Gwen vs Nasus
How to Beat Nasus as Gwen
based on 2,510 Gwen vs Nasus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Gwen vs Nasus Matchup Summary
Best Gwen vs Nasus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nasus as Gwen
Tips for Playing as Gwen against Nasus
Gwen can still damage enemies outside her Hallowed Mists, especially with her Ultimate's range.
Some of Gwen's Abilities can apply her passive to multiple enemies, so aim them at groups to get maximum damage and healing.
Always be Attacking - In addition to dealing bonus damage, Gwen's Attacks empower or reset many of her Abilities.
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.
Gwen vs Nasus Counter Stats
How to Counter Nasus with Gwen in LoL
The stats shown on this page clarify several strategic Gwen vs. Nasus matchup statistics that can help us realize the distinctions between the pair. Gwen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Nasus’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Gwen may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Nasus..
Gwen often has a similar longest killing spree as her enemy does. On average, she takes less damage than Nasus. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the champion with increased HP has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Gwen and Nasus
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Who is Better, Gwen or Nasus?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Gwen usually loses when taking on Nasus, with a 48.2% win rate. Therefore, Gwen makes a poor counter to Nasus.
While Gwen does have a lower win rate compared to Nasus, when they face off with one another, Gwen also has a lower difficulty level that makes her a less difficult character to learn. You should be careful when picking Gwen into Nasus.
Furthermore, Gwen also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Nasus. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Gwen vs Nasus matchups, Nasus is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Gwen is a somewhat poor counter to Nasus. You will do well by focussing your actions on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Gwen against Nasus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Gwen in order 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 tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Gwen often racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Nasus. Champs who typically don't take many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. 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, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values shown here to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Gwen versus Nasus build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Nashor's Tooth, and Cosmic Drive. When Gwen bought at least these three pieces in her build, she performed significantly better against Nasus than with most other common builds. In fact, Gwen had an average win rate of 48.2% battling Nasus with this build.
To have the best chance of crushing Nasus as Gwen, you should equip the Conqueror, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Gwen vs Nasus clashes, this combo of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 48.2% winrate overall.
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