Nasus vs Anivia
How to Beat Anivia as Nasus
based on 1,606 Nasus vs Anivia matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nasus vs Anivia Matchup Summary
Best Nasus vs Anivia Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Anivia as Nasus
Tips for Playing as Nasus against Anivia
Paying attention to last hitting with Siphoning Strike will have a large impact at the end of a game.
If you're solo, Spirit Fire is a great way to farm a lane. It can be bad if you're in a lane with 2 and you push too far. Find the right balance between Siphoning Strike last hits and AoE farming.
If you have low defenses, people will focus you down even during your ultimate. Try buying some survivability items even in your DPS builds.
Advice to Win Against Anivia
Try to gank Anivia when she's laning. With multiple people, it is easier to ensure that her egg dies.
If you're playing a ranged champion, stay far enough away from Anivia so you can dodge Flash Frost more easily.
Try to fight Anivia in the lanes. In the jungle she can block pathways with lower ranks of Crystallize.
Nasus vs Anivia Counter Stats
How to Counter Anivia with Nasus in LoL
The stats shown here emphasize several critical Nasus against Anivia matchup statistics that can help us understand the differences between this set of champions. As an example, Nasus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Anivia’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Nasus may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Anivia..
Nasus typically has a similar longest killing spree as his foe does. On average, he takes more damage than Anivia. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the champ with increased health has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Nasus and Anivia
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Who is Better, Nasus or Anivia?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Nasus usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Anivia, with a 49.3% win rate. Thus, Nasus makes an ok counter to Anivia.
While Nasus does have a lower winrate compared to Anivia, when they face off with one another, Nasus also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes him a less difficult champion to develop with. You should be careful when picking Nasus into Anivia.
Additionally, Nasus has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Anivia. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Nasus vs Anivia matchups, Anivia is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Nasus is a somewhat poor counter for Anivia. You will do well by focussing your play on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Nasus against Anivia.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Nasus to counter Anivia during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nasus usually accumulates a similar amount of CS relative to Anivia. Champs who on average don't acquire much CS often don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values displayed on this page to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Nasus versus Anivia build consist of Trinity Force, Frozen Heart, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Nasus used at least these three items in his build, he performed much better versus Anivia than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Nasus boasted an average win rate of 49.3% battling Anivia with this counter build.
To have the greatest probability of beating Anivia as Nasus, you should take the Fleet Footwork, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the runes players picked for Nasus vs Anivia battles, this mix of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 49.3% win rate overall.
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