Yasuo vs Nasus
How to Beat Nasus as Yasuo
based on 8,087 Yasuo vs Nasus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Yasuo vs Nasus Matchup Summary
Best Yasuo vs Nasus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nasus as Yasuo
Tips for Playing as Yasuo against Nasus
Last Breath can be cast on any target that is knocked Airborne, even by one of your allies.
Dash through a minion to have Sweeping Blade available to chase your opponent should they flee; Dash directly to your opponent to preserve a minion as your escape route.
At level 18, Yasuo's Steel Tempest reaches its Attack Speed cap with 55% Attack Speed from items.
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.
Yasuo vs Nasus Counter Stats
How to Counter Nasus with Yasuo in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here clarify some vital Yasuo versus Nasus counter stats that may help you explain the differences between the two. As an example, Yasuo’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Nasus’s ratio of NaN, showing that Yasuo may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Nasus..
Yasuo usually has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his counter does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Nasus. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Yasuo and Nasus
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Who is Better, Yasuo or Nasus?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Yasuo usually fairs equally well when facing off against Nasus, with a 50.6% win rate. Thus, Yasuo makes an ok counter to Nasus.
While Yasuo does have a higher winrate than Nasus, when they face off with one another, Yasuo also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more challenging character to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Yasuo into Nasusas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Yasuo has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Nasus. 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 overall in League of Legends, in Yasuo vs Nasus matchups, Yasuo is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Yasuo is a decent counter to Nasus. Make sure you focus your tactics on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Yasuo against Nasus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Yasuo in order to counter Nasus during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Yasuo usually picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Nasus. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values shown here to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Yasuo versus Nasus build include Infinity Edge, Terminus, and Kraken Slayer. When Yasuo incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better when facing Nasus than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Yasuo had an average win rate of 50.6% battling Nasus with this counter build.
To have the highest likelihood of vanquishing Nasus as Yasuo, Yasuo players should take the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the runes players used for Yasuo vs Nasus LoL games, this mix of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 50.6% winrate overall.
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