Graves vs Nasus
How to Beat Nasus as Graves
based on 4,597 Graves vs Nasus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Graves vs Nasus Matchup Summary
Best Graves vs Nasus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nasus as Graves
Tips for Playing as Graves against Nasus
Smoke Screen can be used both to escape and to set up a kill.
Using Quickdraw to get into range and delivering a point blank Buckshot can do lots of 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.
Graves vs Nasus Counter Stats
How to Counter Nasus with Graves in LoL
The stats shown here emphasize several important Graves vs. Nasus matchup stats that may help us interpret the differences between the pair. For instance, Graves’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Nasus’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Graves may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Nasus..
Graves normally has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his foe does. Typically, he takes a similar amount of damage to Nasus. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the champion with increased HP has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Graves and Nasus
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Who is Better, Graves or Nasus?
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Graves usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Nasus, with a 50.7% win rate. Thus, Graves makes an ok counter for Nasus.
While Graves does have a higher winrate than Nasus, when facing one another, Graves also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less time consuming champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Graves into Nasus.
Furthermore, Graves has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Nasus. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Graves vs Nasus matchups, Graves is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Graves is a decent counter to Nasus. You will do well by focussing your actions on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Graves against Nasus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Graves in order 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 tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Graves on average gets a lot less CS relative to Nasus. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills often don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers reported here to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Graves versus Nasus build include Guardian Angel, Youmuu's Ghostblade, and The Collector. When Graves included at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better vs. Nasus than with most other common item sets. In fact, Graves had an average win rate of 50.7% when countering Nasus with this counter build.
To have the highest likelihood of beating Nasus as Graves, you should use the Fleet Footwork, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players used for Graves vs Nasus clashes, this blending of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 50.7% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Nasus as Graves are shown for all ranked divisions combined. If you want to scope the stats and builds to a specific skill level, you can use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.