Nasus vs Vex
How to Beat Vex as Nasus
based on 2,185 Nasus vs Vex matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nasus vs Vex Matchup Summary
Best Nasus vs Vex Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Vex as Nasus
Tips for Playing as Nasus against Vex
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 Vex Counter Stats
How to Counter Vex with Nasus in LoL
The stats provided here emphasize some important Nasus vs. Vex matchup statistics that may help you interpret the differences and similarities between this pair of champions. As an example, Nasus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Vex’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Nasus may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Vex..
Nasus usually has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his foe does. Typically, he receives more damage than Vex. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.
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Who is Better, Nasus or Vex?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Nasus usually wins when playing against Vex, with a 51.6% win rate. As a result, Nasus makes a good counter to Vex.
While Nasus does have a higher win rate than Vex, when on opposite teams, Nasus also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more complex character to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Nasus into Vex.
Moreover, Nasus has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Vex. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Nasus vs Vex matchups, Nasus is the better champ with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Nasus is a decent counter to Vex. You will do well by focussing your play on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Nasus against Vex.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Nasus in order to counter Vex during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nasus typically gets a similar amount of CS compared to Vex. Champs who on average don't get many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers displayed here to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Nasus versus Vex build consist of Sterak's Gage, Trinity Force, and Frozen Heart. When Nasus incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed much better when facing Vex than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Nasus had an average winrate of 51.6% battling Vex with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of crushing Vex as Nasus, Nasus players should use the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune sets we have analyed for Nasus vs Vex fights, this order of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 51.6% win rate overall.
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