Ziggs vs Nasus
How to Beat Nasus as Ziggs
based on 1,576 Ziggs vs Nasus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Ziggs vs Nasus Matchup Summary
Best Ziggs vs Nasus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nasus as Ziggs
Tips for Playing as Ziggs against Nasus
Even if you're far from a fight you can still help from afar with Mega Inferno Bomb.
Slowing your enemies with Hexplosive Minefield makes it easier to land other abilities.
Knocking yourself over walls with Satchel Charge can be great when chasing after or escaping from enemies.
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.
Ziggs vs Nasus Counter Stats
How to Counter Nasus with Ziggs in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page underscore some strategic Ziggs vs. Nasus matchup stats that can help us appreciate the differences between the pair. As an example, Ziggs’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Nasus’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Ziggs may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Nasus..
Ziggs usually has a similar longest killing spree as his opponent does. On average, he receives less damage than Nasus. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Ziggs and Nasus
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Who is Better, Ziggs or Nasus?
Both League champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Ziggs usually loses when facing off against Nasus, with a 48.8% win rate. As a result, Ziggs makes a bad counter for Nasus.
While Ziggs does have a lower winrate compared to Nasus, when on opposite teams, Ziggs also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less challenging character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Ziggs into Nasus.
Furthermore, Ziggs has some amount 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 lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Ziggs 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 allied champions during team fights.
Ziggs is a somewhat poor counter to Nasus. Focus your actions on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Ziggs against Nasus.
Other Champion Matchups Against Ziggs
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Ziggs in order to counter Nasus during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and stats presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Ziggs typically gets a similar amount of CS as Nasus. Champions who typically don't earn many minion kills often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The best items to use in your Ziggs versus Nasus build consist of Void Staff, Shadowflame, and Luden's Companion. When Ziggs used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better vs Nasus than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Ziggs boasted an average win rate of 48.8% when countering Nasus with this build.
To have the best probability of beating Nasus as Ziggs, Ziggs players should equip the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players used for Ziggs vs Nasus counter picks, this combination of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 48.8% winrate overall.
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