Zac vs Nasus
How to Beat Nasus as Zac
based on 2,448 Zac vs Nasus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Zac vs Nasus Matchup Summary
Best Zac vs Nasus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nasus as Zac
Tips for Playing as Zac against Nasus
Picking up goo chunks is very important to staying alive.
When Cell Division is ready, try to die in a position that makes it difficult for the enemy team to kill your bloblets.
Charging Elastic Slingshot from the fog of war will give opponents less time to react.
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.
Zac vs Nasus Counter Stats
How to Counter Nasus with Zac in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here emphasize some valuable Zac against Nasus counter stats that can help you grasp the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Zac’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Nasus’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Zac may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Nasus. This observation is in large part a result of the differences in assists.
Zac normally has a similar longest kill spree as his opponent does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Nasus. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Zac and Nasus
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Who is Better, Zac or Nasus?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Zac usually wins when trying to fight Nasus, with a 52.9% win rate. Thus, Zac makes a good counter for Nasus.
While Zac does have a higher win rate compared to Nasus, when facing one another, Zac also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more complex champion to learn and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Zac into Nasusas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Zac also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Nasus. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Zac vs Nasus matchups, Zac is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Zac is an above average counter for Nasus. You will do well by focussing your play on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Zac against Nasus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Zac in order to counter Nasus during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Zac often racks up less CS relative to Nasus. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers reported here to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Zac versus Nasus build include Spirit Visage, Sunfire Aegis, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Zac combined at least these three items in his build, he performed much better vs. Nasus than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Zac had an average winrate of 52.9% when playing against Nasus with these items in his kit.
To have the best likelihood of crushing Nasus as Zac, you should take the Aftershock, Font of Life, Conditioning, Revitalize, Triumph, and Legend: Tenacity runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Of all the runes players chose for Zac vs Nasus counterpicks, this composite of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 52.9% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Nasus as Zac are presented for all ranked divisions combined. If you want to narrow the statistics and builds to a specific skill level, you may use the selection menu earlier on the page.