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Cassiopeia vs Nasus

How to Beat Nasus as Cassiopeia in LoLCassiopeia is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Nasus as Cassiopeia

based on 1,047 Cassiopeia vs Nasus matchups
Win Rate
48.8 %
K/D/A
2.17
Pick Rate
2.9 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We summarize our counter statistics from the millions of ranked LoL matches that we evaluate every week. This guide on how to beat Nasus as Cassiopeia resulted from an evaluation of 1047 ranked games where both champs faced off against each other. This counter matchup is fairly rare. Cassiopeia has to counter Nasus in only 2.9% of her games.

Cassiopeia vs Nasus Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Cassiopeia has done a below average job of countering Nasus. On average, she wins a acceptable 48.8% of games the champs clash against one another in. In Cassiopeia vs Nasus rounds, Cassiopeia’s team is 0.1% more expected to gain first blood. This indicates that she most likely will get first blood versus Nasus.

Best Cassiopeia vs Nasus Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionTear of the Goddess

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeLost Chapter

Core Cassiopeia Items

~22 Mins
Seraph's EmbraceCosmic DriveRod of Ages

Optional Items

Luden's CompanionLiandry's TormentRylai's Crystal ScepterMalignance

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Cassiopeia to level upe
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Second ability for Cassiopeia to level upq
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Last skill for Cassiopeia to max outw

Runes

PrecisionConquerorPresence of MindLegend: TenacityLast Stand
SorceryManaflow BandTranscendence
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceArmor
Cassiopeia's passive ability p
Cassiopeia's q ability q
Cassiopeia's w ability w
Cassiopeia's e ability e
Cassiopeia's ultimate ability r
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E
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Q
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Guide to Countering Nasus as Cassiopeia

Tips for Playing as Cassiopeia against Nasus

Lead your enemy when targeting with Noxious Blast to ensure the hit.

Use Twin Fang on poisoned stationary targets like monsters and units stunned by her Petrifying Gaze for maximum damage.

Advice to Win Against Nasus

Nasus is prone to being kited. Try not to engage him at full Health.

Max rank Wither is a very effective counter to Attack Damage characters, so try to avoid getting caught alone by it.

While transformed by his ultimate, Nasus is stronger than most champions in the League. Engage him only if you have a clear advantage.

Cassiopeia vs Nasus Counter Stats

Cassiopeia Image
Win Rate
48.8 %
VS
Win Rate
51.2 %
Nasus Image
6.7
< Kills >
4.9
5.9
< Deaths >
5.1
6.1
< Assists >
5.4
1.56
< Killing Sprees >
1.16
174
< Minions Killed >
168
0.12
< Dragons Killed >
0.11
0.44
< Inhibitors >
0.56
717
< Physical Damage >
13,575
23,425
< Magic Damage >
5,457
300
< True Damage >
402
24,443
< Damage Dealt >
19,434
26,911
< Damage Taken >
37,282
11,673
< Gold Earned >
11,621
1.89
< Towers >
2.61
0.05
< Baron Takedowns >
0.04
7,329
< Total Healing >
13,781
15,274
< Experience >
15,113
18
< Vision Score >
16
9
< Wards Placed >
8
454
< Time Dealing CC >
479

How to Counter Nasus with Cassiopeia in LoL

The stats provided here emphasize some significant Cassiopeia versus Nasus counter stats that can help you appreciate the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Cassiopeia’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Nasus’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Cassiopeia may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Nasus..

Cassiopeia often has a slightly larger longest kill spree than her counter does. Typically, she takes less damage than Nasus. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the champ with higher HP has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Cassiopeia and Nasus

Damage Types Compared

Cassiopeia
Nasus
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Cassiopeia
Nasus

Who is Better, Cassiopeia or Nasus?

Both League champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Cassiopeia usually loses when trying to fight Nasus, with a 48.8% win rate. Therefore, Cassiopeia makes a bad counter for Nasus.

While Cassiopeia does have a lower winrate compared to Nasus, when facing one another, Cassiopeia also has a much greater difficulty level that makes her a more time consuming champion to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Cassiopeia into Nasusas her relative depth means that you may not be able to reach her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Furthermore, Cassiopeia also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Nasus. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Cassiopeia vs Nasus matchups, Nasus is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.

Cassiopeia is a somewhat poor counter for Nasus. Make sure you focus your gameplay on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Cassiopeia against Nasus.

Additional Information for Cassiopeia Players

How We Calculated Our Cassiopeia vs Nasus Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Nasus as Cassiopeia, we analyzed 1,047 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Nasus as Cassiopeia comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Cassiopeia to counter Nasus during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Cassiopeia often picks up a similar amount of CS relative to Nasus. Champions who on average don't earn much CS typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values reported on this page to do well.

The most crucial items to use in your Cassiopeia versus Nasus build consist of Seraph's Embrace, Cosmic Drive, and Rod of Ages. When Cassiopeia incorporated at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better countering Nasus than with many other common builds. In fact, Cassiopeia had an average win rate of 48.8% battling Nasus with this build.

To have the best likelihood of vanquishing Nasus as Cassiopeia, Cassiopeia players should take the Conqueror, Presence of Mind, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune sets we have analyed for Cassiopeia vs Nasus fights, this mixture of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 48.8% win rate overall.

If you want to view Cassiopeia x Nasus tips and counter stats for a a specific skill level, feel free to choose one from the selection menu provided above. If viewing for the first time, the statistics and strategies given are computed using all games run with these champions.