Nasus vs Orianna
How to Beat Orianna as Nasus
based on 1,545 Nasus vs Orianna matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nasus vs Orianna Matchup Summary
Best Nasus vs Orianna Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Orianna as Nasus
Tips for Playing as Nasus against Orianna
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 Orianna
Orianna can only affect the area the Ball is around. Use this to your advantage.
Watch out for Orianna's Ball returning to her due to leashing. This may cause some unexpected situations.
Nasus vs Orianna Counter Stats
How to Counter Orianna with Nasus in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here underscore several vital Nasus against Orianna matchup stats that may help you explain the distinctions between the pair. Nasus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Orianna’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Nasus may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Orianna..
Nasus often has a similar longest killing spree as his opponent does. Typically, he takes more damage than Orianna. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Nasus and Orianna
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Who is Better, Nasus or Orianna?
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Nasus usually wins when playing against Orianna, with a 53.5% win rate. Therefore, Nasus makes a great counter to Orianna.
While Nasus does have a higher winrate than Orianna, when on opposite teams, Nasus also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less complex champion to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Nasus into Orianna.
Furthermore, Nasus also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Orianna. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Nasus vs Orianna 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 team members during teamfights.
Nasus is a great counter for Orianna. Focus your tactics on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Nasus against Orianna.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Nasus in order to counter Orianna during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nasus often racks up a similar amount of CS as Orianna. Champions who typically don't get much CS typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers displayed here to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Nasus versus Orianna build include Trinity Force, Frozen Heart, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Nasus incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better against Orianna than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Nasus had an average winrate of 53.5% when playing against Orianna with this counter build.
To have the highest chance of beating Orianna 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. Out of all the runes players used for Nasus vs Orianna battles, this sequence of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 53.5% win rate overall.
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