Xerath with Nasus
How to Synergize Xerath and Nasus
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Xerath Nasus Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Xerath and Nasus
Tips for Playing as Xerath with Nasus
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.
Advice to Understand How Nasus Will Play
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.
Xerath Nasus Synergy Stats
How to Play with Nasus as Xerath in LoL
The Xerath Nasus synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Nasus, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Xerath sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Nasus. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Nasus helps Xerath perform worse in competitive LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.
When Xerath is an ally to Nasus, he sees a little decrease in his complete damage output. This could signal that Nasus does not provide protection for him to dish out more damage or that his support also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Xerath is played with Nasus on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Nasus. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Nasus.
Moreover, when Xerath plays with Nasus on the same side, he typically receives a little less damage than when he plays alone. Receiving not as much damage may indicate that Nasus does a decent job of protecting Xerath during team fights.
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Is Xerath better when played alongside Nasus?
There is no perfect companion for Xerath that will no matter what be his best teammate. However, Nasus is a very typical companion for Xerath. By being on the same side as Xerath, he raises their win rate by 0.9% to 51.5%. This shows that there is not really a strong bond between Xerath and Nasus that allows them to perform stronger together than without each other.
Nasus has a lower difficulty than Xerath. That means Xerath players don't need to be very careful when finding Nasus comrades to play with, as they will have to have a relatively low level of skill to be able to work well with you.
Playing cooperatively, you should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal magic damage. When paired, these two can deal quite a lot of AP type damage.
In contrast, by aligning Xerath and Nasus together, you will not be giving your other allies a lot of crowd control. Make sure to have other champions on your team that nullifies this hole in this pairing's abilities.
Regardless of your Nasus ally's ability, you should focus on maximizing 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 truly master Xerath to synergize with Nasus during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League games, you should continue reading to pick up additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown above, you should increase your win rate significantly.
The ideal finished items to have in your Xerath and Nasus synergy build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Xerath bought at least these three finished items in his build, he performed much better as an ally of Nasus than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Xerath had an average win rate of 51.5% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Nasus with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest probability of crushing your oponents, you should equip the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Coup de Grace, and Presence of Mind runes from the Sorcery and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players used for Xerath and Nasus pairings, this blending of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 51.5% win rate overall.
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