Irelia vs Nasus
How to Beat Nasus as Irelia
based on 2,825 Irelia vs Nasus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Irelia vs Nasus Matchup Summary
Best Irelia vs Nasus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nasus as Irelia
Tips for Playing as Irelia against Nasus
Defiant Dance is not interrupted by crowd control, try timing it for incoming disables.
Flawless Duet does not have a maximum travel distance, try using it in creative ways.
Use Bladesurge to cover great distances by targeting low life minions on your way to champion targets.
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.
Irelia vs Nasus Counter Stats
How to Counter Nasus with Irelia in LoL
The stats provided here emphasize several valuable Irelia vs. Nasus matchup statistics that may help you appreciate the distinctions between the pair. Irelia’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Nasus’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Irelia may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Nasus..
Irelia often has a slightly larger longest killing spree than her counter does. On average, she receives less damage than Nasus. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the champion with increased health has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Irelia and Nasus
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Who is Better, Irelia or Nasus?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Irelia usually loses when playing against Nasus, with a 48.2% win rate. Thus, Irelia makes a poor counter for Nasus.
While Irelia does have a lower winrate than Nasus, when on opposite teams, Irelia also has a lower difficulty level that makes her a less difficult character to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Irelia into Nasus.
Moreover, Irelia has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Nasus. This often 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 Irelia vs Nasus matchups, Nasus is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Irelia is a somewhat poor counter for Nasus. Make sure you focus your strategy on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Irelia against Nasus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Irelia in order to counter Nasus during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and stats shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Irelia typically accumulates a similar amount of CS relative to Nasus. Champions who typically don't earn many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers shown here to do well.
The top items to use in your Irelia versus Nasus build consist of Guardian Angel, Wit's End, and Blade of The Ruined King. When Irelia used at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better vs Nasus than with many other common builds. In fact, Irelia boasted an average winrate of 48.2% when playing against Nasus with these items in her kit.
To have the best chance of defeating Nasus as Irelia, you should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes players picked for Irelia vs Nasus counters, this blending of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 48.2% winrate overall.
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