Talon vs Nasus
How to Beat Nasus as Talon
based on 2,275 Talon vs Nasus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Talon vs Nasus Matchup Summary
Best Talon vs Nasus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nasus as Talon
Tips for Playing as Talon against Nasus
Shadow Assault is a powerful escape tool, but can also be offensively used to assault a group.
You can use Assassin's Path to get behind the enemy and set up for Noxian Diplomacy's melee attack.
Remember to pick your target before the fight. Focusing all of Talon's abilities on one target can be very rewarding, but splitting them up between many may leave you helpless.
Advice to Win Against Nasus
Nasus is prone to being kited. Try not to engage him at full Health.
Max rank Wither is a very effective counter to Attack Damage characters, so try to avoid getting caught alone by it.
While transformed by his ultimate, Nasus is stronger than most champions in the League. Engage him only if you have a clear advantage.
Talon vs Nasus Counter Stats
How to Counter Nasus with Talon in LoL
The stats provided here underscore several important Talon versus Nasus matchup stats that can help us distinguish the differences between this pair of champs. As an example, Talon’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Nasus’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Talon may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Nasus. This observation is largely fueled by the difference in kills.
Talon normally has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his opponent does. Typically, he takes less damage than Nasus. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the champion with more health has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Talon and Nasus
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Who is Better, Talon or Nasus?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Talon usually loses when facing off against Nasus, with a 47.5% win rate. As a result, Talon makes a poor counter to Nasus.
While Talon does have a lower win rate compared to Nasus, when facing one another, Talon also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more challenging champ to pick up and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Talon into Nasusas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Talon has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Nasus. 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 in League of Legends, in Talon vs Nasus matchups, Nasus is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Talon is a garbage counter to Nasus. Make sure you focus your play on maximizing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Talon against Nasus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Talon to counter Nasus during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and stats displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Talon often picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Nasus. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well 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 situation, try to surpass the values reported on this page to do well.
The most important items to have in your Talon versus Nasus build include Edge of Night, Serylda's Grudge, and Axiom Arc. When Talon combined at least these three items in his build, he did much better versus Nasus than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Talon boasted an average win rate of 47.5% battling Nasus with this build.
To have the highest probability of defeating Nasus as Talon, Talon players should take the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Nimbus Cloak, and Absolute Focus runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Talon vs Nasus counter picks, this blending of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 47.5% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Nasus as Talon are displayed for all skill levels combined. If you would like to scope the stats and builds to an individual rank, you should use the selection menu located earlier on the page.