Lissandra vs Nasus
How to Beat Nasus as Lissandra
based on 1,262 Lissandra vs Nasus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Lissandra vs Nasus Matchup Summary
Best Lissandra vs Nasus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nasus as Lissandra
Tips for Playing as Lissandra against Nasus
Lissandra's abilities are shorter range than those of many mages. As a result, buying items that offer both ability power and defense, like Zhonya's Hourglass and Banshee's Veil, can be a great choice to help her both survive and deal damage.
Casting Glacial Path and then running in the opposite direction will leave your enemies uncertain which way you will actually go.
You can instantly use your ultimate on yourself by pressing the self cast key and the ultimate key at once (alt+R by default).
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.
Lissandra vs Nasus Counter Stats
How to Counter Nasus with Lissandra in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here clarify some strategic Lissandra vs. Nasus matchup stats that may help you figure out the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Lissandra’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Nasus’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Lissandra may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Nasus..
Lissandra typically has a similar longest killing spree as her opponent does. Commonly, she receives less damage than Nasus. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also illustrate that the champion with increased health has less agility and thus is not able to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Lissandra and Nasus
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Who is Better, Lissandra or Nasus?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Lissandra usually wins when trying to fight Nasus, with a 51.1% win rate. As a result, Lissandra makes a good counter to Nasus.
While Lissandra does have a higher winrate compared to Nasus, when they face off with one another, Lissandra also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more time consuming champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Lissandra into Nasus.
Moreover, Lissandra also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Nasus. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Lissandra vs Nasus matchups, Lissandra is the better champion with a higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Lissandra is a decent counter for Nasus. You will do well by focussing your play on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Lissandra against Nasus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Lissandra to counter Nasus during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and tips displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Lissandra typically accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Nasus. Champs who typically don't get much CS often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values displayed here to do well.
The best items to use in your Lissandra versus Nasus build include Zhonya's Hourglass, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Lissandra used at least these three pieces in her build, she performed significantly better versus Nasus than with most other typical builds. In fact, Lissandra boasted an average win rate of 51.1% battling Nasus with this build.
To have the best chance of vanquishing Nasus as Lissandra, you should use the Electrocute, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players picked for Lissandra vs Nasus counter picks, this sequence of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 51.1% win rate overall.
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