Kayle vs Nasus
How to Beat Nasus as Kayle
based on 4,820 Kayle vs Nasus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kayle vs Nasus Matchup Summary
Best Kayle vs Nasus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nasus as Kayle
Tips for Playing as Kayle against Nasus
Kayle benefits greatly from Attack Damage and Ability Power, making hybrid items like Nashor's Tooth and Hextech Gunblade very effective on her.
Using Divine Judgment on a high-DPS ally can turn the tides of battle by giving your ally free reign to attack.
Kayle's attacks become incredibly powerful once she gains attack range from Divine Ascent. Play safe until then.
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.
Kayle vs Nasus Counter Stats
How to Counter Nasus with Kayle in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here underscore some vital Kayle vs. Nasus matchup stats that may help you distinguish the differences between the pair. Kayle’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Nasus’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Kayle may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Nasus..
Kayle often has a similar longest kill spree as her counter does. On average, she receives less damage than Nasus. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also indicate that the champ with more health has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Kayle and Nasus
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Who is Better, Kayle or Nasus?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Kayle usually loses when trying to fight Nasus, with a 47.2% win rate. Therefore, Kayle makes a poor counter to Nasus.
While Kayle does have a lower win rate than Nasus, when on opposite teams, Kayle also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more complex champ to learn and master. You may get destroyed when picking Kayle into Nasusas her relative depth means you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Kayle has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Nasus. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Kayle vs Nasus matchups, Nasus is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Kayle is a garbage counter to Nasus. Make sure you focus your gameplay on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Kayle against Nasus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Kayle to counter Nasus during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep 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 by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kayle most often gets a similar amount of CS relative to Nasus. Champions who on average don't take much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. 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 have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values shown here to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Kayle versus Nasus build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Lich Bane, and Nashor's Tooth. When Kayle included at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better when facing Nasus than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Kayle had an average winrate of 47.2% when countering Nasus with these items in her kit.
To have the best probability of defeating Nasus as Kayle, you should use the Fleet Footwork, Overheal, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune builds we have analyed for Kayle vs Nasus LoL games, this combo of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 47.2% winrate overall.
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