Elise vs Nasus
How to Beat Nasus as Elise
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Elise vs Nasus Matchup Summary
Best Elise vs Nasus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nasus as Elise
Tips for Playing as Elise against Nasus
Spider Form is most effective at finishing off enemies with low health; Human Form's Neurotoxin does more damage to healthy foes.
Elise's Spider Form and Spider Form abilities do not cost mana and can be prioritized when you are trying to conserve mana.
When in Spider Form, Spiderlings will attack the target that Elise uses Venomous Bite on.
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.
Elise vs Nasus Counter Stats
How to Counter Nasus with Elise in LoL
The stats shown here show several strategic Elise versus Nasus counter statistics that may help you interpret the differences between the two. As an example, Elise’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Nasus’s ratio of NaN, showing that Elise may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Nasus..
Elise often has a slightly larger longest killing spree than her matchup does. On average, she receives less damage than Nasus. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Elise and Nasus
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Who is Better, Elise or Nasus?
Both League champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Elise usually fairs equally well when playing against Nasus, with a 49.4% win rate. Therefore, Elise makes an ok counter for Nasus.
While Elise does have a lower winrate than Nasus, when on opposite teams, Elise also has a much greater learning curve that makes her a more difficult champ to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Elise into Nasusas her relative depth means you may not be able to reach her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Elise also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Nasus. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Elise vs Nasus matchups, Nasus is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Elise is a somewhat poor counter for Nasus. You will do well by focussing your tactics on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Elise against Nasus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Elise to counter Nasus during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Elise on average picks up a lot less CS relative to Nasus. Champs who typically don't earn many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Elise versus Nasus build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Elise incorporated at least these three pieces in her build, she performed much better when facing Nasus than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Elise had an average win rate of 49.4% when playing against Nasus with this build.
To have the best likelihood of vanquishing Nasus as Elise, Elise players should take the Electrocute, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Nimbus Cloak, and Waterwalking runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players used for Elise vs Nasus LoL games, this sequence of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 49.4% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Nasus as Elise are displayed for all ranked divisions. To scope the statistics and builds to an individual skill level, you can use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.