Nasus vs Zed
How to Beat Zed as Nasus
based on 4,074 Nasus vs Zed matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nasus vs Zed Matchup Summary
Best Nasus vs Zed Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zed as Nasus
Tips for Playing as Nasus against Zed
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 Zed
Zed's Shadow Slash can only slow you if his shadow hits you with it.
Zed receives bonus effect from Attack Damage items he purchases, so Armor is super effective against him.
After Zed uses his Living Shadow, he is at his most vulnerable as his damage, slow, and mobility are both dependent upon it.
Nasus vs Zed Counter Stats
How to Counter Zed with Nasus in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here show several influential Nasus versus Zed matchup stats that can help you explain the differences between this pair of champs. Nasus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Zed’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Nasus may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Zed..
Nasus typically has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his foe does. On average, he takes more damage than Zed. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the champion with more health has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Nasus and Zed
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Who is Better, Nasus or Zed?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Nasus usually wins when facing off against Zed, with a 53.7% win rate. Therefore, Nasus makes a great counter to Zed.
While Nasus does have a higher winrate than Zed, when on opposite teams, Nasus also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less time consuming character to learn and master. You should be be fine when picking Nasus into Zed.
Additionally, Nasus also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Zed. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Nasus vs Zed 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 team members during teamfights.
Nasus is a great counter for Zed. Make sure you focus your actions on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Nasus against Zed.
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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 Zed during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and stats shown above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nasus on average picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Zed. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values shown here to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Nasus versus Zed build consist of Sterak's Gage, Spirit Visage, and Trinity Force. When Nasus combined at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better against Zed than with many other typical builds. In fact, Nasus boasted an average win rate of 53.7% when countering Zed with this counter build.
To have the highest probability of defeating Zed 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 chose for Nasus vs Zed matchups, this composite of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 53.7% winrate overall.
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