Pyke vs Nasus
How to Beat Nasus as Pyke
based on 3,669 Pyke vs Nasus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Pyke vs Nasus Matchup Summary
Best Pyke vs Nasus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nasus as Pyke
Tips for Playing as Pyke against Nasus
The Tap version of Bone Skewer is much faster and deals additional damage.
A lot of your agressive spells are also your escapes. Make sure you always have a plan to get out of the fight.
Hitting an enemy with the Hold version of Bone Skewer will always pull them the same distance. Use it in melee range to throw targets behind you.
Pyke is very fragile so don't be afraid to temporarily run from a fight. You can regenerate a significant amount of health from Gift of the Drowned Ones when enemies can't see you.
Advice to Win Against Nasus
Nasus is prone to being kited. Try not to engage him at full Health.
Max rank Wither is a very effective counter to Attack Damage characters, so try to avoid getting caught alone by it.
While transformed by his ultimate, Nasus is stronger than most champions in the League. Engage him only if you have a clear advantage.
Pyke vs Nasus Counter Stats
How to Counter Nasus with Pyke in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here underscore some influential Pyke vs. Nasus counter stats that may help you understand the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Pyke’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Nasus’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Pyke may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Nasus..
Pyke usually has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his counter does. Typically, he receives less damage than Nasus. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also indicate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
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Who is Better, Pyke or Nasus?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Pyke usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Nasus, with a 49.9% win rate. Therefore, Pyke makes an ok counter to Nasus.
While Pyke does have a lower win rate compared to Nasus, when they face off with one another, Pyke also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more difficult champ to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Pyke into Nasusas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Pyke also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Nasus. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Pyke vs Nasus matchups, Nasus is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Pyke is a somewhat poor counter to Nasus. Focus your play on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Pyke against Nasus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Pyke to counter Nasus during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and tips displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Pyke often gets a lot less CS relative to Nasus. Champions who on average don't earn much CS usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values reported on this page to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Pyke versus Nasus build include Edge of Night, Bloodsong, and Voltaic Cyclosword. When Pyke combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better when facing Nasus than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Pyke boasted an average winrate of 49.9% battling Nasus with this build.
To have the greatest probability of crushing Nasus as Pyke, you should equip the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Coup de Grace, and Triumph runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players picked for Pyke vs Nasus face-offs, this mix of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 49.9% winrate overall.
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