Nasus vs Mordekaiser
How to Beat Mordekaiser as Nasus
based on 8,794 Nasus vs Mordekaiser matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nasus vs Mordekaiser Matchup Summary
Best Nasus vs Mordekaiser Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Mordekaiser as Nasus
Tips for Playing as Nasus against Mordekaiser
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 Mordekaiser
Mordekaiser builds up a powerful damage aura when fighting champions, so keep your distance.
Realm of Death will cut you off from your teammates completely. Try to save mobility spells to escape Mordekaiser once inside
Damage he deals can be converted into a large shield, and consumed for health
Nasus vs Mordekaiser Counter Stats
How to Counter Mordekaiser with Nasus in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here feature some strategic Nasus against Mordekaiser matchup statistics that may help you understand the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Nasus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Mordekaiser’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Nasus may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Mordekaiser..
Nasus usually has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his opponent does. On average, he receives more damage than Mordekaiser. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to escape further harm when engaged or poked.
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Who is Better, Nasus or Mordekaiser?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Nasus usually loses when trying to fight Mordekaiser, with a 46.9% win rate. Thus, Nasus makes a poor counter for Mordekaiser.
While Nasus does have a lower winrate compared to Mordekaiser, when facing one another, Nasus also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more time consuming champion to learn. You should be very concerned when picking Nasus into Mordekaiser.
Additionally, Nasus has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Mordekaiser. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Nasus vs Mordekaiser matchups, Mordekaiser is the better champ with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Nasus is a terribly counter to Mordekaiser. Make sure you focus your play on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Nasus against Mordekaiser.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Nasus in order to counter Mordekaiser during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nasus on average accumulates a similar amount of CS relative to Mordekaiser. Champs who typically don't earn many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The top items to have in your Nasus versus Mordekaiser build include Spirit Visage, Frozen Heart, and Force of Nature. When Nasus combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better vs. Mordekaiser than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Nasus had an average win rate of 46.9% when countering Mordekaiser with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of vanquishing Mordekaiser as Nasus, Nasus players should take the Fleet Footwork, Presence of Mind, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds players chose for Nasus vs Mordekaiser counterpicks, this combination of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 46.9% winrate overall.
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