Nasus vs Braum
How to Beat Braum as Nasus
based on 1,300 Nasus vs Braum matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nasus vs Braum Matchup Summary
Best Nasus vs Braum Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Braum as Nasus
Tips for Playing as Nasus against Braum
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 Braum
Unbreakable gives Braum extremely strong directional defense, either wait until it is down or outposition the ability.
Braum must land Winter's Bite or a basic attack to start Concussive Blows. If you get marked, exit combat range before getting hit 3 more times to avoid the stun.
Braum's ultimate has a long cast time, use that extra time to dodge. Walking over the frozen ground left behind will slow you, position so that you don't need to cross it.
Nasus vs Braum Counter Stats
How to Counter Braum with Nasus in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page highlight several important Nasus vs. Braum counter statistics that may help us grasp the differences between this set of champs. Nasus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Braum’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Nasus may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Braum. This observation is in large part a result of the difference in kills.
Nasus normally has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his enemy does. Typically, he takes more damage than Braum. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the champion with more HP has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Nasus and Braum
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Who is Better, Nasus or Braum?
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Nasus usually wins when trying to fight Braum, with a 51.1% win rate. Therefore, Nasus makes a good counter to Braum.
While Nasus does have a higher winrate than Braum, when they face off with one another, Nasus also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more time consuming champ to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Nasus into Braum.
Moreover, Nasus also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Braum. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Nasus vs Braum matchups, Nasus is the better champion with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Nasus is a decent counter to Braum. Focus your play on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Nasus against Braum.
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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 Braum during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nasus on average racks up much more CS relative to Braum. Champs who on average don't get many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, 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 numbers displayed here to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Nasus versus Braum build consist of Spirit Visage, Trinity Force, and Sundered Sky. When Nasus used at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better vs Braum than with most other common item sets. In fact, Nasus boasted an average winrate of 51.1% when countering Braum with this counter build.
To have the best probability of crushing Braum 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 runes we have analyed for Nasus vs Braum battles, this mixture of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 51.1% winrate overall.
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