Yasuo with Nasus
How to Synergize Yasuo and Nasus
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Yasuo Nasus Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Yasuo and Nasus
Tips for Playing as Yasuo with Nasus
Last Breath can be cast on any target that is knocked Airborne, even by one of your allies.
Dash through a minion to have Sweeping Blade available to chase your opponent should they flee; Dash directly to your opponent to preserve a minion as your escape route.
At level 18, Yasuo's Steel Tempest reaches its Attack Speed cap with 55% Attack Speed from items.
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.
Yasuo Nasus Synergy Stats
How to Play with Nasus as Yasuo in LoL
The Yasuo 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, Yasuo sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Nasus. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Nasus helps Yasuo perform not as well in ranked LoL matches. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Yasuo is an ally to Nasus, he observes a small decrease in his total damage dealt. This difference may indicate that Nasus doesn't help cover for him to dish out more damage or that his presence on the team also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Yasuo is played with Nasus on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Nasus. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Nasus.
Moreover, when Yasuo plays with Nasus on the same team, he often receives a little less damage than when he plays alone. Taking not as much damage may mean that Nasus does a decent job of protecting Yasuo in teamfights.
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Is Yasuo better when played alongside Nasus?
There is no universally accepted best champion pairing for Yasuo that will no matter what be his ideal teammate. However, overall, Nasus is a decent ally for Yasuo. By locking into the same side as Yasuo, he increases their win rate by 1.0% to 51.6%. This signals that there is a potentially meaningful bond between Yasuo and Nasus that results in them performing better together than without each other.
Nasus has a much lower diffuclty than Yasuo. That means you don't need to be careful when enlisting Nasus comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a much lower level of skill to be able to cooperate well with you.
Fighting on the same side, you will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal physical damage. When paired, these champs should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.
In contrast, by bringing Yasuo and Nasus together, you will not be providing your other teammates very much utility. Plan to include other champs on your team that neutralizes this hole in their playstyle.
Regardless of the skill of your Nasus ally, you should focus on maximizing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Yasuo in order to pair well with Nasus during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League, you should continue reading to pick up some more tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and stats shown above, you should increase your win rate significantly.
The most important items to include in your Yasuo and Nasus synergy build consist of Guardian Angel, Infinity Edge, and Blade of The Ruined King. When Yasuo combined at least these three great items in his build, he did a lot better when paired up with Nasus than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Yasuo had an average winrate of 51.6% helping carry Nasus with this build.
To have the greatest chance of crushing your oponents, Yasuo players should take the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune sets players picked for Yasuo and Nasus pairings, this set of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 51.6% win rate overall.
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