Nasus vs Volibear
How to Beat Volibear as Nasus
based on 2,500 Nasus vs Volibear matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nasus vs Volibear Matchup Summary
Best Nasus vs Volibear Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Volibear as Nasus
Tips for Playing as Nasus against Volibear
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 Volibear Counter Stats
How to Counter Volibear with Nasus in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here clarify some critical Nasus versus Volibear matchup stats that may help us figure out the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Nasus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Volibear’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Nasus may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Volibear..
Nasus often has a similar longest killing spree as his opponent does. On average, he takes more damage than Volibear. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Nasus and Volibear
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Who is Better, Nasus or Volibear?
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Nasus usually fairs equally well when taking on Volibear, with a 50.9% win rate. Thus, Nasus makes an ok counter to Volibear.
While Nasus does have a higher winrate compared to Volibear, when on opposite teams, Nasus also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more time consuming character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Nasus into Volibear.
Furthermore, Nasus has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Volibear. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, 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 Volibear matchups, Nasus is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Nasus is a decent counter for Volibear. You will do well by focussing your strategy on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Nasus against Volibear.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Nasus to counter Volibear during both the laning 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 tips shown above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nasus on average gets a similar amount of CS relative to Volibear. Champions who typically don't earn many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, 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 exceed the numbers reported here to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Nasus versus Volibear build include Trinity Force, Frozen Heart, and Sundered Sky. When Nasus combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better vs. Volibear than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Nasus had an average winrate of 50.9% when countering Volibear with these items in his kit.
To have the best probability of crushing Volibear as Nasus, Nasus players should use 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 combinations we have analyed for Nasus vs Volibear face-offs, this composite of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 50.9% winrate overall.
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