Nasus vs Darius
How to Beat Darius as Nasus
based on 4,493 Nasus vs Darius matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nasus vs Darius Matchup Summary
Best Nasus vs Darius Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Darius as Nasus
Tips for Playing as Nasus against Darius
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 Darius
When Darius's axe grab is on cooldown, he is vulnerable to harassment attacks.
Darius's ability to escape from fights is limited. If you have an advantage against him, press your lead.
Nasus vs Darius Counter Stats
How to Counter Darius with Nasus in LoL
The stats provided here clarify some valuable Nasus vs. Darius matchup statistics that can help you understand the differences between the two. As an example, Nasus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Darius’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Nasus may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Darius..
Nasus normally has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his foe does. On average, he takes a similar amount of damage to Darius. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Nasus and Darius
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Who is Better, Nasus or Darius?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Nasus usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Darius, with a 49.0% win rate. Therefore, Nasus makes an ok counter to Darius.
While Nasus does have a lower win rate compared to Darius, when on opposite teams, Nasus also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more time consuming champ to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Nasus into Darius.
Furthermore, Nasus has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Darius. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Nasus vs Darius matchups, Darius is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Nasus is a somewhat poor counter to Darius. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Nasus against Darius.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Nasus in order to counter Darius during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nasus typically gets a similar amount of CS relative to Darius. Champs who typically don't earn much CS typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. 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 have to have many 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 use in your Nasus versus Darius build include Spirit Visage, Trinity Force, and Sundered Sky. When Nasus bought at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better versus Darius than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Nasus had an average winrate of 49.0% when playing against Darius with these items in his kit.
To have the highest probability of crushing Darius as Nasus, you should equip 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 that we analyzed for Nasus vs Darius face-offs, this mix of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 49.0% win rate overall.
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