Xayah vs Nasus
How to Beat Nasus as Xayah
based on 1,773 Xayah vs Nasus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Xayah vs Nasus Matchup Summary
Best Xayah vs Nasus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nasus as Xayah
Tips for Playing as Xayah against Nasus
Xayah's attacks and abilities leave Feathers on the ground that she can later recall for massive area damage and control.
Xayah can use Featherstorm to dodge almost any ability while also creating a ton of Feathers. Try to utilize the offensive and defensive aspects of this ability.
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.
Xayah vs Nasus Counter Stats
How to Counter Nasus with Xayah in LoL
The stats shown here emphasize several strategic Xayah versus Nasus matchup stats that may help us distinguish the differences between these two champs. As an example, Xayah’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Nasus’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Xayah may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Nasus..
Xayah usually has a similar longest kill spree as her matchup does. Commonly, she takes less damage than Nasus. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the champion with increased health has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Xayah and Nasus
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Who is Better, Xayah or Nasus?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Xayah usually loses when trying to fight Nasus, with a 45.8% win rate. Thus, Xayah makes a bad counter to Nasus.
While Xayah does have a much lower win rate than Nasus, when on opposite teams, Xayah also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less time consuming champion to develop with. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Xayah into Nasus.
Furthermore, Xayah also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Nasus. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Xayah vs Nasus matchups, Nasus is the better champion with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Xayah is a bad counter to Nasus. Make sure you focus your play on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Xayah against Nasus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Xayah in order to counter Nasus 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 mind the build and tips shown above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Xayah often racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Nasus. Champs who typically don't get much CS often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Xayah versus Nasus build include Rapid Firecannon, Kraken Slayer, and Navori Quickblades. When Xayah used at least these three pieces in her build, she performed much better countering Nasus than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Xayah had an average win rate of 45.8% when countering Nasus with these items in her kit.
To have the highest chance of coming out on top against Nasus as Xayah, Xayah players should equip the Lethal Tempo, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players picked for Xayah vs Nasus battles, this sequence of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 45.8% winrate overall.
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