Tristana vs Nasus
How to Beat Nasus as Tristana
based on 3,998 Tristana vs Nasus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Tristana vs Nasus Matchup Summary
Best Tristana vs Nasus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nasus as Tristana
Tips for Playing as Tristana against Nasus
Use Rapid Fire to help stack up your Explosive Charge on enemy champions.
Her massive gun allows Tristana to fire on targets at a great distance. Utilize this to prevent your enemies from ever laying a hand on you.
Use Rocket Jump after you have stacked up your Explosive Charge on an enemy to finish them off with a burst of damage.
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.
Tristana vs Nasus Counter Stats
How to Counter Nasus with Tristana in LoL
The stats shown here feature some strategic Tristana versus Nasus matchup stats that may help us interpret the differences and similarities between this set of champions. For instance, Tristana’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Nasus’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Tristana may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Nasus..
Tristana usually has a slightly larger longest kill spree than her opponent does. On average, she takes less damage than Nasus. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the champion with higher HP has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Tristana and Nasus
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Who is Better, Tristana or Nasus?
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Tristana usually loses when taking on Nasus, with a 48.6% win rate. As a result, Tristana makes a poor counter for Nasus.
While Tristana does have a lower win rate compared to Nasus, when they face off with one another, Tristana also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less complex champion to learn. You should be careful when picking Tristana into Nasus.
Additionally, Tristana has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Nasus. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Tristana 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.
Tristana is a somewhat poor counter for Nasus. You will do well by focussing your tactics on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Tristana against Nasus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Tristana 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 pay attention to the build and stats shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Tristana often accumulates a similar amount of CS as Nasus. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Tristana versus Nasus build include Kraken Slayer, Immortal Shieldbow, and Navori Quickblades. When Tristana used at least these three items in her build, she did much better vs Nasus than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Tristana had an average win rate of 48.6% when playing against Nasus with these items in her kit.
To have the greatest chance of coming out on top against Nasus as Tristana, Tristana players should equip the Hail of Blades, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Legend: Bloodline, and Triumph runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune sets players picked for Tristana vs Nasus face-offs, this composite of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 48.6% win rate overall.
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