Nasus vs Viktor
How to Beat Viktor as Nasus
based on 1,633 Nasus vs Viktor matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nasus vs Viktor Matchup Summary
Best Nasus vs Viktor Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Viktor as Nasus
Tips for Playing as Nasus against Viktor
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 Viktor
Be careful about how close you let Viktor get to you. Viktor's control of the battlefield increases with his proximity to his opponent.
Be aware of how many augments Viktor has upgraded by looking at the color of the light on his staff (purple, yellow, blue, red).
Nasus vs Viktor Counter Stats
How to Counter Viktor with Nasus in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page emphasize several influential Nasus against Viktor counter statistics that can help us grasp the distinctions between this set of champs. For instance, Nasus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Viktor’s ratio of NaN, showing that Nasus may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Viktor..
Nasus often has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his opponent does. Typically, he receives more damage than Viktor. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the champion with higher health has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Nasus and Viktor
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Who is Better, Nasus or Viktor?
Both League champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Nasus usually fairs equally well when taking on Viktor, with a 50.2% win rate. As a result, Nasus makes an ok counter to Viktor.
While Nasus does have a higher win rate compared to Viktor, when on opposite teams, Nasus also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less complex champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Nasus into Viktor.
Additionally, Nasus also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Viktor. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Nasus vs Viktor matchups, Nasus is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Nasus is a decent counter for Viktor. Focus your play on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Nasus against Viktor.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Nasus to counter Viktor during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions 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 compared to Viktor. Champions who typically don't acquire many minion kills often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values reported on this page to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Nasus versus Viktor build include Trinity Force, Sundered Sky, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Nasus included at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better when facing Viktor than with many other common item sets. In fact, Nasus had an average winrate of 50.2% when countering Viktor with this build.
To have the greatest probability of defeating Viktor as Nasus, Nasus players should take the Fleet Footwork, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune sets we have analyed for Nasus vs Viktor counters, this set of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 50.2% winrate overall.
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