Nasus with Xerath
How to Synergize Nasus and Xerath
based on 4,550 Nasus with Xerath pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Nasus Xerath Synergy Summary
Best Nasus vs Xerath Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Nasus and Xerath
Tips for Playing as Nasus with Xerath
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 Xerath Will Play
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.
Nasus Xerath Synergy Stats
How to Play with Xerath as Nasus in LoL
The Nasus Xerath synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Xerath, 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 large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Xerath. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Xerath helps Nasus perform worse in ranked League rounds. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Nasus tries to synergize with Xerath, he observes a marginal improvement in his total damage dealt. This change could signal that Xerath provides protection for him to deal more damage or that his allyship also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Nasus is played with Xerath 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 alongside Xerath.
Moreover, when Nasus plays with Xerath on the same side, he on average receives a little more damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt more damage could indicate that Xerath does a poor job of protecting Nasus in teamfights.
Synergies between Nasus and Xerath
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Is Nasus better when played alongside Xerath?
There is no perfect companion for Nasus that will 100% of the time be his top ally. Yet, Xerath is a pretty good ally for Nasus. By locking into the same team as Nasus, he raises their win rate by 1.2% to 51.5%. This signals that there is a good bond between Nasus and Xerath that allows them to perform at the top of their game together than without each other.
Xerath has a greater difficulty than Nasus. That means you should be careful when lining up Xerath comrades to play with, as they will have to have a greater level of skill to be able to fight well with you.
Working on the same side, Nasus players should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to to do a lot of AP damage. Together, these champs can deal quite a lot of AP type damage.
Conversely, by pairing Nasus and Xerath together, you will not be giving your side much utility. Plan to include other champions on your team that nullifies this relative gap in their kit.
Regardless of your Xerath ally's ability, you need to focus on increasing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will 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 in order to synergize with Xerath during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends games, you should continue reading to learn some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you use the build and stats presented above, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The most important finished items to focus on in your Nasus and Xerath synergy build consist of Spirit Visage, Frozen Heart, and Sundered Sky. When Nasus combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better as an ally of Xerath than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Nasus boasted an average winrate of 51.5% helping carry Xerath with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest probability of beating your oponents, you should take 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 we have analyed for this champion pairing, this combo of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 51.5% win rate overall.
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