Nasus vs Lux
How to Beat Lux as Nasus
based on 11,560 Nasus vs Lux matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nasus vs Lux Matchup Summary
Best Nasus vs Lux Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Lux as Nasus
Tips for Playing as Nasus against Lux
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 Lux
When retreating with low health, be prepared to dodge Lux's Final Spark, a red targeting beam fires prior to the main beam, so try to move to the side if possible.
Lux has powerful zone control abilities. Try to spread out and attack from different directions so she cannot lock down a specific area.
Nasus vs Lux Counter Stats
How to Counter Lux with Nasus in LoL
The stats shown here show some critical Nasus versus Lux matchup statistics that can help us distinguish the differences between this set of champions. As an example, Nasus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Lux’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Nasus may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Lux..
Nasus usually has a similar longest killing spree as his matchup does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Lux. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the champ with more HP has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Nasus and Lux
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Who is Better, Nasus or Lux?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Nasus usually wins when playing against Lux, with a 51.1% win rate. Thus, Nasus makes a good counter for Lux.
While Nasus does have a higher win rate than Lux, when they face off with one another, Nasus also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more challenging champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Nasus into Lux.
Moreover, Nasus has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Lux. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Nasus vs Lux matchups, Nasus is the better champ with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Nasus is a decent counter to Lux. Make sure you focus your gameplay on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Nasus against Lux.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Nasus in order to counter Lux during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nasus often picks up more CS relative to Lux. Champs who typically don't take many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers displayed here to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Nasus versus Lux build include Trinity Force, Dead Man's Plate, and Force of Nature. When Nasus used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better when fighting Lux than with most other typical builds. In fact, Nasus boasted an average winrate of 51.1% battling Lux with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of vanquishing Lux as Nasus, you should use the Fleet Footwork, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Unflinching, and Second Wind runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds we have analyed for Nasus vs Lux counterpicks, this combination of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 51.1% win rate overall.
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