Nasus vs Katarina
How to Beat Katarina as Nasus
based on 3,800 Nasus vs Katarina matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nasus vs Katarina Matchup Summary
Best Nasus vs Katarina Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Katarina as Nasus
Tips for Playing as Nasus against Katarina
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 Katarina
Katarina's abilities deal magic damage, so even if she's building Attack Damage items, get magic resistance to counter her.
Try to save a disable for when Katarina uses her Death Lotus.
Nasus vs Katarina Counter Stats
How to Counter Katarina with Nasus in LoL
The stats shown here underscore some important Nasus versus Katarina matchup stats that can help us distinguish the differences between the pair. Nasus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Katarina’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Nasus may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Katarina..
Nasus often has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his enemy does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Katarina. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Nasus and Katarina
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Who is Better, Nasus or Katarina?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Nasus usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Katarina, with a 50.9% win rate. Therefore, Nasus makes an ok counter to Katarina.
While Nasus does have a higher win rate than Katarina, when facing one another, Nasus also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less complex champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Nasus into Katarina.
Moreover, Nasus has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Katarina. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Nasus vs Katarina 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 to Katarina. Focus your actions on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Nasus against Katarina.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Nasus to counter Katarina 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 stats displayed here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nasus typically racks up a similar amount of CS as Katarina. Champs who typically don't earn many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers displayed here to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Nasus versus Katarina build consist of Sterak's Gage, Trinity Force, and Frozen Heart. When Nasus bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better against Katarina than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Nasus had an average winrate of 50.9% when playing against Katarina with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of crushing Katarina as Nasus, Nasus players should take the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players used for Nasus vs Katarina counterpicks, this order of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 50.9% winrate overall.
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