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How to Synergize Nasus and Illaoi

based on 321 Nasus with Illaoi pairs
Win Rate
48.3 %
K/D/A
1.89
Pick Rate
0.3 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

We pull the stats from from millions of LoL rounds straight from Riot Games each and every week. Nasus has fought alongside Illaoi in 321 recently played, ranked matches. By pooling so much complete data from the creators of League of Legends, we are totally sure that we can showcase robust, accurate builds to help Nasus synergize with Illaoi. It is very rare for Nasus to play with Illaoi as allies. This has only taken place in approx. 0.3% of rounds with Nasus.

Nasus Illaoi Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Nasus has done a poor job of fighting on the same side as Illaoi. On average, he wins a dismal 48.3% of the time the champs fight together on the same side. If you want to play better as Nasus when playing with Illaoi by figuring out how to better synergize your strategy with her, then look into the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Nasus vs Illaoi Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsGlowing Mote

Core Nasus Items

~22 Mins
Spirit VisageTrinity ForceFrozen Heart

Optional Items

Sundered Sky

Summoner Spells

summonerhaste summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Nasus to level upq
>
Second ability for Nasus to level upw
>
Last skill for Nasus to max oute

Runes

PrecisionFleet FootworkTriumphLegend: TenacityLast Stand
ResolveSecond WindUnflinching
Ability HasteArmorArmor
Nasus's passive ability p
Nasus's q ability q
Nasus's w ability w
Nasus's e ability e
Nasus's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
E
3
W
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
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Q
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W
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Guide to Synergizing Nasus and Illaoi

Tips for Playing as Nasus with Illaoi

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 Understand How Illaoi Will Play

Vessel

Tentacles are an immense source of power. Don't fight without them.

Spirits inherit their target's current health. If making a

is your goal, try whittling your opponent's health down a bit first to make killing the spirit easier.

Leap of Faith is best used to follow-up a strong engage or when being engaged upon. Be careful about being the first one into a fight.

Nasus Illaoi Synergy Stats

Nasus Image
Win Rate
48.3 %
VS
Win Rate
51.7 %
Illaoi Image
4.7
< Kills >
5
5.5
< Deaths >
5.2
5.7
< Assists >
5.3
1.06
< Killing Sprees >
1.15
123
< Minions Killed >
168
0.39
< Dragons Killed >
0.12
0.52
< Inhibitors >
0.56
11,088
< Physical Damage >
13,870
5,967
< Magic Damage >
5,324
552
< True Damage >
418
17,608
< Damage Dealt >
19,613
36,162
< Damage Taken >
37,362
11,023
< Gold Earned >
11,624
2.11
< Towers >
2.58
0.08
< Baron Takedowns >
0.03
14,003
< Total Healing >
13,874
13,692
< Experience >
15,156
18
< Vision Score >
15
8
< Wards Placed >
8
436
< Time Dealing CC >
529

How to Play with Illaoi as Nasus in LoL

The Nasus Illaoi synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Illaoi, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.

Overall, Nasus sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Illaoi. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Illaoi helps Nasus perform poorer in ranked League matches. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Nasus tries to synergize with Illaoi, he gets a moderate decrease in his total damage dealt. This difference could demonstrate that Illaoi does not support by providing cover for him to deal more damage or that her participation also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Nasus is played with Illaoi on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Illaoi. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Illaoi.

Additionally, when Nasus plays with Illaoi on the same team, he on average receives a little less damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt not as much damage could indicate that Illaoi does a decent job of protecting Nasus in teamfights.

Synergies between Nasus and Illaoi

Damage Types Compared

Nasus
Illaoi
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Nasus
Illaoi

Is Nasus better when played alongside Illaoi?

There is no universally accepted best champion pairing for Nasus that will 100% of the time be his #1 synergy. However, overall, Illaoi is a not very good companion for Nasus. By locking into the same side as Nasus, she decreases their win rate by -2.0% to 48.3%. This proves that there is a negative bond between Nasus and Illaoi that results in them performing not as well together than alone.

Illaoi has a lower difficulty than Nasus. That means you don't need to be careful when enlisting Illaoi comrades to play with, as they will require a lower level of skill to cooperate well with you.

When playing cooperatively, Nasus players should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to destroy wih physical damage. Together, these two can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.

Conversely, by aligning Nasus and Illaoi together, you may not be granting your side very much support. Make sure to pick other champions on your team that nullifies this relative hole in this pairing's playstyle.

Regardless of the ability of your Illaoi teammate, you should focus on increasing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well anyway.

Additional Information for Nasus Players

How We Calculated Our Nasus Illaoi Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Nasus and Illaoi, we analyzed 321 ranked and recent League of Legends matches. We perform advanced data cleaning and statistical methods to guarantee that our team synergy stats are accurate and reliable. You can be confident that our recommended build to pair Nasus with Illaoi comes from actual data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view your division's most relevant stats and build.

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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing

To learn all of the intricacies of Nasus to synergize with Illaoi during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL matches, you should keep reading to learn some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you mind the build and stats shown above, you should increase your win rate by a lot.

The top items to use in your Nasus and Illaoi synergy build include Spirit Visage, Trinity Force, and Frozen Heart. When Nasus combined at least these three finished items in his build, he performed significantly better when paired up with Illaoi than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Nasus boasted an average win rate of 48.3% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Illaoi with these items in his kit.

To have the best probability of beating your oponents, you should equip the Fleet Footwork, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune builds that we analyzed for this champion pairing, this sequence of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 48.3% winrate overall.

If you want to get Nasus with Illaoi synergy tips and builds for a a specific rank, feel free to select one from the selection menu provided above. If viewing for the first time, the stats and guides shown are computed using all rounds with data with these champions.