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LoL Champion Build Guides: Nasus

Nasus The Curator of the Sands

Find the best Nasus build guides for League of Legends S12 Patch 12.1. The MOBAFire community works hard to keep their LoL builds and guides updated, and will help you craft the best Nasus build for the S12 meta. Learn more about Nasus' abilities, skins, or even ask your own questions to the community!

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Nasus Build & Runes

If you're looking for the best rune build for Nasus we've got you covered. Below you can find the best items and runes to build for Nasus, as determined by LeagueSpy's calculations of thousands of Plat+ League of Legends games. If you are already familiar with how to play Nasus this is a great resource to quickly get a good rune selection for Patch 12.1. However, if you are a new Nasus player we highly recommend reading through some of the guides above to learn why this build is strong on Nasus!

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Patch 12.1: 442000 matches scanned * Each section of the build is rated independently of the others

Precision

Resolve

Second Best

52%

Win Rate 2586 Games

Precision

Resolve

Third Best

71%

Win Rate 78 Games

Resolve

Inspiration

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54%

Win Rate 23102 Games

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Win Rate 38349 Games

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52%

Win Rate 14552 Games

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Win Rate 6505 Games

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54%

Win Rate 7209 Games

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55%

Win Rate 6946 Games

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Passive Ability

Second Best

67%

Win Rate 2754 Games

Passive Ability

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69%

Win Rate 2439 Games

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Patch 12.1: 442094 matches scanned * Each section of the build is rated independently of the others

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55%

Win Rate 572 Games

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56%

Win Rate 281 Games

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52%

Win Rate 2024 Games

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Win Rate 1124 Games

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Win Rate 206 Games

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Win Rate 894 Games

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Win Rate 666 Games

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Win Rate 569 Games

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Passive Ability

Second Best

73%

Win Rate 73 Games

Passive Ability

Third Best

66%

Win Rate 138 Games

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Patch 12.1: 442103 matches scanned * Each section of the build is rated independently of the others

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Resolve

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54%

Win Rate 517 Games

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Resolve

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52%

Win Rate 391 Games

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61%

Win Rate 554 Games

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Win Rate 1047 Games

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Win Rate 1240 Games

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Win Rate 2918 Games

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55%

Win Rate 293 Games

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69%

Win Rate 161 Games

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Win Rate 89 Games

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Nasus Counters

Learn 's counters and discover matchups where they have an advantage! When you're starting a game of League of Legends you should always keep in mind if you'll be at an advantage or disadvantage against your opponent, so you can know whether to bully them or play safe. You can find detailed breakdowns of each matchup on CounterStats, and you can also check out some Nasus guides to see how to build and play against other champions you may find yourself up against!

This counter data is for Nasus Top in Plat+ games. The percent shown is the enemy champion's counter rating against Nasus. Counter rating is our own statistic that factors in counter kills, overall kills, early lead ratio, comeback ratio, and win percent to give the whole picture of that champion's effectiveness as a counter pick.

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CR is Counter Rating, which is a combination of multiple counter factors. Counters shown are for Nasus Nasus Top

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Nasus Skins

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Find Nasus's skins and when they were last on sale. Never miss a sale for your favorite skin by using our Wish List feature! You can also find all Nasus skins and chromas on Nasus's skins page.

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Space Groove Nasus

March 31, 2021

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1350

Battlecast Nasus

November 12, 2020

+ Wishlist

1350

Lunar Guardian Nasus

Special Events

February 8, 2018

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1350

Worldbreaker Nasus

November 10, 2016

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750

Archduke Nasus

April 1, 2015

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750

Infernal Nasus

Legendary

November 21, 2013

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1820

Riot K-9 Nasus

Special Events

August 16, 2012

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975

Dreadknight Nasus

April 25, 2011

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975

Pharaoh Nasus

November 2, 2010

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520

Galactic Nasus

July 14, 2010

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520

Classic Nasus

Original

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Nasus' Abilities

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Soul Eater Nasus's Passive

Self

Nasus drains his foe's spiritual energy, giving him a natural 10 / 16 / 22% lifesteal. This amount increases every 6 levels.

Siphoning Strike Nasus's Q Ability

150

7.5 / 6.5 / 5.5 / 4.5 / 3.5

Nasus's next attack will deal an additional 30 / 50 / 70 / 90 / 110 damage plus the extra permanently gained damage. Siphoning Strike permanently gains 3 damage whenever it kills a unit. This bonus is increased to 12 for champions, large monsters or large minions.

Wither Nasus's W Ability

700

15 / 14 / 13 / 12 / 11

Nasus ages his target, slowing their movement speed by 35% and reducing it further to reach 47 / 59 / 71 / 83 / 95 % slow at the end of 5 seconds. The target's attack speed is also slowed by half the amount, initially slowed by 17.5% and increasing to 23.5 / 29.5 / 35.5 / 41.5 / 47.5 % over the duration. If the duration of the slow is reduced, the extra slow will be applied faster for it to reach its maximum at the end of the duration.

Spirit Fire Nasus's E Ability

650

70 / 85 / 100 / 115 / 130

After a brief delay, a target area becomes desecrated for 5 seconds. Enemies caught in the area when the desecration occurs are dealt an initial burst of 55 / 95 / 135 / 175 / 215 (+60% of ability power) magic damage. Additionally, enemies in the area are dealt 11 / 19 / 27 / 35 / 43 (+12% of ability power) magic damage each second and have their armor reduced by 25 / 30 / 35 / 40 / 45% while in the area and for 1 extra second.

Fury of the Sands Nasus's Ultimate (R) Ability

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Nasus empowers himself for 15 seconds, gaining 300 / 450 / 600 bonus health, 40 / 55 / 70 bonus armor and bonus magic resistance, 30% increased size, and 50 bonus attack range for the duration.

While Nasus is empowered, he deals 3 / 4 / 5% (+1% per 100 ability power) of target's maximum health magic damage to nearby enemies each second, capped at 240 per second, and Siphoning Strike's cooldown is halved.

Questions About Nasus

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Latest Questions

How to play Nasus top when outnumbered?

Asked by daz1sta on September 8, 2021

I've had a few games where the team is plain out stupid and won't help me hold top as Nasus when it's a 2v1, 3v1 situation, what is the best method to stay alive in such circumstances?

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Help against Nasus

Asked by Thats a OOF on July 20, 2020

I am a Mordekaiser main but I still don't know how to play against Nasus. Can someone help me?

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Nasus Support

Asked on February 28, 2018

First off, I am testing this. I am in no way doing this in ranked games. I plan on playing [[Nasus]], a.k.a Susan, support. I figured I would be AP or tank and max E ([[Spirit Fire]]) > W (Wither) > Q ([[Siphoning Strike]]) > R...

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How to stack faster as Nasus? Season 8

Asked by KLSG on February 9, 2018

[b]Hi there[/b] I just saw new skin for my favourite doggo in this game and I want to play again as him. There's only one problem I had with him... I don't know how to stack quickly as Nasus. I always get something around 250 stacks in 20...

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How to stack fast as Nasus?

Asked by KLSG on February 9, 2018

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Ancient coin

Asked by WackoDesperado on January 26, 2018

Is it still good to build even with the sight stone changes?

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Frozen mallet on Nasus?

Asked by Alegrammo on May 12, 2017

Anyone use this item on Nasus? Could it be good?

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Always rush Spirit Visage on Nasus or no?

Asked by Lord Houseplant on August 12, 2015

I know it's more MR but it has health/health regen and a bit of cooldown too. Is it always something you need on Nasus?

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Meta Sheeps

Asked on May 5, 2015

I wanna play Zed cuz he's meta but I'm bad at him I wanna play Nasus cuz I win with him but he's not meta Help me

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Is nasus a viable jungler?

Asked by Reeflame on March 20, 2015

Sooo i jungled with Nasus about 5 games and i was doing pretty well only one loss and he looked as a viable jungler but i wanted to ask your opinion.

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Does Pantheon REALLY counter Rek'sai amd Nasus?

Asked by TwillyFSniper on January 12, 2015

Now I heard these both from silver players, and both times I got WRECKED HARD. My belief is that Pantheon is actually COUNTERED by those two. Rek'Sai- Has more of what Pantheon ends up with, EARLIER. Also, stuns BY THEMSELVES do not counter...

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How do I go against Nasus!?

Asked by Tazz on November 30, 2014

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...

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AD or ARPen Marks for Trinity Nasus on a well farmed Q?

Asked on November 12, 2014

I've seen the math for several ranged ADC and melee AD assassin champs and have those hashed out appropriately, what I'm interested in is how does ArPen affect Nasus's Siphoning Strike? Specifically at 200, 400, and 600 stacks, as well as with and...

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How do you jungle in Season 4?

Asked by jhoijhoi on January 18, 2014

I am currently updating the [[Jungler]] wiki article and would appreciate if people could answer the following questions. If your answer receives a lot of support via votes, it will be featured in the article, with a credit to you and working link...

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Deffensive Tree

Asked by Fousek on August 28, 2013

Hi guys i would like to ask what do you think about Deffensive 21 masteries for tanky Junglers. I am currently using: 2x[[Unyielding]] 2x[[Tenacious]] 3x[[Juggernaut]] [[Defender]] [[Reinforced armor]] 1x[[Legendary armor]] and of course [[Honor...

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