Nasus vs Xayah
How to Beat Xayah as Nasus
based on 1,773 Nasus vs Xayah matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nasus vs Xayah Matchup Summary
Best Nasus vs Xayah Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Xayah as Nasus
Tips for Playing as Nasus against Xayah
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 Xayah
Xayah's Bladecaller will only root targets hit by 3 or more returning Feathers.
Long fights in the same area with Xayah will allow her to drop a lot of Feathers. Try to stay on the move!
Make sure you are ready when you go for the kill. Untargetability from Featherstorm can quickly turn an ambush in Xayah's favor.
Nasus vs Xayah Counter Stats
How to Counter Xayah with Nasus in LoL
The stats provided here show some critical Nasus vs. Xayah counter stats that can help us distinguish the differences between the two. For instance, Nasus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Xayah’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Nasus may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Xayah..
Nasus typically has a similar longest kill spree as his counter does. On average, he takes more damage than Xayah. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also indicate that the champion with more HP has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Nasus and Xayah
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Who is Better, Nasus or Xayah?
Both League champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Nasus usually wins when playing against Xayah, with a 54.2% win rate. Therefore, Nasus makes a great counter to Xayah.
While Nasus does have a much higher win rate compared to Xayah, when they face off with one another, Nasus also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more time consuming character to develop with. You don't need to be too worried when picking Nasus into Xayah.
Additionally, Nasus also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Xayah. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, 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 Xayah matchups, Nasus is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Nasus is a great counter for Xayah. Make sure you focus your play on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Nasus against Xayah.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Nasus in order to counter Xayah during both the early game 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 pay attention to the build and stats displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nasus typically gets a similar amount of CS compared to Xayah. Champions who typically don't acquire many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers reported here to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Nasus versus Xayah build consist of Spirit Visage, Trinity Force, and Sundered Sky. When Nasus included at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better when fighting Xayah than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Nasus had an average win rate of 54.2% battling Xayah with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of beating Xayah 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 used for Nasus vs Xayah counterpicks, this blending of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 54.2% winrate overall.
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