Nasus vs Heimerdinger
How to Beat Heimerdinger as Nasus
based on 1,886 Nasus vs Heimerdinger matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nasus vs Heimerdinger Matchup Summary
Best Nasus vs Heimerdinger Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Heimerdinger as Nasus
Tips for Playing as Nasus against Heimerdinger
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 Heimerdinger
Be wary of Heimerdinger's Upgrade!!!, as he can use it to find an answer to most trouble he gets into. Once his ultimate is down, go in for the kill!
It's better to destroy all of Heimerdinger's turrets at once with the help of creeps than to fight them one at a time.
Nasus vs Heimerdinger Counter Stats
How to Counter Heimerdinger with Nasus in LoL
The stats shown here feature some influential Nasus vs. Heimerdinger matchup stats that may help you figure out the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Nasus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Heimerdinger’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Nasus may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Heimerdinger..
Nasus often has a similar longest kill spree as his enemy does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Heimerdinger. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the champion with more health has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Nasus and Heimerdinger
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Who is Better, Nasus or Heimerdinger?
Both League champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Nasus usually fairs equally well when taking on Heimerdinger, with a 50.5% win rate. As a result, Nasus makes an ok counter for Heimerdinger.
While Nasus does have a higher winrate than Heimerdinger, when facing one another, Nasus also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less challenging character to develop with. You should be careful when picking Nasus into Heimerdinger.
Additionally, Nasus also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Heimerdinger. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Nasus vs Heimerdinger matchups, Nasus is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Nasus is a decent counter for Heimerdinger. Make sure you focus your tactics on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Nasus against Heimerdinger.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Nasus to counter Heimerdinger during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nasus most often gets a similar amount of CS compared to Heimerdinger. Champions who typically don't get much CS typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Nasus versus Heimerdinger build include Trinity Force, Frozen Heart, and Sundered Sky. When Nasus bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better when fighting Heimerdinger than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Nasus boasted an average winrate of 50.5% when countering Heimerdinger with this counter build.
To have the highest probability of beating Heimerdinger as Nasus, you should use the Fleet Footwork, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds we have analyed for Nasus vs Heimerdinger LoL games, this mixture of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 50.5% win rate overall.
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