# Nasus Counters Who counters Nasus? Best and worst picks against Nasus by win rate, plus the lane counters that lead Nasus in gold at 15 minutes. Ranked solo data by role and rank. Canonical HTML: https://baronbuff.com/champions/nasus/counters/ Markdown URL: https://baronbuff.com/champions/nasus/counters.md Language: en ## Breadcrumbs - [Baron Buff](https://baronbuff.com/) - [Champion Tier List](https://baronbuff.com/champions/) - [Nasus](https://baronbuff.com/champions/nasus/) ## Page Content [Nasus guide](https://baronbuff.com/champions/nasus/) [Play against Nasus](https://baronbuff.com/champions/nasus/how-to-play-against/) [Nasus counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/nasus/counters/) Best and worst picks against Nasus in Top at Gold+, ranked by win rate and by gold lead at 15 minutes. Tahm Kench, Anivia and Zaahen beat Nasus most often. Illaoi, Aatrox and Irelia win the laning phase against Nasus by the widest gold margin. ## Best picks against Nasus Highest win rate versus Nasus in Top. - 1 [Tahm Kench](https://baronbuff.com/champions/tahmkench/) 538 games 56.5% - 2 [Anivia](https://baronbuff.com/champions/anivia/) 110 games 56.4% - 3 [Zaahen](https://baronbuff.com/champions/zaahen/) 363 games 55.1% - 4 [Swain](https://baronbuff.com/champions/swain/) 122 games 54.9% - 5 [Sion](https://baronbuff.com/champions/sion/) 448 games 54.7% - 6 [Garen](https://baronbuff.com/champions/garen/) 1,519 games 53.8% - 7 [Ambessa](https://baronbuff.com/champions/ambessa/) 267 games 53.6% - 8 [Illaoi](https://baronbuff.com/champions/illaoi/) 737 games 53.3% - 9 [Shen](https://baronbuff.com/champions/shen/) 488 games 52.5% - 10 [Olaf](https://baronbuff.com/champions/olaf/) 460 games 52.2% - 11 [Mordekaiser](https://baronbuff.com/champions/mordekaiser/) 1,135 games 52.1% - 12 [Kled](https://baronbuff.com/champions/kled/) 222 games 51.8% - 13 [Aatrox](https://baronbuff.com/champions/aatrox/) 511 games 51.5% - 14 [K'Sante](https://baronbuff.com/champions/ksante/) 467 games 51.4% - 15 [Teemo](https://baronbuff.com/champions/teemo/) 548 games 51.3% ## Worst picks against Nasus Lowest win rate versus Nasus in Top. - 1 [Dr. Mundo](https://baronbuff.com/champions/drmundo/) 428 games 43.7% - 2 [Pantheon](https://baronbuff.com/champions/pantheon/) 168 games 44.0% - 3 [Kennen](https://baronbuff.com/champions/kennen/) 356 games 44.1% - 4 [Tryndamere](https://baronbuff.com/champions/tryndamere/) 401 games 44.6% - 5 [Irelia](https://baronbuff.com/champions/irelia/) 581 games 44.9% - 6 [Varus](https://baronbuff.com/champions/varus/) 182 games 45.0% - 7 [Heimerdinger](https://baronbuff.com/champions/heimerdinger/) 316 games 45.2% - 8 [Renekton](https://baronbuff.com/champions/renekton/) 694 games 46.0% - 9 [Kayle](https://baronbuff.com/champions/kayle/) 468 games 47.0% - 10 [Vayne](https://baronbuff.com/champions/vayne/) 270 games 47.4% - 11 [Singed](https://baronbuff.com/champions/singed/) 586 games 47.4% - 12 [Ryze](https://baronbuff.com/champions/ryze/) 760 games 47.5% - 13 [Darius](https://baronbuff.com/champions/darius/) 797 games 48.1% - 14 [Gnar](https://baronbuff.com/champions/gnar/) 449 games 48.8% ## Best lane counters vs Nasus Largest gold lead over Nasus at 15 minutes in Top. - 1 [Illaoi](https://baronbuff.com/champions/illaoi/) 394 games +1,426 - 2 [Aatrox](https://baronbuff.com/champions/aatrox/) 337 games +1,249 - 3 [Irelia](https://baronbuff.com/champions/irelia/) 230 games +1,042 - 4 [Volibear](https://baronbuff.com/champions/volibear/) 249 games +1,014 - 5 [Garen](https://baronbuff.com/champions/garen/) 1,050 games +960 - 6 [Gangplank](https://baronbuff.com/champions/gangplank/) 217 games +859 - 7 [K'Sante](https://baronbuff.com/champions/ksante/) 162 games +821 - 8 [Sion](https://baronbuff.com/champions/sion/) 270 games +801 - 9 [Mordekaiser](https://baronbuff.com/champions/mordekaiser/) 652 games +787 - 10 [Renekton](https://baronbuff.com/champions/renekton/) 326 games +771 - 11 [Darius](https://baronbuff.com/champions/darius/) 571 games +752 - 12 [Yone](https://baronbuff.com/champions/yone/) 487 games +741 - 13 [Riven](https://baronbuff.com/champions/riven/) 109 games +712 - 14 [Tryndamere](https://baronbuff.com/champions/tryndamere/) 285 games +682 - 15 [Urgot](https://baronbuff.com/champions/urgot/) 181 games +647 ## How to play against Nasus Lane and teamfight rules that hold regardless of your pick. ### In lane and in teamfights - Freeze or slow push early to deny free Q stacks; punish every last-hit walkup. - Trade before his W lands or after it expires, then disengage before he turns with R. - Force grouped objectives when he catches side waves instead of matching his split push alone. - Kite backward during R and avoid giving him long melee uptime. - Keep carries behind peel when W is available, because one slow can decide the fight. ## Where Nasus is weak Exploit these in draft and in lane. - Nasus can be pressured before his scaling takes over because early wave control denies the stacks he needs. - Nasus needs long melee uptime to carry fights, so kiting and disengage cut off his stacked damage. ## Nasus counters: questions ### Who counters Nasus in Top? At Gold+, Tahm Kench (56.5%), Anivia (56.4%) and Zaahen (55.1%) have the highest win rates against Nasus. ### Who does Nasus counter? Nasus wins most often against Dr. Mundo (43.7%), Pantheon (44.0%) and Kennen (44.1%). ### Who wins lane against Nasus? By gold lead at 15 minutes, Illaoi (+1,426), Aatrox (+1,249) and Irelia (+1,042) come out of the laning phase furthest ahead of Nasus. ### How is the counter list ranked? Best and worst picks use same-lane win rate; lane counters use the average gold difference at 15 minutes between the two laners. Both come from Ranked Solo/Duo at the selected rank with at least 100 games per matchup, and are not adjusted for champion strength. - [Top Tier List](https://baronbuff.com/champions/top/) - [Illaoi counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/illaoi/counters/) - [Aatrox counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/aatrox/counters/) ## Machine-Readable References - [LLM index](https://baronbuff.com/llms.txt) - [Full LLM reference](https://baronbuff.com/llms-full.txt) - [Sitemap](https://baronbuff.com/sitemap.xml)