Nasus vs Hecarim
How to Beat Hecarim as Nasus
based on 2,681 Nasus vs Hecarim matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nasus vs Hecarim Matchup Summary
Best Nasus vs Hecarim Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Hecarim as Nasus
Tips for Playing as Nasus against Hecarim
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 Hecarim
Hecarim's ultimate causes opponents to flee in terror. Spread out to reduce his power in fights.
Hecarim gains life from nearby enemies with Spirit of Dread but lacks durability, use burst damage.
Nasus vs Hecarim Counter Stats
How to Counter Hecarim with Nasus in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here clarify some critical Nasus versus Hecarim counter statistics that can help you distinguish the differences between the two. As an example, Nasus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Hecarim’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Nasus may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Hecarim..
Nasus often has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his opponent does. On average, he receives less damage than Hecarim. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the champion with higher health has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Nasus and Hecarim
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Who is Better, Nasus or Hecarim?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Nasus usually wins when taking on Hecarim, with a 53.9% win rate. As a result, Nasus makes a great counter for Hecarim.
While Nasus does have a higher winrate compared to Hecarim, when on opposite teams, Nasus also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more complex character to learn. You don't need to be too worried when picking Nasus into Hecarim.
Furthermore, Nasus also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Hecarim. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Nasus vs Hecarim matchups, Nasus is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Nasus is a great counter for Hecarim. Make sure you focus your actions on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Nasus against Hecarim.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Nasus to counter Hecarim during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and stats displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nasus often picks up much more CS relative to Hecarim. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers reported here to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Nasus versus Hecarim build include Sterak's Gage, Trinity Force, and Frozen Heart. When Nasus combined at least these three items in his build, he performed much better countering Hecarim than with most other common item sets. In fact, Nasus boasted an average winrate of 53.9% when playing against Hecarim with this build.
To have the highest chance of annihilating Hecarim as Nasus, Nasus players 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 we have analyed for Nasus vs Hecarim counters, this mix of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 53.9% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Hecarim as Nasus are given for all ranked divisions. If you would like to filter the statistics and builds to an individual player tier, you should use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.