Nasus·Top Build
Win rate | 51.8% |
Pick rate | 4.0% |
Ban rate | 2.4% |
Matches | 40 009- |
Nasus Build
Most Popular
Win Rate 55.8% based on 7 810 matches
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55.8%Highest WR
56.0%Alternative
54.5%Off-Meta
56.3%Top Players ALL
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51.4%Garen
51.2%runes
spells
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items
Starter Items
Time Target@ 16 sec
Early Items
@ 5 min
Core Items
@ 20 min
Full Build
ability order
Q
W
E
Skills
situational items
Nasus Matchups Overview
Nasus General information
Nasus tips and tricks
Stacks Q mean a lot for Nasus, but surviving the laning phase is more important. Be prepared to give up a few stacks Q in order to keep your health bar topped up.
As Nasus isn’t very strong in the early game, try and avoid fighting. If you get killed early on or blow Flash, you’ll be vulnerable and will fall behind.
Nasus is a late-game monster and should look to split push during the mid and late game. But, if your team needs you in team fights, be prepared to group and help your team.
Nasus combos
Every combo you need to master the champion!
The Best Nasus Builds, Runes and Items for Top in Emerald +
Most Popular
If you want to use the most popular Nasus Top build, you should take Ghost and Teleport as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Fleet Footwork as your keystone, followed by Triumph, Legend: Tenacity and Last Stand in the primary tree, as well as Second Wind and Unflinching in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Ability Haste in offense, Health Scaling in flex and Health Scaling in defense, though it depends on the matchup. Finally, for your items, you should build Trinity Force as your first item, followed by Ionian Boots of Lucidity and Frozen Heart. For your last 3 items, you should build Spirit Visage, Thornmail and finish with Jak'Sho, The Protean. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - W - E. Right now, this build has 55.8% winrate over 7 810 matches played.
Alternative
If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Ghost and Teleport as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Phase Rush as your keystone, Manaflow Band, Transcendence and Scorch in the primary tree, and Biscuit Delivery with Cosmic Insight in the secondary tree, as well as Ability Haste, Health Scaling, and Health as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are Trinity Force as your first item, then Ionian Boots of Lucidity as a second item and Frozen Heart as a third item. You want to finish the build with Spirit Visage, Thornmail and Jak'Sho, The Protean. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - W - E. This build is currently sitting at a 54.5% win rate across 1 150 matches played.
Off-Meta
If you want to try an Off-Meta Nasus Top build in the current patch, try Ghost and Teleport as your Summoner Spells, Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Second Wind and Overgrowth as your primary rune tree, and Legend: Tenacity with Last Stand as your secondary tree. Use Ability Haste, Health Scaling and Health Scaling as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Trinity Force as your first item, then finish Ionian Boots of Lucidity as your second item, and Frozen Heart as third item. The last 3 options are Spirit Visage, Thornmail and Sterak's Gage. The ability order for this build is Q - W - E. As of the current patch, this build has a 56.3% win rate over 799 matches played.
Situational Nasus Runes and Items
Depending on the context of your game, your matchup, and enemy champions, you might want to consider building some situational items or take specific runes. Carefully examine your team, enemy team, game state , and your matchup to plan your Nasus build accordingly! For example, when it comes to rune shards, you might want to take either Armor or Magic Resist, depending on which champion you are about to lane against.
Furthermore, if you want a more detailed breakdown, you should also check out Nasus runes page.
Probuilds
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In-depth Build Stats
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Nasus Counters - Best and Worst Matchups for Top in Emerald +
Best Matchups
In Patch 14.9 the best possible matchups for Nasus Top are:
- vs. Udyr - 60.0% win rate over 195 games.
- vs. Yorick - 57.3% win rate over 780 games.
- vs. Akali - 56.6% win rate over 539 games.
- vs. Irelia - 56.5% win rate over 543 games.
- vs. Pantheon - 56.3% win rate over 277 games.
Consider picking Nasus into these matches to increase your chance to win a game. These are the most popular Top matchups that currently are in favor of Nasus.
Worst Matchups
We highly recommend avoiding picking Nasus in the current patch into the following Top matchups:
- vs. Tahm Kench - 43.3% win rate over 582 games.
- vs. Cho'Gath - 46.7% win rate over 362 games.
- vs. Darius - 47.1% win rate over 1 804 games.
- vs. Gwen - 47.1% win rate over 630 games.
- vs. Kled - 47.4% win rate over 312 games.
These champions are considered as Nasus counters in the current patch, and playing such a matchup will decrease your chances of winning a game.
Additional Notes
If you want to find out more about best and worst matchups, as well as specific matchup statistics, we highly encourage you to check our Nasus counters page. Keep in mind that while the champion may counter or be countered, it also comes down to your individual skill, the skill of your opponent, your team, and enemy team compositions.