Katarina vs Nasus
How to Beat Nasus as Katarina
based on 3,800 Katarina vs Nasus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Katarina vs Nasus Matchup Summary
Best Katarina vs Nasus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nasus as Katarina
Tips for Playing as Katarina against Nasus
Picking up Daggers will significantly reduce Shunpo's cooldown.
Try waiting until the other team is distracted with fighting your team, and use Shunpo to teleport into the fray and unleash a devastating Death Lotus.
Using Shunpo on an allied Champion, Dagger, or minion can be a great escape tactic.
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.
Katarina vs Nasus Counter Stats
How to Counter Nasus with Katarina in LoL
The stats provided here emphasize some vital Katarina against Nasus counter statistics that can help us understand the differences between the two. As an example, Katarina’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Nasus’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Katarina may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Nasus. This observation is in large part fueled by the difference in kills.
Katarina typically has a much larger longest kill spree than her counter does. Commonly, she receives less damage than Nasus. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Katarina and Nasus
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Who is Better, Katarina or Nasus?
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Katarina usually fairs equally well when facing off against Nasus, with a 49.1% win rate. Thus, Katarina makes an ok counter to Nasus.
While Katarina does have a lower win rate than Nasus, when on opposite teams, Katarina also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more complex champ to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Katarina into Nasusas her relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Katarina also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Nasus. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Katarina 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 team members during late stage team fights.
Katarina is a somewhat poor counter to Nasus. Focus your play on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Katarina against Nasus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Katarina to counter Nasus during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Katarina usually racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Nasus. Champions who typically don't acquire many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale 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 numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The top items to use in your Katarina versus Nasus build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Nashor's Tooth, and Stormsurge. When Katarina used at least these three pieces in her build, she performed significantly better countering Nasus than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Katarina boasted an average winrate of 49.1% when playing against Nasus with these items in her kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of vanquishing Nasus as Katarina, Katarina players should take the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Coup de Grace, and Triumph runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Katarina vs Nasus counterpicks, this sequence of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 49.1% winrate overall.
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