Nasus vs K'Sante
How to Beat K'Sante as Nasus
based on 1,376 Nasus vs K'Sante matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nasus vs K'Sante Matchup Summary
Best Nasus vs K'Sante Counter Build
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Guide to Countering K'Sante as Nasus
Tips for Playing as Nasus against K'Sante
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 K'Sante
Stay spread out to minimize the impact of Lee Sin's ultimate, Dragon's Rage.
Lee Sin relies heavily on following up with his abilities. Use disables to prevent him from chaining together his abilities and attacks.
Lee Sin has powerful tools to combat physical damage in Iron Will and Cripple but he is still vulnerable to magic damage.
Nasus vs K'Sante Counter Stats
How to Counter K'Sante with Nasus in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here highlight some significant Nasus vs. K'Sante matchup stats that may help us realize the differences between these two champions. As an example, Nasus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than K'Sante’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Nasus may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than K'Sante..
Nasus typically has a similar longest kill spree as his opponent does. On average, he takes more damage than K'Sante. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also indicate that the champ with more health has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Nasus and K'Sante
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Who is Better, Nasus or K'Sante?
Both LoL champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Nasus usually wins when taking on K'Sante, with a 52.5% win rate. Thus, Nasus makes a good counter to K'Sante.
While Nasus does have a higher winrate compared to K'Sante, when facing one another, Nasus also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less time consuming champ to learn and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Nasus into K'Sante.
Furthermore, Nasus has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to K'Sante. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Nasus vs K'Sante matchups, Nasus is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Nasus is an above average counter to K'Sante. Focus your play on maximizing 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 K'Sante.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Nasus in order to counter K'Sante during both the lane 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 listen to the build and tips presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nasus often gets a similar amount of CS compared to K'Sante. Champs who typically don't get much CS often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values shown on this page to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Nasus versus K'Sante build include Spirit Visage, Trinity Force, and Sundered Sky. When Nasus incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better vs. K'Sante than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Nasus boasted an average win rate of 52.5% battling K'Sante with this build.
To have the best likelihood of beating K'Sante as Nasus, you should equip 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 players used for Nasus vs K'Sante clashes, this composite of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 52.5% win rate overall.
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