Nasus vs Gwen
How to Beat Gwen as Nasus
based on 2,510 Nasus vs Gwen matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nasus vs Gwen Matchup Summary
Best Nasus vs Gwen Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Gwen as Nasus
Tips for Playing as Nasus against Gwen
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 Gwen
Gwen must hit something to recast her Ultimate, try to evade her between casts.
Gwen needs to attack a few times to set up her damage, so try to get the jump on her.
Gwen's Hallowed Mist shroud will only follow her once, after that it will dissipate when she leaves.
Nasus vs Gwen Counter Stats
How to Counter Gwen with Nasus in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page feature several vital Nasus vs. Gwen matchup stats that can help us realize the differences between the pair. As an example, Nasus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Gwen’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Nasus may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Gwen..
Nasus often has a similar longest killing spree as his opponent does. Typically, he receives more damage than Gwen. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also show that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Nasus and Gwen
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Who is Better, Nasus or Gwen?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Nasus usually wins when taking on Gwen, with a 51.8% win rate. Therefore, Nasus makes a good counter to Gwen.
While Nasus does have a higher win rate compared to Gwen, when on opposite teams, Nasus also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more challenging character to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Nasus into Gwen.
Moreover, Nasus has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Gwen. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Nasus vs Gwen matchups, Nasus is the better champ with a higher 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 Gwen. Make sure you focus your tactics on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Nasus against Gwen.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Nasus in order to counter Gwen during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and stats displayed above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nasus most often accumulates a similar amount of CS as Gwen. Champs who on average don't earn much CS typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values reported on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Nasus versus Gwen build include Spirit Visage, Trinity Force, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Nasus included at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better when facing Gwen than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Nasus boasted an average winrate of 51.8% when playing against Gwen with this counter build.
To have the best chance of crushing Gwen 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 builds players picked for Nasus vs Gwen battles, this combo of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 51.8% win rate overall.
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