Nasus vs Akali
How to Beat Akali as Nasus
based on 6,885 Nasus vs Akali matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nasus vs Akali Matchup Summary
Best Nasus vs Akali Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Akali as Nasus
Tips for Playing as Nasus against Akali
Paying attention to last hitting with Siphoning Strike will have a large impact at the end of a game.
If you're solo, Spirit Fire is a great way to farm a lane. It can be bad if you're in a lane with 2 and you push too far. Find the right balance between Siphoning Strike last hits and AoE farming.
If you have low defenses, people will focus you down even during your ultimate. Try buying some survivability items even in your DPS builds.
Advice to Win Against Akali
Akali's Five Point Strike is powerful when used at maximum range and energy. Engage on her when she has low energy to maximize your chance of winning trades.
Return to base if your Health is low and Akali has her ultimate available.
Akali can still be hit by area effect spells while obscured inside Twilight Shroud. Doing so will briefly reveal her position.
Nasus vs Akali Counter Stats
How to Counter Akali with Nasus in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page clarify several significant Nasus versus Akali matchup statistics that may help you understand the differences between these two champs. For instance, Nasus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Akali’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Nasus may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Akali..
Nasus often has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than his opponent does. Typically, he takes more damage than Akali. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Nasus and Akali
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Who is Better, Nasus or Akali?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Nasus usually wins when trying to fight Akali, with a 51.7% win rate. Thus, Nasus makes a good counter for Akali.
While Nasus does have a higher win rate compared to Akali, when facing one another, Nasus also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less complex champ to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Nasus into Akali.
Furthermore, Nasus also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Akali. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Nasus vs Akali matchups, Nasus is the better champ with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Nasus is a decent counter for Akali. Make sure you focus your actions on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Nasus against Akali.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Nasus to counter Akali during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and stats shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nasus often racks up a similar amount of CS as Akali. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values reported here to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Nasus versus Akali build consist of Sterak's Gage, Spirit Visage, and Trinity Force. When Nasus bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better when facing Akali than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Nasus had an average winrate of 51.7% when playing against Akali with this build.
To have the greatest chance of vanquishing Akali as Nasus, you should use the Fleet Footwork, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players used for Nasus vs Akali matchups, this combination of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 51.7% win rate overall.
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