League of Legends (LoL) Question: How do I go against Nasus!?
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How do I go against Nasus!?
So fairly recently I have finally joined ranked games and currently am in Silver III. A problem I face is going against a Nasus. Just earlier today him and I were top lane just fighting against minions and whatnot. I poke him a bit and he does the same, but then a few moments later he goes all aggressive and Q's me. Which does a **** ton of damage seeing that he has roughly ~200 stacks. He then starts going tank and just starts to go all aggro. Even in the Jungle, he ends up having so many stacks of his Q. Can anyone help me out and teach me how to counter him effectively and still be able to win my lane/jungle against him. Thanks!
My question for you would be : What were you doing before Nasus got those 200 stacks?
General tips vs Nasus in lane:
Tips for jungling vs Nasus:
If you want specific details on a particular match up vs Nasus just let me know.
First, you have to force trades early to zone him and deny him some creepscore.
Second, you have to freeze the lane as much as you can: if you extend you will be vulnerable to ganks and he will be safe from it. A good Nasus can farm under his turret.
Third, you must absolutly get objectives or help your teamates in any ways if you let him farm when laning phase is over.
Try not to push (don't miss cs tho) so you can just bash his head whenever he comes to last hit, because early Nasus is weak, punish him as long as you can ^^
Basically, the longer you let the enemy creeps stay alive, the more damage they will deal to your minions, even killing them. That way, your enemy laner will not get the gold (though they might get the xp) and you will gradually accrue a gold advantage over them through CS advantage. More importantly, Nasus will not be able to get stacks as quickly.
But, if you don't have her, and/or don't know how to play her, here are a few tips:
Try to pick a champion with hard poking abilities, and lots of mobility/sustain. Just poke him away early game, and zone him off, but let him push you to tower, and freeze right before the tower starts hitting your minions. This will end his life, as he will not be able to get any farm. From this point, just poke him to death while farming, and ask for ganks to come kill him or push him even farther away from farm. If he has lots of stacks, you can still duel him. His Q is on a deceptively low cooldown, but in the time it takes for him to hit you once with it, you should be able to burst him down greatly, and then back off before it's back up again. If he ults, just cc him to get away, and DO NOT stand near him, as it acts as an AoE DoT, and the more damage he deals with it, the more AD he gets during the duration, hence making him even stronger the longer the fight goes on.
Nasus excels at long trades, as his passive Life Steal and E armor shred will out damage and out sustain most champions during a fight. A short skirmish that bursts him down a lot is the best way to fight him. If it doesn't kill him, don't keep fighting unless he's low enough to burst back down and kill after all your CDs are back up, so long as you have short CDs.
Hope that helps!
I play Nasus a decent amount, and find myself playing against him a lot. I very rarely lose lane as Nasus, and very rarely lose lane against him.