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.
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.
The Nasus Zyra synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Zyra, 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 Zyra. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Zyra helps Nasus perform poorer in competitive LoL games. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.
When Nasus is paired with Zyra, he gets a small increase in his complete damage output. This may indicate that Zyra supports by providing protection for him to dish out more damage or that her presence on the team also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Nasus is played alongside Zyra on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Zyra. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Zyra.
Additionally, when Nasus plays with Zyra on the same team, he typically takes a little more damage than when he plays alone. Taking more damage may mean that Zyra does a poor job of protecting Nasus during teamfights.
There is no one best ally for Nasus that will always be his #1 teammate. Yet, overall, Zyra is a superb ally for Nasus. By locking into the same side as Nasus, she improves their win rate by 3.8% to 54.1%. This demonstrates that there is a strong bond between Nasus and Zyra that allows them to perform at the top of their game together than alone.
Zyra has a greater difficulty than Nasus. That means you must be very careful when enlisting Zyra comrades to fight alongside, as they will require a greater level of skill to be able to play well with you.
Working alongside, Nasus players should see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal magical damage. When paired, these champions can blast through enemies with magic damage.
Conversely, by pairing Nasus and Zyra together, you will not be granting your team a lot of utility. We recommend you pick other champions on your team that fills this disparity in this pairing's kit.
Regardless of your Zyra ally's ability, you should focus on increasing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well, regardless.
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Nasus in order to work well with Zyra during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you use the build and suggestions shown above, you should grow your win rate by a lot.
The most important items to prioritize in your Nasus and Zyra synergy build include Trinity Force, Dead Man's Plate, and Sundered Sky. When Nasus combined at least these three items in his build, he performed much better when fighting alongside Zyra than with most other common item sets. In fact, Nasus had an average winrate of 54.1% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Zyra with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of coming out on top against your oponents, Nasus players should equip the Fleet Footwork, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune combinations we have analyed for this champion pairing, this sequence of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 54.1% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to team up Zyra with Nasus are presented for every ranked division. If you would like to scope the statistics and builds to an individual player tier, you should use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.