Nasus vs Galio
How to Beat Galio as Nasus
based on 2,880 Nasus vs Galio matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nasus vs Galio Matchup Summary
Best Nasus vs Galio Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Galio as Nasus
Tips for Playing as Nasus against Galio
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 Galio
Galio cannot traverse walls with Justice Punch.
Galio moves slower when he is charging Shield of Durand.
Hero's Entrance can be interrupted before Galio jumps into the air.
Nasus vs Galio Counter Stats
How to Counter Galio with Nasus in LoL
The stats shown on this page show several significant Nasus against Galio matchup statistics that may help us explain the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Nasus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Galio’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Nasus may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Galio..
Nasus normally has a similar longest killing spree as his counter does. On average, he takes more damage than Galio. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also indicate that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Nasus and Galio
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Who is Better, Nasus or Galio?
Both League champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Nasus usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Galio, with a 50.0% win rate. Thus, Nasus makes an ok counter to Galio.
While Nasus does have a higher winrate than Galio, when on opposite teams, Nasus also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more time consuming champ to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Nasus into Galio.
Furthermore, Nasus also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Galio. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Nasus vs Galio matchups, Galio is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Nasus is a decent counter for Galio. You will do well by focussing your strategy on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Nasus against Galio.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Nasus in order to counter Galio during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nasus usually picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Galio. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers displayed here to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Nasus versus Galio build include Sterak's Gage, Trinity Force, and Frozen Heart. When Nasus incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better versus Galio than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Nasus boasted an average win rate of 50.0% battling Galio with this build.
To have the best likelihood of crushing Galio 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. Of all the runes players chose for Nasus vs Galio face-offs, this mix of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 50.0% win rate overall.
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