Nasus with Leona
How to Synergize Nasus and Leona
based on 3,915 Nasus with Leona pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Nasus Leona Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Nasus and Leona
Tips for Playing as Nasus with Leona
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 Leona Will Play
Shield of Daybreak and Zenith Blade form a powerful offensive combo.
Lead the charge and mark your foes with Sunlight before your allies deal damage.
You can absorb a huge amount of damage using Eclipse, but you must stay near enemies to gain the bonus duration.
Nasus Leona Synergy Stats
How to Play with Leona as Nasus in LoL
The Nasus Leona synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Leona, 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 Leona. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Leona helps Nasus perform worse in competitive LoL games. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.
When Nasus is an ally to Leona, he gets a little increase in his total damage output. This could signal that Leona helps provide protection for him to dish out more damage or that her support also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Nasus is played together with Leona on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Leona.
Additionally, when Nasus plays with Leona on the same side, he usually takes a little less damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt not as much damage may indicate that Leona does a decent job of protecting Nasus during teamfights.
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Is Nasus better when played alongside Leona?
There is no one best ally for Nasus that will no matter what be his best ally. Yet, Leona is a very typical teammate for Nasus. By locking into the same team as Nasus, she improves their win rate by 0.9% to 51.2%. This clearly indicates that there is a weak bond between Nasus and Leona that results in them performing better together than alone.
Leona has a lower difficulty than Nasus. That means you don't need to be careful when arranging Leona allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will have to have a relatively low level of skill to be able to fight well with you.
When playing alongside, Nasus players should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability to tank a lot of damage. Combined, these champions might be able to provide enough cover for their team's carries.
Conversely, by grouping Nasus and Leona together, you will not be granting your side a great deal of AP. Make sure to include other champs on your team that neutralizes this disparity in this pairing's playstyle.
Regardless of your Leona ally's ability, you should focus on increasing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Nasus to pair well with Leona during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL rounds, you should continue reading to gather additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you mind the build and suggestions presented above, you should grow your win rate by a lot.
The ideal finished items to have in your Nasus and Leona synergy build include Spirit Visage, Thornmail, and Trinity Force. When Nasus bought at least these three finished items in his build, he did significantly better when fighting alongside Leona than with most other common builds. In fact, Nasus boasted an average win rate of 51.2% helping carry Leona with this build.
To have the best probability of crushing your oponents, Nasus players should equip the Fleet Footwork, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds players picked for this champion pairing, this combo of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 51.2% win rate overall.
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