Soraka vs Nasus
How to Beat Nasus as Soraka
based on 2,623 Soraka vs Nasus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Soraka vs Nasus Matchup Summary
Best Soraka vs Nasus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nasus as Soraka
Tips for Playing as Soraka against Nasus
Equinox can be used as a powerful zoning tool to keep enemies at bay.
You can use Wish on your allies from across the map to save them from otherwise fatal events.
Soraka is a powerful ally in battle, using her strong healing to keep the party moving forward.
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.
Soraka vs Nasus Counter Stats
How to Counter Nasus with Soraka in LoL
The stats shown on this page show several influential Soraka vs. Nasus counter statistics that can help you appreciate the distinctions between this set of champions. As an example, Soraka’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Nasus’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Soraka may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Nasus. This observation is in large part fueled by the differences in assists.
Soraka often has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than her opponent does. On average, she receives less damage than Nasus. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also indicate that the champion with more health has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Soraka and Nasus
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Who is Better, Soraka or Nasus?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Soraka usually loses when taking on Nasus, with a 48.6% win rate. Therefore, Soraka makes a bad counter for Nasus.
While Soraka does have a lower win rate than Nasus, when they face off with one another, Soraka also has a lower difficulty level that makes her a less difficult champion to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Soraka into Nasus.
Additionally, Soraka has a lot of utility and CC, a similar amount to Nasus. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Soraka vs Nasus matchups, Nasus is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Soraka is a somewhat poor counter to Nasus. Focus your tactics on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Soraka against Nasus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Soraka in order to counter Nasus during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips shown here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Soraka often racks up a lot less CS as Nasus. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers shown here to do well.
The best items to use in your Soraka versus Nasus build include Redemption, Dream Maker, and Dawncore. When Soraka combined at least these three pieces in her build, she did much better vs. Nasus than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Soraka had an average winrate of 48.6% battling Nasus with this counter build.
To have the best probability of coming out on top against Nasus as Soraka, Soraka players should use the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Bone Plating, and Revitalize runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds we have analyed for Soraka vs Nasus battles, this order of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 48.6% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Nasus as Soraka are presented for every ranked division. To narrow the statistics and builds to a distinct skill level, you can use the selection menu located earlier on the page.