納瑟斯 Matchups

Targets Nasus Punishes

Nasus thrives in Mayhem because the accelerated pace lets him stack his Siphoning Strike faster than on any other map. He becomes a mid-game raid boss who deletes squishies in two to three Qs. If the enemy team lacks hard disengage or true mobility, they eventually run out of room to kite.

• Yuumi: This is arguably Nasus's easiest matchup. Yuumi cannot escape Wither on her own; she relies entirely on her host's movement speed. When you land Wither on the host, Yuumi effectively gets slowed too. The attack speed slow is irrelevant to her, but the movement speed cripple guarantees a successful engage. Once Nasus closes the gap with a Snowball or Ghost, Yuumi has no defensive tools to survive a Q to the face. She cannot flash away from a target that sticks to her host. Delete the host, and Yuumi falls immediately.
• Kog'Maw: Kog'Maw relies on extended trades and maximum range to survive. Wither completely nullifies his primary damage source by shredding his attack speed. Even with a support peeling, the slow is so severe that Kog'Maw cannot stutter-step or reposition. In Mayhem, where ability haste is abundant, Wither is available frequently enough to keep Kog'Maw permanently crippled. If Kog'Maw tries to use his Living Artillery to poke from a distance, Nasus heals it back with his passive lifesteal. Once Nasus hits a Snowball, Kog'Maw melts before he can output meaningful damage.
• Varus: Varus lacks the dash mechanics found on other marksmen. His only disengage is his ultimate, which is a skillshot Nasus can dodge or block with a Snowball dash. If Varus misses his R, he is a sitting duck. Wither turns Varus's poke pattern into a suicide mission. Varus wants to charge Piercing Arrow, but the slow makes charging and aiming nearly impossible. Nasus shrugs off the poke damage with sustain and forces Varus to play far back, reducing his pressure significantly.
• Vel'Koz: Vel'Koz depends on spacing and landing knock-up splits to set up his combo. Wither ruins his ability to reposition after firing his skills. If Vel'Koz tries to channel his ultimate, Nasus can simply walk through the beam with Spirit Fire reducing armor, ending the channel with a Q or forcing Vel'Koz to cancel it. Without mobility, Vel'Koz cannot escape a determined Nasus chase. The window to kill Vel'Koz opens the moment he wastes his knock-back or misses his geometry.
• Seraphine: She relies on shielding and speed boosts to keep her team safe. Nasus ignores the shield layer by dealing massive burst damage with a stacked Q. Wither cuts through her speed buffs, rendering her passive movement bonus useless. If she casts her ultimate to stop Nasus's advance, he can often tank the initial charm duration with his ultimate's bonus health and resistances, then close the distance immediately after. She has no dash to create distance once the crowd control ends.

Threats That Punish Nasus

While Nasus is a stat-check monster, he loses hard to champions who can kite indefinitely, shred his resistances, or lock him down before he reaches melee range. In Mayhem, death timers are shorter, but dying repeatedly prevents you from stacking. If you cannot stack, you cannot scale.

• Vayne: The ultimate nightmare for any tanky melee champion. Vayne's Silver Bolts deal true damage based on maximum health, which renders Nasus's ultimate health bonus a liability rather than a benefit. The more health Nasus gains, the harder Vayne hits. She also has a dash on a low cooldown, allowing her to tumble away from every Q attempt. If Nasus uses Wither, Vayne can use her own ultimate to go invisible, reposition, and continue shredding him. There is no real "win condition" here for Nasus outside of hoping Vayne makes a massive positioning error or getting heavy help from teammates.
• Janna: Janna is the queen of disengage. Her Howling Gale creates a persistent threat that forces Nasus to respect the neutral zone. Even if Nasus lands a Snowball, Janna can simply press her ultimate, Monsoon, to blast him back to his starting position while healing her team. Wither is strong, but Janna's movement speed buffs for her team often counteract the slow enough for allies to escape. Nasus cannot force a fight against a competent Janna; he just gets poked down and pushed away repeatedly.
• Anivia: Anivia controls the lane width in a way that ruins Nasus's pathing. Her Glacial Storm creates a zone Nasus cannot walk through without taking massive damage and being slowed, which stacks with his own Wither vulnerability. If he tries to flank, her Crystallize wall blocks his path entirely. Even if Nasus kills her, she has a passive egg form, forcing him to overcommit in a dangerous position to finish the job. In Mayhem, her cooldowns are short enough that the wall and storm are almost always available.
• Trundle: This is a direct stat-check that Nasus often loses. Trundle's Chomp steals attack damage, reducing Nasus's Q damage potential. More importantly, Trundle's ultimate steals armor and magic resistance. Since Nasus relies on his ultimate's defensive stats to survive dives, Trundle turning that resistance against him is devastating. Trundle also creates a speed zone on his Frozen Domain, allowing him to kite Nasus or chase him down if Nasus tries to retreat. Trundle effectively strips Nasus of his tank identity.
• Azir: Azir's soldiers allow him to attack from a range Nasus cannot match. The real danger is Azir's ultimate, Emperor's Divide. If Nasus manages to close the gap, Azir knocks him back and creates a wall that Nasus cannot dash through. In Mayhem, Azir has the mana and cooldown resources to keep this wall up frequently. Nasus spends the fight running at Azir, getting knocked back, and taking damage the entire time without ever landing a Q.