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Nasus build & stats

FighterTank D 83 games · patch 16.18
Win rate
31.3%
Pick rate
4.6%
Ban rate
0.0%
Division
All divisions

Recommended build

Chosen by win rate among builds with enough games, from ranked matches of high-elo players on patch 16.18

Built from single items

Best three items so far

Jak'Sho, The Protean
Jak'Sho, The Protean
3,200 gold
Warmog's Armor
Warmog's Armor
3,100 gold
Protoplasm Harness
Protoplasm Harness
2,600 gold
8,900 gold
33.3% WR each item separately

Boots

Mercury's Treads
Mercury's Treads
1,250 gold
34.8% 46 games

Runes

Resolve Resolve + Precision Precision
25.0% WR
8 games · 10% pick
Grasp of the Undying
Grasp of the Undying

Every 4s your next attack on a champion deals bonus magic damage, heals you, and permanently increases your health.

Resolve Resolve
Grasp of the Undying Aftershock Guardian
Shield Bash Demolish Font of Life
Conditioning Second Wind Bone Plating
Unflinching Overgrowth Revitalize
Precision Precision
Presence of Mind Absorb Life Triumph
Legend: Bloodline Legend: Alacrity Legend: Haste
Coup de Grace Cut Down Last Stand
Shards
Adaptive Force Attack Speed Ability Haste
Adaptive Force Move Speed Health Scaling
Health Tenacity and Slow Resist Health Scaling

Summoner spells

Flash Ghost
44.4% 9 games

Each line is the variant with the best win rate among those played enough times, not simply the most popular one. Win rates are smoothed so a lucky three-game build can't top the list. Not enough players have finished the same three items yet, so the core above is the three strongest items measured one by one. Sample sizes are shown next to every choice.

Tips for Nasus

Generated from this patch's numbers

  • Nasus wins 31.3% of games as any role on patch 16.18 (83 games).
  • Most common core: Spirit Visage → Thornmail → Trinity Force — 43% win rate over 7 games.
  • Take Grasp of the Undying as keystone: picked in 54% of games with a 33% win rate.

Items

Most common sets of three completed items

Core build

Spirit Visage
Spirit Visage
Thornmail
Thornmail
Trinity Force
Trinity Force
42.9% WR
7 games · 8% pick
Spirit Visage
Spirit Visage
Trinity Force
Trinity Force
Frozen Heart
Frozen Heart
50.0% WR
6 games · 7% pick
Spirit Visage
Spirit Visage
Frozen Heart
Frozen Heart
Iceborn Gauntlet
Iceborn Gauntlet
50.0% WR
4 games · 5% pick

Boots

Mercury's Treads
Mercury's Treads
34.8% WR
46 games · 55% pick
Plated Steelcaps
Plated Steelcaps
18.8% WR
16 games · 19% pick
Ionian Boots of Lucidity
Ionian Boots of Lucidity
60.0% WR
5 games · 6% pick

Legendary items by win rate

ItemWin ratePick
44.4% 11% (9)
37.5% 58% (48)
36.8% 23% (19)
36.4% 13% (11)
35.3% 41% (34)
35.3% 20% (17)
34.5% 35% (29)
33.3% 11% (9)
33.3% 7% (6)
30.3% 40% (33)
30.3% 40% (33)
16.7% 7% (6)

Runes

Most played full pages and keystone win rates

Resolve Resolve + Precision Precision
28.6% WR
28 games · 34% pick
Grasp of the Undying
Grasp of the Undying

Every 4s your next attack on a champion deals bonus magic damage, heals you, and permanently increases your health.

Resolve Resolve
Grasp of the Undying Aftershock Guardian
Shield Bash Demolish Font of Life
Conditioning Second Wind Bone Plating
Unflinching Overgrowth Revitalize
Precision Precision
Presence of Mind Absorb Life Triumph
Legend: Bloodline Legend: Alacrity Legend: Haste
Coup de Grace Cut Down Last Stand
Shards
Adaptive Force Attack Speed Ability Haste
Adaptive Force Move Speed Health Scaling
Health Tenacity and Slow Resist Health Scaling
Domination Domination + Precision Precision
16.7% WR
12 games · 14% pick
Dark Harvest Taste of Blood Grisly Mementos Treasure Hunter Coup de Grace Presence of Mind
Precision Precision + Resolve Resolve
25.0% WR
12 games · 14% pick
Fleet Footwork Triumph Legend: Haste Last Stand Second Wind Unflinching

Keystones

  • Grasp of the Undying Grasp of the Undying Every 4s your next attack on a champion deals bonus magic damage, heals you, and permanently increases your health. 33.3%54% pick
  • Fleet Footwork Fleet Footwork Attacking and moving builds Energy stacks. At 100 stacks, your next attack heals you and grants increased MS. 38.9%22% pick
  • Dark Harvest Dark Harvest Damaging a low health champion inflicts adaptive damage and harvests a soul from the victim. 14.3%17% pick
  • Arcane Comet Arcane Comet Damaging a champion with an ability hurls a damaging comet at their location. 66.7%4% pick

Summoner spells

  • Flash Mark Flash + Mark 29.5%73% pick
  • Flash Ghost Flash + Ghost 44.4%11% pick
  • Flash Clarity Flash + Clarity 33.3%4% pick

Abilities & skill order

  • PSoul Eater

    Nasus drains his foe's spiritual energy, giving him bonus Life Steal.

  • QSiphoning Strike

    Nasus strikes his foe, dealing damage and increasing the power of his future Siphoning Strikes if he slays his target.

  • WWither

    Nasus ages an enemy champion, decelerating their Move Speed and Attack Speed over time.

  • ESpirit Fire

    Nasus unleashes a spirit flame at a location, dealing damage and reducing the Armor of enemies who stand on it.

  • RFury of the Sands

    Nasus unleashes a mighty sandstorm that batters nearby enemies. While the storm rages, he gains increased Health, Attack Range, damages nearby enemies, has a reduced cooldown on Siphoning Strike, and gains bonus Armor an...