Nasus vs Talon
How to Beat Talon as Nasus
based on 2,275 Nasus vs Talon matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nasus vs Talon Matchup Summary
Best Nasus vs Talon Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Talon as Nasus
Tips for Playing as Nasus against Talon
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 Talon
Talon is heavily reliant on Shadow Assault to escape a fight. When it is down he's significantly more vulnerable.
Talon has unrivaled roaming ability. Make sure to keep track of his position or force him to stay in lane by pushing aggressively.
Talon's attacks are all physical damage. Build armor early to counter his burst damage.
Nasus vs Talon Counter Stats
How to Counter Talon with Nasus in LoL
The stats shown on this page clarify several critical Nasus vs. Talon counter stats that may help us explain the differences and similarities between the pair. Nasus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Talon’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Nasus may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Talon..
Nasus often has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his matchup does. Typically, he takes more damage than Talon. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also show that the champ with increased HP has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Nasus and Talon
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Who is Better, Nasus or Talon?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Nasus usually wins when playing against Talon, with a 52.5% win rate. Therefore, Nasus makes a good counter to Talon.
While Nasus does have a higher win rate than Talon, when they face off with one another, Nasus also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less complex character to learn. You don't need to be too worried when picking Nasus into Talon.
Moreover, Nasus has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Talon. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Nasus vs Talon matchups, Nasus is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Nasus is an above average counter for Talon. Focus your play on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Nasus against Talon.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Nasus to counter Talon during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed above, you will increase 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 relative to Talon. Champs who on average don't get much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, 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, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The top items to have in your Nasus versus Talon build consist of Trinity Force, Frozen Heart, and Dead Man's Plate. When Nasus included at least these three items in his build, he performed much better countering Talon than with many other common builds. In fact, Nasus boasted an average win rate of 52.5% when countering Talon with this build.
To have the best probability of crushing Talon as Nasus, you should equip the Lethal Tempo, 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 Talon LoL games, this blending of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 52.5% win rate overall.
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