Nasus vs Thresh
How to Beat Thresh as Nasus
based on 4,199 Nasus vs Thresh matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nasus vs Thresh Matchup Summary
Best Nasus vs Thresh Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Thresh as Nasus
Tips for Playing as Nasus against Thresh
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 Thresh
Intentionally breaking a wall of The Box can allow a vulnerable ally to escape unscathed.
Thresh's Death Sentence has a long cast time. Watch for the cast to begin to take evasive actions.
Thresh relies on collecting souls for a portion of his defense and damage. Try punishing him when he moves to collect them.
Nasus vs Thresh Counter Stats
How to Counter Thresh with Nasus in LoL
The stats provided here highlight some significant Nasus versus Thresh matchup stats that can help you figure out the differences between the pair. As an example, Nasus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Thresh’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Nasus may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Thresh..
Nasus often has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his matchup does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Thresh. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the champion with more health has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Nasus and Thresh
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Who is Better, Nasus or Thresh?
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Nasus usually wins when playing against Thresh, with a 51.4% win rate. As a result, Nasus makes a good counter for Thresh.
While Nasus does have a higher winrate compared to Thresh, when on opposite teams, Nasus also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less challenging champ to learn. You should be careful when picking Nasus into Thresh.
Furthermore, Nasus also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Thresh. This often 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 for every situation in League of Legends, in Nasus vs Thresh matchups, Nasus is the better champion with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Nasus is a decent counter for Thresh. You will do well by focussing your tactics on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Nasus against Thresh.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Nasus to counter Thresh during both the lane 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 suggestions presented above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nasus on average accumulates much more CS as Thresh. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers shown here to do well.
The best items to use in your Nasus versus Thresh build consist of Spirit Visage, Trinity Force, and Sundered Sky. When Nasus incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did much better when facing Thresh than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Nasus boasted an average winrate of 51.4% battling Thresh with this build.
To have the greatest probability of vanquishing Thresh as Nasus, Nasus players 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 chose for Nasus vs Thresh matchups, this mixture of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 51.4% win rate overall.
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