Nasus vs Pyke
How to Beat Pyke as Nasus
based on 3,669 Nasus vs Pyke matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nasus vs Pyke Matchup Summary
Best Nasus vs Pyke Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Pyke as Nasus
Tips for Playing as Nasus against Pyke
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 Pyke
Pyke regenerates a significant amount of damage he has taken from enemy champions, but only when you can't see him!
When Pyke is hidden nearby in his Ghostwater Dive, sharks will circle underneath your feet.
Try not to stand near low health allies. If Pyke executes them using Death From Below, you might be next on the list.
Nasus vs Pyke Counter Stats
How to Counter Pyke with Nasus in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here feature several strategic Nasus versus Pyke matchup statistics that can help you appreciate the differences and similarities between these two champs. Nasus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Pyke’s ratio of NaN, showing that Nasus may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Pyke..
Nasus usually has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his opponent does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Pyke. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Nasus and Pyke
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Who is Better, Nasus or Pyke?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Nasus usually fairs equally well when taking on Pyke, with a 50.1% win rate. Thus, Nasus makes an ok counter to Pyke.
While Nasus does have a higher winrate than Pyke, when on opposite teams, Nasus also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less complex character to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Nasus into Pyke.
Additionally, Nasus has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Pyke. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Nasus vs Pyke matchups, Nasus is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Nasus is a decent counter for Pyke. Make sure you focus your tactics on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Nasus against Pyke.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Nasus in order to counter Pyke during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nasus often picks up much more CS compared to Pyke. Champs who typically don't take many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values shown here to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Nasus versus Pyke build consist of Trinity Force, Dead Man's Plate, and Sundered Sky. When Nasus used at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better countering Pyke than with most other common item sets. In fact, Nasus had an average win rate of 50.1% when countering Pyke with this build.
To have the best chance of crushing Pyke as Nasus, Nasus players 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 combinations players picked for Nasus vs Pyke fights, this combination of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 50.1% winrate overall.
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