Shyvana vs Nasus
How to Beat Nasus as Shyvana
based on 1,688 Shyvana vs Nasus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Shyvana vs Nasus Matchup Summary
Best Shyvana vs Nasus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nasus as Shyvana
Tips for Playing as Shyvana against Nasus
It can be valuable to purchase one of the items that can slow enemies: Frozen Mallet, Dead Man's Plate, or Entropy.
Shyvana's abilities all benefit from attacking units. As a result, Attack Speed items are more valuable on her than most champions.
Burnout is an ideal choice for jungling. Monsters will be hit by the full duration, and the speed boost improves her ganking potential.
Flame Breath is great to level-up against difficult lane opponents.
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.
Shyvana vs Nasus Counter Stats
How to Counter Nasus with Shyvana in LoL
The stats provided here feature some important Shyvana versus Nasus counter statistics that can help you grasp the distinctions between this pair of champions. Shyvana’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Nasus’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Shyvana may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Nasus..
Shyvana typically has a similar longest killing spree as her matchup does. Commonly, she receives less damage than Nasus. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Shyvana and Nasus
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Who is Better, Shyvana or Nasus?
Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Shyvana usually fairs equally well when taking on Nasus, with a 49.1% win rate. Thus, Shyvana makes an ok counter for Nasus.
While Shyvana does have a lower winrate compared to Nasus, when on opposite teams, Shyvana also has a lower level of difficulty that makes her a less time consuming champion to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Shyvana into Nasus.
Furthermore, Shyvana has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Nasus. This 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 for every situation in League of Legends, in Shyvana vs Nasus matchups, Nasus is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Shyvana is a somewhat poor counter for Nasus. Make sure you focus your gameplay on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Shyvana against Nasus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Shyvana in order to counter Nasus during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and tips displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Shyvana on average racks up less CS as Nasus. Champs who typically don't get much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Shyvana versus Nasus build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Nashor's Tooth, and Shadowflame. When Shyvana combined at least these three pieces in her build, she performed a lot better vs. Nasus than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Shyvana had an average win rate of 49.1% battling Nasus with these items in her kit.
To have the highest likelihood of defeating Nasus as Shyvana, Shyvana players should equip the Dark Harvest, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Gathering Storm, and Transcendence runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players picked for Shyvana vs Nasus face-offs, this set of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 49.1% win rate overall.
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