Jarvan IV vs Nasus
How to Beat Nasus as Jarvan IV
based on 1,571 Jarvan IV vs Nasus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Jarvan IV vs Nasus Matchup Summary
Best Jarvan IV vs Nasus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nasus as Jarvan IV
Tips for Playing as Jarvan IV against Nasus
Use Demacian Standard as a scouting tool when worried about incoming enemies.
You can use the Dragon Strike / Demacian Standard combo to get out of your own Cataclysm arenas.
Split your basic attacks on different champions at the beginning of fights to maximize 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.
Jarvan IV vs Nasus Counter Stats
How to Counter Nasus with Jarvan IV in LoL
The stats shown on this page feature some important Jarvan IV versus Nasus matchup stats that can help you distinguish the distinctions between this pair of champions. For instance, Jarvan IV’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Nasus’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Jarvan IV may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Nasus. This observation is largely caused by the differences in assists.
Jarvan IV normally has a similar longest kill spree as his counter does. On average, he takes less damage than Nasus. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the champ with increased HP has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Jarvan IV and Nasus
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Who is Better, Jarvan IV or Nasus?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Jarvan IV usually loses when playing against Nasus, with a 48.4% win rate. Thus, Jarvan IV makes a poor counter to Nasus.
While Jarvan IV does have a lower winrate than Nasus, when they face off with one another, Jarvan IV also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less challenging champion to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Jarvan IV into Nasus.
Moreover, Jarvan IV has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Nasus. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Jarvan IV 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 teammates during late stage team fights.
Jarvan IV is a somewhat poor counter to Nasus. Focus your strategy on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Jarvan IV against Nasus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Jarvan IV in order to counter Nasus during both the early game 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 suggestions displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Jarvan IV typically accumulates a lot less CS as Nasus. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values displayed on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Jarvan IV versus Nasus build include Sterak's Gage, Spear of Shojin, and Sundered Sky. When Jarvan IV incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better vs Nasus than with many other common item sets. In fact, Jarvan IV boasted an average winrate of 48.4% when countering Nasus with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of beating Nasus as Jarvan IV, you should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Jarvan IV vs Nasus face-offs, this blending of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 48.4% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Nasus as Jarvan IV are given for all skill levels, merged. To narrow the stats and builds to a particular rank, you may use the selection menu located at the top of this page.