.
Heimerdinger vs Nasus Counter Stats
How to Counter Nasus with Heimerdinger in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here emphasize several influential Heimerdinger vs. Nasus matchup stats that may help us grasp the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Heimerdinger’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Nasus’s ratio of NaN, showing that Heimerdinger may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Nasus..
Heimerdinger often has a similar longest kill spree as his matchup does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Nasus. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also indicate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Heimerdinger and Nasus
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Who is Better, Heimerdinger or Nasus?
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Heimerdinger usually fairs equally well when taking on Nasus, with a 49.5% win rate. Therefore, Heimerdinger makes an ok counter to Nasus.
While Heimerdinger does have a lower winrate than Nasus, when on opposite teams, Heimerdinger also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more challenging character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Heimerdinger into Nasusas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Heimerdinger has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Nasus. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Heimerdinger vs Nasus matchups, Nasus 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.
Heimerdinger is a somewhat poor counter for Nasus. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Heimerdinger against Nasus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Heimerdinger in order 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 tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Heimerdinger typically gets a similar amount of CS relative to Nasus. Champions who typically don't earn much CS usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, 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 a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Heimerdinger versus Nasus build include Zhonya's Hourglass, Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, and Liandry's Torment. When Heimerdinger bought at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better versus Nasus than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Heimerdinger had an average winrate of 49.5% when countering Nasus with these items in his kit.
To have the best probability of defeating Nasus as Heimerdinger, you should take the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Absolute Focus, Scorch, Magical Footwear, and Biscuit Delivery runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players used for Heimerdinger vs Nasus battles, this mixture of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 49.5% win rate overall.
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