Jayce vs Nasus
How to Beat Nasus as Jayce
based on 1,373 Jayce vs Nasus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Jayce vs Nasus Matchup Summary
Best Jayce vs Nasus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nasus as Jayce
Tips for Playing as Jayce against Nasus
For increased range and damage, try casting Shock Blast through the Acceleration Gate.
If you find yourself taking lots of damage, try using Jayce's Hammer Stance, as it grants you additional defenses.
Be sure to switch stances often. It will enhance your attacks and grant you quick bursts of speed.
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.
Jayce vs Nasus Counter Stats
How to Counter Nasus with Jayce in LoL
The stats provided here underscore several critical Jayce versus Nasus counter stats that can help us realize the differences and similarities between this set of champions. As an example, Jayce’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Nasus’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Jayce may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Nasus..
Jayce typically has a similar longest kill spree as his opponent does. Typically, he takes less damage than Nasus. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the champ with more HP has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Jayce and Nasus
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Who is Better, Jayce or Nasus?
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Jayce usually loses when trying to fight Nasus, with a 47.9% win rate. As a result, Jayce makes a poor counter to Nasus.
While Jayce does have a lower win rate than Nasus, when on opposite teams, Jayce also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more time consuming champ to learn and master. You should be very concerned when picking Jayce into Nasusas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Jayce also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Nasus. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Jayce vs Nasus matchups, Nasus is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Jayce is a garbage counter to Nasus. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Jayce against Nasus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Jayce in order to counter Nasus during both the laning 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 pay attention to the build and tips shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Jayce usually gets a similar amount of CS as Nasus. Champions who on average don't take much CS typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The top items to have in your Jayce versus Nasus build include Youmuu's Ghostblade, Maw of Malmortius, and Serylda's Grudge. When Jayce used at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better when facing Nasus than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Jayce had an average winrate of 47.9% when playing against Nasus with these items in his kit.
To have the best likelihood of coming out on top against Nasus as Jayce, Jayce players should use the Phase Rush, Manaflow Band, Absolute Focus, Gathering Storm, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune sets players chose for Jayce vs Nasus counter picks, this mixture of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 47.9% win rate overall.
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