Nasus vs Naafiri
How to Beat Naafiri as Nasus
based on 1,523 Nasus vs Naafiri matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nasus vs Naafiri Matchup Summary
Best Nasus vs Naafiri Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Naafiri as Nasus
Tips for Playing as Nasus against Naafiri
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.
Nasus vs Naafiri Counter Stats
How to Counter Naafiri with Nasus in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here underscore several valuable Nasus versus Naafiri matchup stats that can help you figure out the differences between this set of champions. As an example, Nasus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Naafiri’s ratio of NaN, showing that Nasus may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Naafiri..
Nasus often has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his counter does. On average, he receives more damage than Naafiri. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also show that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Nasus and Naafiri
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Who is Better, Nasus or Naafiri?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Nasus usually wins when trying to fight Naafiri, with a 54.3% win rate. Therefore, Nasus makes a great counter for Naafiri.
While Nasus does have a much higher win rate than Naafiri, when facing one another, Nasus also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more time consuming character to develop with. You should be be fine when picking Nasus into Naafiri.
Additionally, Nasus has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Naafiri. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Nasus vs Naafiri matchups, Nasus is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Nasus is a great counter for Naafiri. Focus your tactics on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Nasus against Naafiri.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Nasus to counter Naafiri 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 tips displayed here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nasus on average accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Naafiri. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Nasus versus Naafiri build include Spirit Visage, Trinity Force, and Sundered Sky. When Nasus combined at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better countering Naafiri than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Nasus had an average winrate of 54.3% battling Naafiri with this build.
To have the highest chance of coming out on top against Naafiri as Nasus, you should equip 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 sets that we analyzed for Nasus vs Naafiri counterpicks, this blending of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 54.3% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Naafiri as Nasus are shown for all skill levels combined. If you want to filter the stats and builds to a particular division, you should use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.