Nasus with Caitlyn
How to Synergize Nasus and Caitlyn
based on 11,412 Nasus with Caitlyn pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Nasus Caitlyn Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Nasus and Caitlyn
Tips for Playing as Nasus with Caitlyn
Paying attention to last hitting with Siphoning Strike will have a large impact at the end of a game.
If you're solo, Spirit Fire is a great way to farm a lane. It can be bad if you're in a lane with 2 and you push too far. Find the right balance between Siphoning Strike last hits and AoE farming.
If you have low defenses, people will focus you down even during your ultimate. Try buying some survivability items even in your DPS builds.
Advice to Understand How Caitlyn Will Play
Fire 90 Caliber Net away from the opponent to close the gap or hop over walls.
Avoid using Ace in the Hole in large team melees as it might be blocked by the wrong target.
Make use of her Yordle Snap Traps by placing them pre-emptively to ensure that you'll have one off of cooldown during combat.
Nasus Caitlyn Synergy Stats
How to Play with Caitlyn as Nasus in LoL
The Nasus Caitlyn synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Caitlyn, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Nasus sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Caitlyn. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Caitlyn helps Nasus perform worse in competitive LoL matches. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Nasus tries to synergize with Caitlyn, he gets a small increase in his complete damage output. This change may demonstrate that Caitlyn helps provide cover for him to dish out more damage or that her presence on the team also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Nasus is played alongside Caitlyn on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Caitlyn.
Additionally, when Nasus plays with Caitlyn on the same team, he typically receives a little more damage than when he fights alone. Receiving more damage may indicate that Caitlyn does a poor job of covering Nasus during team fights.
Synergies between Nasus and Caitlyn
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Is Nasus better when played alongside Caitlyn?
There is no top companion for Nasus that will always be his top ally. Yet, overall, Caitlyn is a very typical ally for Nasus. By playing on the same team as Nasus, she drops their win rate by -0.5% to 49.8%. This proves that there is a weak bond between Nasus and Caitlyn that results in them performing not as well together than alone.
Caitlyn has a lower difficulty than Nasus. That means Nasus players don't need to be very careful when arranging Caitlyn teammates to play with, as they will require a lower level of skill to be able to fight well with you.
Working together, you should observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability to dish out massive AD. When paired, these two should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.
In contrast, by pairing Nasus and Caitlyn together, you will not be giving your other allies a lot of support. Make sure to have other champs on your team that helps cover this hole in this pairing's playstyle.
Regardless of your Caitlyn ally's skill level, you should focus on maximizing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Nasus in order to work well with Caitlyn during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League games, you should continue reading to master a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you mind the build and suggestions presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The most crucial finished items to have in your Nasus and Caitlyn synergy build include Spirit Visage, Frozen Heart, and Sundered Sky. When Nasus used at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better when paired up with Caitlyn than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Nasus had an average winrate of 49.8% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Caitlyn with this build.
To have the best chance of crushing your oponents, Nasus players should take the Fleet Footwork, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Unflinching, and Second Wind runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the runes we have analyed for Nasus and Caitlyn pairings, this composite of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 49.8% win rate overall.
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