Nasus vs Sylas
How to Beat Sylas as Nasus
based on 3,542 Nasus vs Sylas matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nasus vs Sylas Matchup Summary
Best Nasus vs Sylas Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Sylas as Nasus
Tips for Playing as Nasus against Sylas
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 Sylas
Try to fight Sylas when he isn't able to take your ultimate.
Sylas's healthbar can be deceptive, watch out for his Kingslayer!
Nasus vs Sylas Counter Stats
How to Counter Sylas with Nasus in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here show several critical Nasus vs. Sylas matchup statistics that may help you explain the distinctions between the two. For instance, Nasus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Sylas’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Nasus may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Sylas..
Nasus typically has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his opponent does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Sylas. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the champ with increased health has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Nasus and Sylas
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Who is Better, Nasus or Sylas?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Nasus usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Sylas, with a 49.3% win rate. Thus, Nasus makes an ok counter to Sylas.
While Nasus does have a lower win rate compared to Sylas, when they face off with one another, Nasus also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more difficult champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Nasus into Sylas.
Additionally, Nasus has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Sylas. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Nasus vs Sylas matchups, Sylas is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Nasus is a somewhat poor counter to Sylas. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Nasus against Sylas.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Nasus in order to counter Sylas 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 mind the build and suggestions displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nasus most often accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Sylas. Champions who typically don't earn many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values displayed here to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Nasus versus Sylas build include Spirit Visage, Frozen Heart, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Nasus included at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better vs. Sylas than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Nasus had an average winrate of 49.3% when countering Sylas with this build.
To have the highest probability of coming out on top against Sylas 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. Out of all the runes players used for Nasus vs Sylas counterpicks, this mixture of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 49.3% win rate overall.
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