Nasus vs Jax
How to Beat Jax as Nasus
based on 7,872 Nasus vs Jax matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nasus vs Jax Matchup Summary
Best Nasus vs Jax Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Jax as Nasus
Tips for Playing as Nasus against Jax
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 Jax
Try to engage him in short bursts instead of going toe-to-toe with him. Preventing him from attacking consecutively drastically lowers his damage output.
Jax can dodge all incoming attacks for a very short amount of time and stuns enemies in melee range when it ends. Wait to strike him until after his dodge is finished.
Nasus vs Jax Counter Stats
How to Counter Jax with Nasus in LoL
The stats shown here highlight several influential Nasus vs. Jax matchup stats that may help you distinguish the distinctions between this set of champions. For instance, Nasus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Jax’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Nasus may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Jax..
Nasus often has a similar longest killing spree as his foe does. Typically, he receives more damage than Jax. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also illustrate that the champ with more HP has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Nasus and Jax
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Who is Better, Nasus or Jax?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Nasus usually wins when taking on Jax, with a 51.0% win rate. As a result, Nasus makes a good counter for Jax.
While Nasus does have a higher winrate than Jax, when on opposite teams, Nasus also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more difficult champ to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Nasus into Jax.
Additionally, Nasus has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Jax. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Nasus vs Jax matchups, Nasus is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Nasus is a decent counter for Jax. You will do well by focussing your actions on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Nasus against Jax.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Nasus to counter Jax during both the lane 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 pay attention to the build and stats displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nasus on average picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Jax. Champions who typically don't take much CS usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values displayed here to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Nasus versus Jax build include Spirit Visage, Trinity Force, and Sundered Sky. When Nasus combined at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better vs Jax than with most other common item sets. In fact, Nasus had an average win rate of 51.0% when countering Jax with this build.
To have the best chance of annihilating Jax as Nasus, Nasus players should take the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players used for Nasus vs Jax counters, this sequence of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 51.0% win rate overall.
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