Nasus vs Taliyah
How to Beat Taliyah as Nasus
based on 1,136 Nasus vs Taliyah matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nasus vs Taliyah Matchup Summary
Best Nasus vs Taliyah Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Taliyah as Nasus
Tips for Playing as Nasus against Taliyah
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 Taliyah
When Taliyah casts Unraveled Earth in the lane, be on the lookout for Seismic Shove. If she throws you into her minefield, the throws and stones will break your bones.
Taliyah's Threaded Volley is locked into a direction. If she's throwing rocks at you, dodge to the side!
Nasus vs Taliyah Counter Stats
How to Counter Taliyah with Nasus in LoL
The stats shown on this page feature some vital Nasus versus Taliyah counter statistics that can help you realize the differences between the two. As an example, Nasus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Taliyah’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Nasus may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Taliyah..
Nasus usually has a similar longest killing spree as his foe does. On average, he receives more damage than Taliyah. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Nasus and Taliyah
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Who is Better, Nasus or Taliyah?
Both LoL champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Nasus usually wins when trying to fight Taliyah, with a 51.1% win rate. Thus, Nasus makes a good counter to Taliyah.
While Nasus does have a higher win rate than Taliyah, when on opposite teams, Nasus also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more complex character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Nasus into Taliyah.
Moreover, Nasus also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Taliyah. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Nasus vs Taliyah 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 for Taliyah. Make sure you focus your tactics on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Nasus against Taliyah.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Nasus to counter Taliyah during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nasus on average racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Taliyah. Champions who typically don't earn many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values shown on this page to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Nasus versus Taliyah build include Spirit Visage, Trinity Force, and Sundered Sky. When Nasus bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better versus Taliyah than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Nasus had an average win rate of 51.1% when playing against Taliyah with this counter build.
To have the best likelihood of coming out on top against Taliyah 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. Out of all the rune builds players picked for Nasus vs Taliyah matchups, this combo of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 51.1% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Taliyah as Nasus are displayed for all ranked divisions combined. If you would like to scope the stats and builds to a distinct skill level, you can use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.