Aatrox vs Nasus
How to Beat Nasus as Aatrox
based on 5,023 Aatrox vs Nasus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Aatrox vs Nasus Matchup Summary
Best Aatrox vs Nasus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nasus as Aatrox
Tips for Playing as Aatrox against Nasus
Cast World Ender when you are sure you can force a fight.
Use Umbral Dash while casting The Darkin Blade to increase your chances of hitting the enemy.
Crowd Control abilities like Infernal Chains or your allies' immobilizing effects will help you set up The Darkin Blade.
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.
Aatrox vs Nasus Counter Stats
How to Counter Nasus with Aatrox in LoL
The stats provided here highlight several valuable Aatrox versus Nasus matchup stats that can help us distinguish the distinctions between this set of champions. As an example, Aatrox’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Nasus’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Aatrox may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Nasus..
Aatrox usually has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his opponent does. Typically, he takes a similar amount of damage to Nasus. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also imply that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Aatrox and Nasus
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Who is Better, Aatrox or Nasus?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Aatrox usually wins when facing off against Nasus, with a 51.9% win rate. Therefore, Aatrox makes a good counter for Nasus.
While Aatrox does have a higher winrate than Nasus, when facing one another, Aatrox also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less complex champion to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Aatrox into Nasus.
Furthermore, Aatrox also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Nasus. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Aatrox vs Nasus matchups, Aatrox is the better champion with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Aatrox is a decent counter to Nasus. Focus your play on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Aatrox against Nasus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Aatrox to counter Nasus during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats displayed here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Aatrox typically racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Nasus. Champs who typically don't take much CS often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values reported on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Aatrox versus Nasus build include Spear of Shojin, Sundered Sky, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Aatrox bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better when facing Nasus than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Aatrox had an average winrate of 51.9% battling Nasus with this counter build.
To have the greatest probability of coming out on top against Nasus as Aatrox, you should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Revitalize, and Second Wind runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players used for Aatrox vs Nasus fights, this set of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 51.9% win rate overall.
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