Taric vs Nasus
How to Beat Nasus as Taric
based on 1,108 Taric vs Nasus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Taric vs Nasus Matchup Summary
Best Taric vs Nasus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nasus as Taric
Tips for Playing as Taric against Nasus
The cooldown reducing component of Bravado makes Cooldown Reduction items like Frozen Heart, Iceborn Gauntlet, and Spirit Visage exceptionally powerful on Taric.
Using Starlight's Touch at lower charges makes its healing less Mana efficient, but can greatly increase Taric's sustained damage via Bravado.
Rather than saving Cosmic Radiance for the last moment and risking someone dying during the delay, it can be more beneficial to cast it as soon as you know a teamfight is guaranteed to start.
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.
Taric vs Nasus Counter Stats
How to Counter Nasus with Taric in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here underscore some influential Taric vs. Nasus matchup statistics that can help you grasp the differences between the pair. Taric’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Nasus’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Taric may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Nasus. This observation is in large part caused by the differences in assists.
Taric typically has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his enemy does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Nasus. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also show that the champ with more HP has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Taric and Nasus
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Who is Better, Taric or Nasus?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Taric usually wins when taking on Nasus, with a 54.5% win rate. Thus, Taric makes a great counter for Nasus.
While Taric does have a much higher winrate than Nasus, when facing one another, Taric also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less challenging champ to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Taric into Nasus.
Moreover, Taric also has a lot of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Nasus. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Taric vs Nasus matchups, Taric 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.
Taric is a great counter to Nasus. Make sure you focus your play on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Taric against Nasus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Taric 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 tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Taric often racks up a lot less CS compared to Nasus. Champions who on average don't take much CS usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The best items to use in your Taric versus Nasus build include Knight's Vow, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Solstice Sleigh. When Taric used at least these three items in his build, he did much better when fighting Nasus than with most other typical builds. In fact, Taric had an average winrate of 54.5% when playing against Nasus with this counter build.
To have the greatest likelihood of beating Nasus as Taric, you should use the Glacial Augment, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Conditioning, and Revitalize runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune sets players chose for Taric vs Nasus face-offs, this mix of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 54.5% winrate overall.
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