Xerath vs Nasus
How to Beat Nasus as Xerath
based on 4,274 Xerath vs Nasus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Xerath vs Nasus Matchup Summary
Best Xerath vs Nasus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nasus as Xerath
Tips for Playing as Xerath against Nasus
If you stun an enemy with Shocking Orb, follow up with a guaranteed center hit on Eye of Destruction.
It's easier to land Arcanopulse on an enemy when they're moving toward or away from you, rather than side to side.
Eye of Destruction will make landing Arcanopulse easier as the target will be slowed.
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.
Xerath vs Nasus Counter Stats
How to Counter Nasus with Xerath in LoL
The stats shown on this page show several vital Xerath against Nasus counter statistics that can help you interpret the differences between the two. Xerath’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Nasus’s ratio of NaN, showing that Xerath may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Nasus. This observation is in large part fueled by the differences in assists.
Xerath typically has a similar longest kill spree as his counter does. Typically, he takes less damage than Nasus. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also indicate that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Xerath and Nasus
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Who is Better, Xerath or Nasus?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Xerath usually loses when facing off against Nasus, with a 48.9% win rate. Therefore, Xerath makes a bad counter for Nasus.
While Xerath does have a lower winrate than Nasus, when they face off with one another, Xerath also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more time consuming champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Xerath into Nasusas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Xerath also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Nasus. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Xerath vs Nasus matchups, Nasus is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Xerath is a somewhat poor counter to Nasus. Focus your play on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Xerath against Nasus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Xerath 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 above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Xerath most often accumulates less CS relative to Nasus. Champs who typically don't earn much CS often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values reported on this page to do well.
The best items to have in your Xerath versus Nasus build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, and Stormsurge. When Xerath included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better against Nasus than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Xerath had an average winrate of 48.9% when countering Nasus with this build.
To have the greatest chance of beating Nasus as Xerath, you should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Scorch runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune builds we have analyed for Xerath vs Nasus LoL games, this mix of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 48.9% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Nasus as Xerath are given for all ranked divisions combined. If you want to narrow the stats and builds to a particular skill level, you should use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.