Zyra vs Nasus
How to Beat Nasus as Zyra
based on 4,766 Zyra vs Nasus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Zyra vs Nasus Matchup Summary
Best Zyra vs Nasus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nasus as Zyra
Tips for Playing as Zyra against Nasus
Seeds grant vision to your team.
Placing a seed in your spell's path after you have cast it gives you the best chance of having a seed in the proper spot.
Zyra is a great ambusher - look for opportunities to set a trap of seeds in brush, then lure enemies in.
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.
Zyra vs Nasus Counter Stats
How to Counter Nasus with Zyra in LoL
The stats shown on this page feature several important Zyra against Nasus matchup statistics that may help you distinguish the differences between the two. Zyra’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Nasus’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Zyra may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Nasus. This observation is in large part a result of the differences in assists.
Zyra typically has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than her foe does. On average, she takes less damage than Nasus. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the champ with more HP has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Zyra and Nasus
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Who is Better, Zyra or Nasus?
Both League champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Zyra usually wins when trying to fight Nasus, with a 53.0% win rate. Thus, Zyra makes a good counter for Nasus.
While Zyra does have a higher winrate compared to Nasus, when they face off with one another, Zyra also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more challenging champion to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Zyra into Nasusas her relative depth means you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Zyra also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Nasus. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Zyra vs Nasus matchups, Zyra is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Zyra is an above average counter to Nasus. Make sure you focus your actions on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Zyra against Nasus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Zyra to counter Nasus during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Zyra usually picks up less CS compared to Nasus. Champs who on average don't earn much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values shown on this page to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Zyra versus Nasus build include Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Zaz'Zak's Realmspike. When Zyra used at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better versus Nasus than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Zyra had an average win rate of 53.0% when countering Nasus with this build.
To have the highest probability of annihilating Nasus as Zyra, Zyra players should take the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Relentless Hunter, and Taste of Blood runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune builds players used for Zyra vs Nasus face-offs, this blending of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 53.0% win rate overall.
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