Nami vs Nasus
How to Beat Nasus as Nami
based on 3,065 Nami vs Nasus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nami vs Nasus Matchup Summary
Best Nami vs Nasus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nasus as Nami
Tips for Playing as Nami against Nasus
Nami's ultimate can come in very handy for initiating on enemies who are far away.
Using Ebb and Flow during an engagement with enemy champions will help sway the battle in your favor.
Aqua Prison has a long cooldown, make sure to use it at the right moment.
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.
Nami vs Nasus Counter Stats
How to Counter Nasus with Nami in LoL
The stats provided here feature several valuable Nami versus Nasus counter statistics that can help us realize the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Nami’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Nasus’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Nami may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Nasus. This observation is in large part fueled by the differences in assists.
Nami typically has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than her matchup does. Commonly, she receives less damage than Nasus. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the champ with increased health has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Nami and Nasus
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Who is Better, Nami or Nasus?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Nami usually loses when playing against Nasus, with a 48.2% win rate. Thus, Nami makes a bad counter to Nasus.
While Nami does have a lower winrate than Nasus, when they face off with one another, Nami also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less challenging character to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Nami into Nasus.
Furthermore, Nami has a great deal of utility and CC, a similar amount to Nasus. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Nami vs Nasus matchups, Nasus is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Nami is a somewhat poor counter to Nasus. Make sure you focus your play on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Nami against Nasus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Nami 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 tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nami usually racks up a lot less CS compared to Nasus. Champions who on average don't get much CS typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Nami versus Nasus build consist of Dream Maker, Imperial Mandate, and Dawncore. When Nami incorporated at least these three items in her build, she performed a lot better when fighting Nasus than with many other common builds. In fact, Nami had an average win rate of 48.2% when playing against Nasus with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of annihilating Nasus as Nami, you should use the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Bone Plating, and Revitalize runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune builds we have analyed for Nami vs Nasus matchups, this mixture of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 48.2% winrate overall.
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