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Nasus Build Guides, Runes and Items

Nasus The Curator of the Sands

Find the best Nasus build guides for League of Legends S13 Patch 13.5. The MOBAFire community works hard to keep their LoL builds and guides updated, and will help you craft the best Nasus build for the S13 meta. Learn more about Nasus' abilities, skins, or even ask your own questions to the community!

Season 11 Guides
Rating Pending
LoL Champion Nasus Build Guide
LoL Champion Nasus Build Guide

NASUS TOP CARRY | S11 | BEST ITEMS, RUNES AND YOUR COUNTERS

Guide by Mr.Kovacic updated March 10, 2021
Rating Pending
LoL Champion Nasus Build Guide
LoL Champion Nasus Build Guide

700K+ Nasus - Unstoppable Force & Immovable Object 11.11

Guide by SadmanV3 updated May 26, 2021
  • In-depth
Rating Pending
LoL Champion Nasus Build Guide
LoL Champion Nasus Build Guide

Attempted nasus top

Guide by Rockleon updated July 30, 2021
Rating Pending
LoL Champion Nasus Build Guide
LoL Champion Nasus Build Guide

Top Lane Nasus Guide Season 11

Guide by XPRflew updated June 12, 2021
Rating Pending
LoL Champion Nasus Build Guide
LoL Champion Nasus Build Guide

Lucaazo Nasus

Guide by lucaazo updated October 26, 2021
  • In-depth
5.6
4
Votes
4
LoL Champion Nasus Build Guide
LoL Champion Nasus Build Guide

Fruit Nasus

Guide by Fimburd updated October 20, 2021
  • In-depth
  • Off-Meta
Rating Pending
LoL Champion Nasus Build Guide
LoL Champion Nasus Build Guide

Guia de nasus para el parche 11.17 y posiblemente parches p

Guide by captain ayeye updated September 3, 2021
  • In-depth
Rating Pending
LoL Champion Nasus Build Guide
LoL Champion Nasus Build Guide

Guia de nasus para el parche 11.17

Guide by Guest updated September 3, 2021
  • In-depth
Rating Pending
LoL Champion Nasus Build Guide
LoL Champion Nasus Build Guide

Nasus In-Depth Guide (Season 11)

Guide by DoubleQ updated March 15, 2021
Season 11 Builds
9.5
42
Votes
3
LoL Champion Nasus Build Guide
LoL Champion Nasus Build Guide

Troll 1 shot nasus

Build by lucaazo updated October 7, 2021
9.4
26
Votes
2
LoL Champion Nasus Build Guide
LoL Champion Nasus Build Guide

IN-DEPTH Nasus Full AP TOP

Build by TheMegam5 updated March 6, 2021
8.1
6
Votes
0
LoL Champion Nasus Build Guide
LoL Champion Nasus Build Guide

1 Q Nasus

Build by bonnie135 updated December 9, 2020
  • Off-Meta
8
8
Votes
1
LoL Champion Nasus Build Guide
LoL Champion Nasus Build Guide

Strobe Light 1 Shot Nightmare Fuel Nasus

Build by SKYTOP. updated December 11, 2020
Rating Pending
LoL Champion Nasus Build Guide
LoL Champion Nasus Build Guide

Blue Nasus

Build by Ciclonix updated June 15, 2021
Rating Pending
LoL Champion Nasus Build Guide
LoL Champion Nasus Build Guide

Nasus ap top

Build by MrCzek updated August 23, 2021
Rating Pending
LoL Champion Nasus Build Guide
LoL Champion Nasus Build Guide

TOP NASUS ABILITY HASTE (Damage and Tank)

Build by dasors updated November 14, 2020
Rating Pending
LoL Champion Nasus Build Guide
LoL Champion Nasus Build Guide

Nasus - Top Tank / Fighter

Build by DeviousWolf96 updated November 13, 2020
7.5
6
Votes
1
LoL Champion Nasus Build Guide
LoL Champion Nasus Build Guide

Time for the ultimate CRIT NASUS build

Build by Amvill updated August 4, 2021
Rating Pending
LoL Champion Nasus Build Guide
LoL Champion Nasus Build Guide

jungle nasus and playing him casually

Build by kxyei updated February 17, 2021
Rating Pending
LoL Champion Nasus Build Guide
LoL Champion Nasus Build Guide

Full AD nasus

Build by Guest updated April 5, 2021
  • Off-Meta
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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 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 13.5. 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!

Patch 13.5: 3204878 matches scanned * Each section of the build is rated independently of the others

Nasus's Runes

Nasus's Best Runes 51%

Win Rate 28749 Games

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  • 2
  • 3
Precision
LoL Path: Precision
LoL Rune: Fleet Footwork
Fleet Footwork
LoL Rune: Triumph
Triumph
LoL Rune: Legend: Tenacity
Legend: Tenacity
LoL Rune: Last Stand
Last Stand

Resolve
LoL Path: Resolve
LoL Rune: Unflinching
Unflinching
LoL Rune: Second Wind
Second Wind

Second Best

Nasus's 2nd Best Runes 54%

Win Rate 4004 Games

Precision
LoL Path: Precision
LoL Rune: Fleet Footwork
Fleet Footwork
LoL Rune: Triumph
Triumph
LoL Rune: Legend: Tenacity
Legend: Tenacity
LoL Rune: Last Stand
Last Stand

Resolve
LoL Path: Resolve
LoL Rune: Unflinching
Unflinching
LoL Rune: Second Wind
Second Wind

Third Best

Nasus's 3rd Best Runes 49%

Win Rate 3190 Games

Sorcery
LoL Path: Sorcery
LoL Rune: Summon Aery
Summon Aery
LoL Rune: Manaflow Band
Manaflow Band
LoL Rune: Transcendence
Transcendence
LoL Rune: Scorch
Scorch

Inspiration
LoL Path: Inspiration
LoL Rune: Biscuit Delivery
Biscuit Delivery
LoL Rune: Approach Velocity
Approach Velocity

Nasus's Summoner Spells

Nasus's Best Summoner Spells 52%

Win Rate 11604 Games

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  • 2
  • 3

Second Best

Nasus's 2nd Best Summoner Spells 51%

Win Rate 54795 Games

Ghost Teleport

Third Best

Nasus's 3rd Best Summoner Spells 50%

Win Rate 14964 Games

Flash Teleport

Nasus's Starters

Nasus's Best Starter Items 52%

Win Rate 221614 Games

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3

Second Best

Nasus's 2nd Best Starter Items 51%

Win Rate 34799 Games

Doran's Ring Health Potion

Third Best

Nasus's 3rd Best Starter Items 50%

Win Rate 35020 Games

Corrupting Potion

Trinket

Nasus's Best Trinket 55%

Win Rate 10632 Games

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  • 2
  • 3

Second Best

Nasus's 2nd Best Trinket 52%

Win Rate 9985 Games

Farsight Alteration

Third Best

Nasus's 3rd Best Trinket 50%

Win Rate 64302 Games

Stealth Ward
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Patch 13.5: 3204906 matches scanned * Each section of the build is rated independently of the others

Nasus's Runes

Nasus's Best Runes 71%

Win Rate 66 Games

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  • 2
  • 3
Precision
LoL Path: Precision
LoL Rune: Conqueror
Conqueror
LoL Rune: Presence of Mind
Presence of Mind
LoL Rune: Legend: Tenacity
Legend: Tenacity
LoL Rune: Last Stand
Last Stand

Resolve
LoL Path: Resolve
LoL Rune: Unflinching
Unflinching
LoL Rune: Second Wind
Second Wind

Second Best

Nasus's 2nd Best Runes 57%

Win Rate 100 Games

Precision
LoL Path: Precision
LoL Rune: Fleet Footwork
Fleet Footwork
LoL Rune: Triumph
Triumph
LoL Rune: Legend: Tenacity
Legend: Tenacity
LoL Rune: Last Stand
Last Stand

Resolve
LoL Path: Resolve
LoL Rune: Unflinching
Unflinching
LoL Rune: Second Wind
Second Wind

Third Best

Nasus's 3rd Best Runes 50%

Win Rate 623 Games

Precision
LoL Path: Precision
LoL Rune: Fleet Footwork
Fleet Footwork
LoL Rune: Triumph
Triumph
LoL Rune: Legend: Tenacity
Legend: Tenacity
LoL Rune: Last Stand
Last Stand

Resolve
LoL Path: Resolve
LoL Rune: Unflinching
Unflinching
LoL Rune: Second Wind
Second Wind

Nasus's Summoner Spells

Nasus's Best Summoner Spells 53%

Win Rate 2885 Games

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3

Second Best

Nasus's 2nd Best Summoner Spells 48%

Win Rate 1878 Games

Ghost Teleport

Third Best

Nasus's 3rd Best Summoner Spells 51%

Win Rate 978 Games

Flash Teleport

Nasus's Starters

Nasus's Best Starter Items 52%

Win Rate 11091 Games

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3

Second Best

Nasus's 2nd Best Starter Items 49%

Win Rate 6198 Games

Doran's Ring Health Potion

Third Best

Nasus's 3rd Best Starter Items 52%

Win Rate 889 Games

Corrupting Potion

Trinket

Nasus's Best Trinket 50%

Win Rate 4471 Games

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3

Second Best

Nasus's 2nd Best Trinket 54%

Win Rate 1016 Games

Farsight Alteration

Third Best

Nasus's 3rd Best Trinket 52%

Win Rate 763 Games

Oracle Lens
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Nasus Counters

Learn Nasus' 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.

Nasus Skins

Nasus' Abilities

Nasus's Soul Eater
Soul Eater Nasus's Passive Nasus's Passive
Self
Nasus's Passive
Nasus's Passive
Nasus drains his foe's spiritual energy, giving him a natural 10 / 16 / 22% lifesteal. This amount increases every 6 levels.
Q
Nasus's Siphoning Strike
Siphoning Strike Nasus's Q Ability
175
20
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.
W
Nasus's Wither
Wither Nasus's W Ability
700
80
15 / 14 / 13 / 12 / 11
Nasus ages a champion, slowing them by 35%, increasing to 47 / 59 / 71 / 83 / 95% over 5 seconds. Their attack speed is also reduced by 75% of the slow.
E
Nasus's Spirit Fire
Spirit Fire Nasus's E Ability
650
70 / 85 / 100 / 115 / 130
12
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.
R
Nasus's Fury of the Sands
Fury of the Sands Nasus's Ultimate (R) Ability
350
100
120
Nasus becomes empowered in the sandstorm for 15 seconds, increasing his maximum health by 300 / 450 / 600 and armor and magic resistance by 40 / 55 / 70. While the storm rages, nearby enemies take 3 / 4 / 5% (+1% per 100 ability power) of their maximum health as magic damage each second and Siphoning Strike has a 50% reduced cooldown.

Questions About Nasus

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How to play Nasus top when outnumbered?

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

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

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

[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?

[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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Ancient coin

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

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Frozen mallet on Nasus?

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

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Always rush Spirit Visage on Nasus or no?

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

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?

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?

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!?

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?

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?

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

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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