Nasus vs Soraka
How to Beat Soraka as Nasus
based on 2,623 Nasus vs Soraka matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nasus vs Soraka Matchup Summary
Best Nasus vs Soraka Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Soraka as Nasus
Tips for Playing as Nasus against Soraka
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 Soraka
It's easier to focus Soraka than the ally she is healing.
Focus on attacking Soraka when she ever ventures to the frontline to heal her allies.
Take advantage of Soraka's long cooldown on Equinox if she uses it to harass.
Nasus vs Soraka Counter Stats
How to Counter Soraka with Nasus in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page feature some critical Nasus against Soraka matchup statistics that can help you understand the differences between the two. Nasus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Soraka’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Nasus may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Soraka. This observation is in large part caused by the difference in kills.
Nasus normally has a much larger longest kill spree than his foe does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Soraka. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Nasus and Soraka
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Who is Better, Nasus or Soraka?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Nasus usually wins when trying to fight Soraka, with a 51.4% win rate. Thus, Nasus makes a good counter for Soraka.
While Nasus does have a higher winrate compared to Soraka, when they face off with one another, Nasus also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more difficult character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Nasus into Soraka.
Additionally, Nasus has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Soraka. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Nasus vs Soraka matchups, Nasus is the better champion with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Nasus is a decent counter for Soraka. Focus your gameplay 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 Soraka.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Nasus to counter Soraka during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nasus most often accumulates much more CS relative to Soraka. Champs who typically don't get many minion kills often 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, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Nasus versus Soraka build consist of Trinity Force, Frozen Heart, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Nasus combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better against Soraka than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Nasus had an average win rate of 51.4% when playing against Soraka with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of defeating Soraka 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. Of all the rune builds we have analyed for Nasus vs Soraka counterpicks, this set of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 51.4% winrate overall.
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