Nasus vs Olaf
How to Beat Olaf as Nasus
based on 1,026 Nasus vs Olaf matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nasus vs Olaf Matchup Summary
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Guide to Countering Olaf as Nasus
Tips for Playing as Nasus against Olaf
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 Olaf
Olaf has reduced defenses from damage during Ragnarok, despite being immune to disables. If you can't escape from Olaf during Ragnarok, try focusing your damage on him with your teammates.
Olaf becomes more dangerous the lower life he is. Save your disables to finish him off.
Preventing Olaf from reaching his axe will minimize the amount of harassment he can cause in the laning phase.
Nasus vs Olaf Counter Stats
How to Counter Olaf with Nasus in LoL
The stats provided here highlight several valuable Nasus vs. Olaf counter stats that can help you distinguish the differences between the pair. Nasus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Olaf’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Nasus may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Olaf..
Nasus normally has a similar longest killing spree as his foe does. On average, he receives more damage than Olaf. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also indicate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.
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Who is Better, Nasus or Olaf?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Nasus usually wins when playing against Olaf, with a 52.7% win rate. Thus, Nasus makes a good counter to Olaf.
While Nasus does have a higher winrate compared to Olaf, when they face off with one another, Nasus also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more challenging champ to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Nasus into Olaf.
Moreover, Nasus also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Olaf. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Nasus vs Olaf matchups, Nasus is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Nasus is an above average counter for Olaf. You will do well by focussing your tactics on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Nasus against Olaf.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Nasus in order to counter Olaf during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nasus usually racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Olaf. Champions who typically don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values shown on this page to do well.
The top items to have in your Nasus versus Olaf build include Thornmail, Trinity Force, and Frozen Heart. When Nasus incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed much better vs Olaf than with most other common item sets. In fact, Nasus had an average winrate of 52.7% when countering Olaf with these items in his kit.
To have the highest probability of vanquishing Olaf as Nasus, Nasus players 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 runes players used for Nasus vs Olaf clashes, this combo of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 52.7% win rate overall.
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