Nasus vs Jarvan IV
How to Beat Jarvan IV as Nasus
based on 1,571 Nasus vs Jarvan IV matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nasus vs Jarvan IV Matchup Summary
Best Nasus vs Jarvan IV Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Jarvan IV as Nasus
Tips for Playing as Nasus against Jarvan IV
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 Jarvan IV
Cataclysm's terrain is a frightening force to fight against, but movement abilities can go through it.
Keep out of the path between Jarvan IV and his Demacian Standard to avoid being knocked up in the air.
Nasus vs Jarvan IV Counter Stats
How to Counter Jarvan IV with Nasus in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here feature several significant Nasus vs. Jarvan IV matchup statistics that can help us distinguish the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Nasus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Jarvan IV’s ratio of NaN, showing that Nasus may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Jarvan IV..
Nasus normally has a similar longest kill spree as his counter does. Typically, he takes more damage than Jarvan IV. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Nasus and Jarvan IV
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Who is Better, Nasus or Jarvan IV?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Nasus usually wins when trying to fight Jarvan IV, with a 51.6% win rate. Thus, Nasus makes a good counter to Jarvan IV.
While Nasus does have a higher winrate than Jarvan IV, when on opposite teams, Nasus also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more complex champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Nasus into Jarvan IV.
Moreover, Nasus also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Jarvan IV. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Nasus vs Jarvan IV matchups, Nasus is the better champion with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Nasus is a decent counter to Jarvan IV. Focus your tactics on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Nasus against Jarvan IV.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Nasus in order to counter Jarvan IV during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nasus on average racks up much more CS as Jarvan IV. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The most important items to use in your Nasus versus Jarvan IV build include Trinity Force, Frozen Heart, and Sundered Sky. When Nasus bought at least these three items in his build, he did much better vs. Jarvan IV than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Nasus boasted an average winrate of 51.6% battling Jarvan IV with these items in his kit.
To have the highest chance of beating Jarvan IV as Nasus, Nasus players 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 rune builds we have analyed for Nasus vs Jarvan IV counter picks, this order of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 51.6% win rate overall.
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