Lux vs Nasus
How to Beat Nasus as Lux
based on 11,560 Lux vs Nasus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Lux vs Nasus Matchup Summary
Best Lux vs Nasus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nasus as Lux
Tips for Playing as Lux against Nasus
If you have trouble landing Prismatic Barrier, remember that it returns to you after it reaches max range. Try positioning yourself to hit your allies with its return trip.
Lux has great zone control abilities. Try to set up Lucent Singularity to prevent an enemy's advance or escape.
Lucent Singularity is a great scouting tool. Try throwing it into brush before walking into it to check for ambushes.
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.
Lux vs Nasus Counter Stats
How to Counter Nasus with Lux in LoL
The stats provided here feature some strategic Lux versus Nasus counter stats that may help you explain the distinctions between this set of champs. As an example, Lux’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Nasus’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Lux may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Nasus. This observation is in large part caused by the differences in assists.
Lux usually has a similar longest kill spree as her opponent does. Typically, she receives less damage than Nasus. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also indicate that the champ with higher HP has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Lux and Nasus
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Who is Better, Lux or Nasus?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Lux usually loses when trying to fight Nasus, with a 48.9% win rate. Thus, Lux makes a bad counter for Nasus.
While Lux does have a lower winrate than Nasus, when they face off with one another, Lux also has a lower level of difficulty that makes her a less challenging champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Lux into Nasus.
Additionally, Lux has a good amount of CC and other utility, 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 is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Lux vs Nasus matchups, Nasus is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Lux is a somewhat poor counter for Nasus. Focus your actions on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Lux against Nasus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Lux in order to counter Nasus during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Lux usually gets less CS compared to Nasus. Champs who typically don't take many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values displayed here to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Lux versus Nasus build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, and Luden's Companion. When Lux included at least these three items in her build, she performed a lot better countering Nasus than with many other common item sets. In fact, Lux boasted an average winrate of 48.9% when countering Nasus with this counter build.
To have the greatest probability of beating Nasus as Lux, Lux players should take the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Cheap Shot, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Of all the runes that we analyzed for Lux vs Nasus face-offs, this combination of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 48.9% win rate overall.
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