Nasus vs Nami
How to Beat Nami as Nasus
based on 3,065 Nasus vs Nami matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nasus vs Nami Matchup Summary
Best Nasus vs Nami Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nami as Nasus
Tips for Playing as Nasus against Nami
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 Nami
Aqua Prison is a very powerful ability with a long cooldown, take advantage of the situation if Nami misses this ability.
Tidal Wave has a very long range but travels slowly, be aware of when it is coming your way as you can move out of its path.
Try to avoid fighting an opponent affected by Tidecaller's Blessing, it lasts a short duration so waiting it out can help you greatly.
Nasus vs Nami Counter Stats
How to Counter Nami with Nasus in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here underscore several significant Nasus versus Nami counter statistics that may help you appreciate the differences between these two champs. For instance, Nasus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Nami’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Nasus may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Nami. This observation is in large part fueled by the difference in kills.
Nasus usually has a much larger longest kill spree than his foe does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Nami. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also indicate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.
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Who is Better, Nasus or Nami?
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Nasus usually wins when facing off against Nami, with a 51.8% win rate. Therefore, Nasus makes a good counter to Nami.
While Nasus does have a higher win rate than Nami, when facing one another, Nasus also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more challenging character to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Nasus into Nami.
Furthermore, Nasus has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Nami. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, 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 Nami 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 teamfights.
Nasus is a decent counter to Nami. Make sure you focus your tactics on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Nasus against Nami.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Nasus in order to counter Nami during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nasus most often picks up much more CS compared to Nami. Champs who typically don't get much CS typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values shown on this page to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Nasus versus Nami build include Spirit Visage, Thornmail, and Frozen Heart. When Nasus used at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better versus Nami than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Nasus boasted an average win rate of 51.8% when countering Nami with this counter build.
To have the best probability of crushing Nami as Nasus, you should take the Fleet Footwork, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune sets players used for Nasus vs Nami matchups, this combination of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 51.8% winrate overall.
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