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Nasus vs Alistar

How to Beat Alistar as Nasus in LoLNasus is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Alistar as Nasus

based on 1,890 Nasus vs Alistar matchups
Win Rate
50 %
K/D/A
2
Pick Rate
1.7 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we evaluate millions of ranked League of Legends matches each and every week. In our data, Nasus engaged Alistar 1890 times. With so many games with Nasus versus Alistar provides us a lot of confidence in our capability to produce informative stats and a supported build to annihilate Alistar. This counter matchup is relatively rare. Nasus encounters Alistar in only 1.7% of his matches.

Nasus vs Alistar Matchup Summary

Nasus has done a average job of beating Alistar. Typically, he wins a acceptable 50.0% of games the champions clash against one another in. In Nasus vs Alistar rounds, Nasus’s side is 0.1% less probable to gain first blood, implying that he probably won't get first blood against Alistar.

Best Nasus vs Alistar Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsSheen

Core Nasus Items

~22 Mins
Trinity ForceFrozen HeartForce of Nature

Optional Items

Sterak's GageDead Man's PlateJak'Sho, The ProteanSundered Sky

Summoner Spells

summonerhaste summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Nasus to level upq
>
Second ability for Nasus to level upw
>
Last skill for Nasus to max oute

Runes

PrecisionFleet FootworkTriumphLegend: TenacityLast Stand
ResolveSecond WindUnflinching
Ability HasteHealth ScalingHealth Scaling
Nasus's passive ability p
Nasus's q ability q
Nasus's w ability w
Nasus's e ability e
Nasus's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
W
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E
4
Q
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Q
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R
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Q
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Guide to Countering Alistar as Nasus

Tips for Playing as Nasus against Alistar

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 Alistar

Alistar is very disruptive but very tough - try to target more fragile damage dealers.

When Alistar uses his ultimate, it's often better to move back and wait until the effect wears off before attacking him.

Watch out for the Pulverize-Headbutt combo when around turrets.

Nasus vs Alistar Counter Stats

Nasus Image
Win Rate
50 %
VS
Win Rate
50 %
Alistar Image
4.7
< Kills >
2
5.2
< Deaths >
5.9
5.7
< Assists >
13.8
1.07
< Killing Sprees >
0.35
164
< Minions Killed >
34
0.11
< Dragons Killed >
0.03
0.54
< Inhibitors >
0.51
13,503
< Physical Damage >
1,381
5,677
< Magic Damage >
7,056
455
< True Damage >
914
19,635
< Damage Dealt >
9,352
35,860
< Damage Taken >
25,912
11,360
< Gold Earned >
8,424
2.57
< Towers >
1.97
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0
13,203
< Total Healing >
9,532
14,706
< Experience >
10,480
15
< Vision Score >
51
8
< Wards Placed >
22
515
< Time Dealing CC >
276

How to Counter Alistar with Nasus in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here clarify several important Nasus versus Alistar matchup stats that may help us distinguish the differences between the two. For instance, Nasus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Alistar’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Nasus may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Alistar..

Nasus typically has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his foe does. Typically, he receives more damage than Alistar. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the champion with increased health has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Nasus and Alistar

Damage Types Compared

Nasus
Alistar
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Nasus
Alistar

Who is Better, Nasus or Alistar?

Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Nasus usually fairs equally well when facing off against Alistar, with a 50.0% win rate. As a result, Nasus makes an ok counter to Alistar.

While Nasus does have a higher win rate compared to Alistar, when on opposite teams, Nasus also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less time consuming character to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Nasus into Alistar.

Furthermore, Nasus has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Alistar. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Nasus vs Alistar matchups, Alistar is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.

Nasus is a decent counter to Alistar. Make sure you focus your strategy on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Nasus against Alistar.

Additional Information for Nasus Players

How We Calculated Our Nasus vs Alistar Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Alistar as Nasus, we analyzed 1,890 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Alistar as Nasus comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Nasus in order to counter Alistar during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Nasus often racks up much more CS as Alistar. Champs who typically don't get many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. 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, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers shown on this page to do well.

The most important items to have in your Nasus versus Alistar build include Trinity Force, Frozen Heart, and Force of Nature. When Nasus bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better versus Alistar than with most other common builds. In fact, Nasus had an average win rate of 50.0% when countering Alistar with this build.

To have the highest chance of coming out on top against Alistar as Nasus, you should take the Fleet Footwork, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Nasus vs Alistar LoL games, this mixture of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 50.0% win rate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Alistar as Nasus are presented for every ranked division. If you want to filter the statistics and builds to a specific skill level, you may use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.