Nasus vs Cassiopeia
How to Beat Cassiopeia as Nasus
based on 1,047 Nasus vs Cassiopeia matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nasus vs Cassiopeia Matchup Summary
Best Nasus vs Cassiopeia Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Cassiopeia as Nasus
Tips for Playing as Nasus against Cassiopeia
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 Cassiopeia
Be wary of Cassiopeia's damage potential with Twin Fang when she has you poisoned.
Turn away from Cassiopeia when she is casting Petrifying Gaze to get slowed instead of stunned.
Nasus vs Cassiopeia Counter Stats
How to Counter Cassiopeia with Nasus in LoL
The stats provided here feature some critical Nasus vs. Cassiopeia matchup stats that may help you explain the distinctions between these two champions. As an example, Nasus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Cassiopeia’s ratio of NaN, showing that Nasus may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Cassiopeia..
Nasus normally has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his opponent does. Typically, he receives more damage than Cassiopeia. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also illustrate that the champ with higher health has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Nasus and Cassiopeia
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Who is Better, Nasus or Cassiopeia?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Nasus usually wins when taking on Cassiopeia, with a 51.2% win rate. Therefore, Nasus makes a good counter for Cassiopeia.
While Nasus does have a higher win rate than Cassiopeia, when on opposite teams, Nasus also has a much lower learning curve that makes him a less complex champ to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Nasus into Cassiopeia.
Additionally, Nasus also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Cassiopeia. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Nasus vs Cassiopeia matchups, Nasus is the better champion with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Nasus is a decent counter for Cassiopeia. Make sure you focus your actions on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Nasus against Cassiopeia.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Nasus in order to counter Cassiopeia during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nasus typically picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Cassiopeia. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values shown here to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Nasus versus Cassiopeia build consist of Trinity Force, Frozen Heart, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Nasus bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better when facing Cassiopeia than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Nasus boasted an average winrate of 51.2% when playing against Cassiopeia with this build.
To have the greatest probability of vanquishing Cassiopeia 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. Of all the runes players picked for Nasus vs Cassiopeia counterpicks, this combo of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 51.2% winrate overall.
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