Illaoi vs Nasus
How to Beat Nasus as Illaoi
based on 2,390 Illaoi vs Nasus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Illaoi vs Nasus Matchup Summary
Best Illaoi vs Nasus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nasus as Illaoi
Tips for Playing as Illaoi against Nasus
Vessel
Tentacles are an immense source of power. Don't fight without them.
Spirits inherit their target's current health. If making a
is your goal, try whittling your opponent's health down a bit first to make killing the spirit easier.
Leap of Faith is best used to follow-up a strong engage or when being engaged upon. Be careful about being the first one into a fight.
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.
Illaoi vs Nasus Counter Stats
How to Counter Nasus with Illaoi in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page underscore several important Illaoi versus Nasus counter statistics that can help you realize the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Illaoi’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Nasus’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Illaoi may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Nasus..
Illaoi normally has a similar longest killing spree as her opponent does. Commonly, she takes a similar amount of damage to Nasus. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the champ with higher health has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Illaoi and Nasus
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Who is Better, Illaoi or Nasus?
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Illaoi usually wins when facing off against Nasus, with a 54.7% win rate. As a result, Illaoi makes a great counter to Nasus.
While Illaoi does have a much higher winrate compared to Nasus, when on opposite teams, Illaoi also has a lower difficulty level that makes her a less time consuming champ to learn. You don't need to be too worried when picking Illaoi into Nasus.
Furthermore, Illaoi has only a small amount of CC and other utility, 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 overall in League of Legends, in Illaoi vs Nasus matchups, Illaoi is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Illaoi is a great counter to Nasus. Make sure you focus your play on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Illaoi against Nasus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Illaoi to counter Nasus during both the early game 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 stats displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Illaoi typically picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Nasus. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values shown on this page to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Illaoi versus Nasus build include Sterak's Gage, Spear of Shojin, and Sundered Sky. When Illaoi combined at least these three items in her build, she did much better against Nasus than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Illaoi had an average win rate of 54.7% when countering Nasus with this build.
To have the greatest chance of coming out on top against Nasus as Illaoi, Illaoi players should equip the Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Bone Plating, Overgrowth, Last Stand, and Presence of Mind runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Out of all the runes players chose for Illaoi vs Nasus clashes, this sequence of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 54.7% win rate overall.
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