Take advantage of Flurry by weaving in basic attacks between spell casts - this maximizes damage output and minimizes Energy loss.
Self-casting Safeguard and using Iron Will are powerful tools for killing neutral monsters (in the jungle).
Use Sonic Wave before Dragon's Rage so you can chase the target with Resonating Strike.
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.
The stats shown on this page underscore some valuable Lee Sin vs. Nasus matchup statistics that may help us grasp the differences between the pair. For instance, Lee Sin’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Nasus’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Lee Sin may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Nasus..
Lee Sin usually has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his foe does. On average, he receives a similar amount of damage to Nasus. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also imply that the champ with increased HP has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Lee Sin usually loses when playing against Nasus, with a 45.9% win rate. Thus, Lee Sin makes a poor counter to Nasus.
While Lee Sin does have a much lower winrate compared to Nasus, when facing one another, Lee Sin also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more time consuming champion to learn. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Lee Sin into Nasus.
Furthermore, Lee Sin has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Nasus. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Lee Sin vs Nasus matchups, Nasus is the better champ with a much lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Lee Sin is a garbage counter to Nasus. Make sure you focus your actions on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Lee Sin against Nasus.
If you would like to truly master Lee Sin 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 presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Lee Sin on average gets a lot less CS relative to Nasus. Champs who typically don't get much CS often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The ideal items to use in your Lee Sin versus Nasus build consist of Spear of Shojin, Sundered Sky, and Eclipse. When Lee Sin bought at least these three items in his build, he performed much better when fighting Nasus than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Lee Sin had an average win rate of 45.9% when playing against Nasus with this build.
To have the greatest chance of annihilating Nasus as Lee Sin, you should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds players chose for Lee Sin vs Nasus fights, this mix of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 45.9% win rate overall.
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