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Nasus matchups

Tier 3#18 Top2Full build

37 top matchups

Nasus's win rate, and how far it is from Nasus's 50.4% average

Ban: — 1,100 games, 46.1%

You playNasus

Tier 350.4% win · #18 top

Garen favoured47.0%Nasus wins 47.0% of games into Garen, well below the 50.4% Nasus wins overall.

AgainstGaren

Tier 250.0% win · #7 top

47.0%55.3%

1,557 gamesSample A 49.7%Sample B 49.0%Sample C 45.6%Gold at 15 −855Sample A, Sample B, Sample C · Emerald+ · 6 Nov

Overall win rate by rank, not this matchup:Nasus: Gold 49.9% · Plat 51.3% · Emerald 50.0% · Diamond 51.5%Garen: Gold 51.8% · Plat 50.9% · Emerald 50.6% · Diamond 49.4%

Lane plan

Keep your distance when Garen has his Conqueror stacks up. Focus on farming with [Q] foremost, and try go in for the kill when Unsealed Spellbook + Fury of the Sands [R] come off cooldown.

Lane tip from this patch's games, play even

You complete Trinity Force at ~15 min; Garen completes Stridebreaker at ~13 min. 2 minutes where Garen is ahead.
Level 3: Garen's Courage (W) is 22s, your Wither (W) is 15s, so you're back first. Level 6: both ultimates 120s.
Garen takes Flash + Ignite in 95.6% of games. You take Ghost + Teleport (42.9%).

Build into Garen

Sample B · Emerald+ · 601 games · 6 Nov

Items

Most built at each step, in buy order; small icons are the other picks

Start0:00
Doran's Shield + Health Potion
65.6% of games · 49.5% win
- 45.8%
- 57.5%
First back
Sheen, Glowing Mote, Boots
Bought in most games
1st item15 min
Trinity Force
56.9% of games · 51.7% win
- 50.0%
- 43.9%
2nd item21 min
Frozen Heart
45.9% of games · 49.3% win
- 57.6%
- 56.7%
3rd item26 min
Spirit Visage
21.1% of games · 52.8% win
- 52.8%
Boots10 min
Ionian Boots of Lucidity
45.3% of games · 49.6% win
- 48.8%
- 61.8%

Runes

Most played page, 446 games

Precision

Fleet Footworkpicked in 74.2%
Triumphpicked in 62.7%
Legend: Hastepicked in 72.9%
Last Standpicked in 69.9%

Resolve

Second Windpicked in 62.9%
Unflinchingpicked in 57.6%

Shards

Ability Haste · Health Scaling · Health Scaling

KeystoneWin rate

Skill order

Most played order, 124 games

Q14579

W28101213

E31415

R611

Max

QWE78.1% pick · 463 games49.5%
QEW19.7% pick · 117 games52.1%

Garen: E start, max EQW318 games

Summoner spells

Ghost + Teleport42.9% pick

Garen: Flash + Ignite, 95.6%560 games

Play against Garen

Cooldowns at levels 1, 3, 6 and 11 on each side's most played skill order, before ability haste

Garen's abilities

Your opponent · no resource

P PerseverancePassive
Lv 1Lv 3Lv 6Lv 11
Q Decisive Strike8s cooldown · No cost · 300 range—8s8s8s
W Courage22 / 19.5 / 17 / 14.5 / 12s cooldown · No cost—22s22s22s
E Judgment9 / 8.25 / 7.5 / 6.75 / 6s cooldown · No cost · 325 range9s9s7.5s6s
R Demacian Justice120 / 100 / 80s cooldown · No cost · 400 range——120s100s

Courage (W) is the long one early: 22s at level 3, so trade once it's down. — means not learned yet at that level.

Nasus's abilities

You · uses mana

P Soul EaterPassive
Lv 1Lv 3Lv 6Lv 11
Q Siphoning Strike7.5 / 6.5 / 5.5 / 4.5 / 3.5s cooldown · 20 mana · 255 range7.5s7.5s5.5s3.5s
W Wither15 / 14 / 13 / 12 / 11s cooldown · 80 mana · 700 range—15s15s13s
E Spirit Fire12s cooldown · 60 / 70 / 80 / 90 / 100 mana · 650 range—12s12s12s
R Fury of the Sands120 / 100 / 80s cooldown · 100 mana · 400 range——120s100s

Wither (W) is the long one early: 15s at level 3, so trade once it's down. — means not learned yet at that level.

All 37 top matchups

Nasus's win rate into each one · green beats Nasus's average, rose falls short

40.0%42.0%44.0%46.0%48.0%50.0%52.0%54.0%56.0%58.0%

Numbers from Sample A (collected 6 Nov), Sample B (Emerald+, collected 6 Nov) and Sample C (Emerald+, collected 6 Nov), ranked Solo/Duo, patch 16.22. Combined win rates weight each sample by its games. Next Queue doesn't collect these games itself.