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Nasus

FighterTank
Nasus is a fighterRolefighter
DifficultyAverage
Power SpikeLate-Game
Soul Eater abilityp
Siphoning Strike abilityq
Wither abilityw
Spirit Fire abilitye
Fury of the Sands abilityr
StatsBuildCounters
Runes
Synergies
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Nasus Build

based on 108,049 matches
Win Rate
50.9 %
Pick Rate
7.4 %
Ban Rate
6 %

How We Come Up with Our Nasus Builds

We process over 1 Million League of Legends games every day to bring you the most accurate Nasus build so you can destroy your enemies and improve you win rate. We've broken down our Nasus builds by rank, position, and enemy team type, so you can find the most accurate set of Nasus core items and runes for any situation.

Nasus Build Summary

Nasus is a an average top lane champion in League of Legends. His best rune sets are Inspiration Resolve. Adding the specific runes shown below into your Nasus build will provide you the bonus stats to help him play well through the laning phase of the match and into the late game. You should start by building up his q ability first.

Best vsAll Build for Nasus

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Cloth ArmorHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
KindlegemIonian Boots of Lucidity

Core Nasus Items

~22 Mins
Divine SundererFrozen HeartSerylda's GrudgeIonian Boots of Lucidity

Optional Items

Spear Of ShojinSterak's GageHullbreakerRavenous Hydra

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerhaste summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Nasus to level upq
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Second ability for Nasus to level upw
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Last skill for Nasus to max oute

Runes

InspirationUnsealed SpellbookMagical FootwearBiscuit DeliveryApproach Velocity
ResolveSecond WindUnflinching
Ability HasteMagic ResistMagic Resist
Nasus's passive ability p
Nasus's q ability q
Nasus's w ability w
Nasus's e ability e
Nasus's ultimate ability r
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Q
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W
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E
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Q
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Q
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R
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Q
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Q
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W
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R
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W
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W
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E
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R

Nasus Matchups Overview

Nasus is Weak Against

IllaoiIllaoi46.4% winrateGarenGaren46.7% winrateAatroxAatrox47% winrateShenShen47.3% winrate

Nasus is Strong Against

KennenKennen58.8% winrateHeimerdingerHeimerdinger57.8% winrateGragasGragas57.4% winrateGnarGnar54.5% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

Skarnerjungle+ 55.4% 507 GamesKarthusbottom+ 55.9% 456 GamesGaliosupport+ 56.5% 324 GamesKennenmiddle+ 56.6% 320 Games

More Gameplay Tips for Nasus Players

Tips and Tricks

Always last hit with Siphoning Strike because you permanently get stacks which increase your damage output.

It's important to manage your minion wave and pull creeps in order to farm with Siphoning Strike safely.

Nasus FAQs

Q: How to carry with Nasus?

A: Nasus is an incredibly powerful hyper-carry. He can theoretically scale his damage infinitely. His Q will continue to grow in power throughout the game. A safe, yet powerful LoL Nasus build is to build lots of tank items while stacking your Q. In this way, Nasus will be able to outlast most enemies while dealing massive damage in the mid- to late-game.

Q: Is Nasus Q AD or AP?

A: Nasus' Q deals bonus AD damage. It augments his regular physical damage and also synergizes will with lifesteal.

Additional Nasus Build Insights

LoL Nasus players will find him to be a dynamic character to build out properly. You will find that his build changes when he is fighting either generic or specialized team compositions, demonstrating you should not take the same Nasus build every round of League of Legends

The most important items to use in your champ's build include: Divine Sunderer, Frozen Heart, and Serylda's Grudge. Those who included these pieces in their builds had a much better winrate than players who utilized other item builds for Nasus. Moreover, if you are playing a mixed enemy team composition, you should strongly consider getting Nasus the Inspiration, and Resolve runes. In recent games, he won the largest number of his rounds when equipped with these runes.

We calculated our Nasus build guidance by examining 108,049 recently ranked League of Legends matches with him selected. We only advise the best winrate Nasus builds that have been built by ranked players enough times for us to suggest them. With so many rounds in our dataset, we are quite confident in our suggested builds.