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Rengar vs Nasus

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How to Beat Nasus as Rengar

based on 3,674 Rengar vs Nasus matchups
Win Rate
48.2 %
K/D/A
2.07
Pick Rate
2.8 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion summarize millions of recently ranked LoL matches each week. In our dataset, Rengar faced Nasus 3674 times. Including so many matchups for Rengar vs Nasus gives us a lot of confidence in our capability to produce informative statistics and a pro build to obliterate Nasus. This particular champion pairing is somewhat rare. Rengar encounters Nasus in only 2.8% of his matches.

Rengar vs Nasus Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Rengar has done a poor job of beating Nasus. Normally, he wins a lowly 48.2% of matches the champions face off with one another in. In Rengar vs Nasus matches, Rengar’s team is 0.1% more probable to obtain first blood, indicating that he most likely will be able to get first blood against Nasus.

Best Rengar vs Nasus Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Glowing MoteTiamat

Core Rengar Items

~22 Mins
Serylda's GrudgeAxiom ArcProfane Hydra

Optional Items

Maw of MalmortiusLord Dominik's RegardsEdge of NightEclipse

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Rengar to level upq
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Second ability for Rengar to level upe
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Last skill for Rengar to max outw

Runes

DominationElectrocuteSudden ImpactEyeball CollectionRelentless Hunter
InspirationMagical FootwearFuture's Market
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Rengar's passive ability p
Rengar's q ability q
Rengar's w ability w
Rengar's e ability e
Rengar's ultimate ability r
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W
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Guide to Countering Nasus as Rengar

Tips for Playing as Rengar against Nasus

Make sure to take paths through brush when chasing opponents to take advantage of Rengar's passive.

Use Rengar's ultimate to find and assassinate high priority targets in team fights and skirmishes.

A lot of Rengar's power comes from empowered abilities he uses at the right moment - choose wisely!

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.

Rengar vs Nasus Counter Stats

Rengar Image
Win Rate
48.2 %
VS
Win Rate
51.8 %
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7.9
< Kills >
5.2
6.8
< Deaths >
5.1
6.2
< Assists >
5.2
1.81
< Killing Sprees >
1.21
42
< Minions Killed >
172
1.37
< Dragons Killed >
0.12
0.38
< Inhibitors >
0.59
17,672
< Physical Damage >
14,416
1,337
< Magic Damage >
5,208
1,152
< True Damage >
388
20,162
< Damage Dealt >
20,012
34,214
< Damage Taken >
37,003
12,854
< Gold Earned >
11,849
1.29
< Towers >
2.73
0.32
< Baron Takedowns >
0.03
16,576
< Total Healing >
13,963
14,111
< Experience >
15,327
21
< Vision Score >
15
5
< Wards Placed >
8
239
< Time Dealing CC >
563

How to Counter Nasus with Rengar in LoL

The stats shown here underscore some strategic Rengar against Nasus counter statistics that may help us appreciate the distinctions between the two. For instance, Rengar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Nasus’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Rengar may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Nasus..

Rengar normally has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his matchup does. Commonly, he takes a similar amount of damage to Nasus. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the champion with increased HP has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Rengar and Nasus

Damage Types Compared

Rengar
Nasus
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Rengar
Nasus

Who is Better, Rengar or Nasus?

Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Rengar usually loses when playing against Nasus, with a 48.2% win rate. As a result, Rengar makes a bad counter for Nasus.

While Rengar does have a lower winrate than Nasus, when facing one another, Rengar also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more challenging character to learn. You should be careful when picking Rengar into Nasusas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.

Furthermore, Rengar also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Nasus. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Rengar vs Nasus matchups, Nasus is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.

Rengar is a somewhat poor counter to Nasus. Make sure you focus your play on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Rengar against Nasus.

Additional Information for Rengar Players

How We Calculated Our Rengar vs Nasus Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Nasus as Rengar, we analyzed 3,674 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Nasus as Rengar comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Rengar in order to counter Nasus during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep 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 significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Rengar usually gets a lot less CS as Nasus. Champs who typically don't get many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values shown here to do well.

The most crucial items to use in your Rengar versus Nasus build include Serylda's Grudge, Axiom Arc, and Profane Hydra. When Rengar bought at least these three items in his build, he performed much better against Nasus than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Rengar had an average win rate of 48.2% when playing against Nasus with this counter build.

To have the highest probability of defeating Nasus as Rengar, Rengar players should equip the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Future's Market, and Magical Footwear runes from the Domination and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Rengar vs Nasus counter picks, this mixture of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 48.2% win rate overall.

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