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Aatrox vs Nasus

Aatrox
vs
50.8%

over 909 games

Nasus
Analyze a draft with Aatrox

Skill matchup

Split pushHeavy AD damageVery tankySustained DPS

Build vs Nasus

Build adapted to this matchup

Recommended items for Aatrox: Eclipse, Black Cleaver, Death's Dance, Plated Steelcaps, Spear of Shojin, Sundered Sky, Voltaic Cyclosword, Executioner's Calling.

Starting items

Doran's Blade
Health Potion

Core build

Eclipse
1
Black Cleaver
2
Death's Dance
3

Standard

Boots of Swiftness
4vs Slow
Spear of Shojin
5

Summoner spells

FlashDot86%
FlashTeleport12%

Anti CC

Mercury's Treads
4vs CC

Other options

Spear of Shojin
Sundered Sky
Voltaic Cyclosword
Executioner's Calling
Serylda's Grudge
Sterak's Gage
Endless Hunger
Maw of Malmortius
Hubris
Mortal Reminder
Bastionbreaker
Chempunk Chainsword
Serpent's Fang
Stridebreaker
Guardian Angel
Spirit Visage
Profane Hydra
Bramble Vest
Serrated Dirk
Lord Dominik's Regards
Quicksilver Sash
Randuin's Omen
B. F. Sword
Edge of Night
Thornmail
Youmuu's Ghostblade
Kaenic Rookern
72.1% WR61 games
PrecisionPrecision
ConquerorConqueror
TriumphTriumph
Legend: HasteLegend: Haste
Last StandLast Stand
ResolveResolve
RevitalizeRevitalize
Bone PlatingBone Plating
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling

Power Spikes

Strength by game phase

Nasus's abilities

Passive, spells and ultimate

Soul Eater (P)

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

Cooldowns

Cooldowns by spell rank

LevelQWER
37.5s15s12s–
65.5s15s12s2m
93.5s14s12s2m
113.5s13s12s1m40
163.5s11s12s1m20
183.5s11s12s1m20

Playing as Aatrox

Tips to maximize your impact

  1. Hit with the edge of your blade

    Land the edge of The Darkin Blade (Q): enemies hit by the edge take a short knock-up and more damage, so Umbral Dash (E) heals you for more.

  2. Reposition your blade with your dash

    Cast Umbral Dash (E) during The Darkin Blade (Q) to put the edge on your target: the dash doesn't interrupt your other spells.

  3. Trap your target with your chains

    Cast Infernal Chains (W) when the target can't leave the zone, against a wall or in a chokepoint: if they stay inside, they get pulled back to the impact point.

  4. Transform before the teamfight

    Cast World Ender (R) before you engage, not in the middle of the teamfight: you instantly gain AD, increased healing and move speed.

Playing against Nasus

How to counter and exploit weaknesses

  1. Deny his farm early

    Early on, take a trade whenever he steps up to last-hit a minion: each kill with Siphoning Strike (Q) increases its damage for the whole game.

  2. Freeze near your tower

    Freeze the wave near your tower: to farm with Siphoning Strike (Q), he then has to step up and expose himself to ganks.

  3. Wait out his storm

    Once he hits level 6, don't engage during Fury of the Sands (R): for 15 seconds, he gains health and resistances, and his area damage scales with your max health.

  4. Hit him while backing off

    In teamfights, if you're ranged, hit him while backing off: he has no dash, only Wither (W), a slow that grows stronger over time.

Other Aatrox matchups

Patch 16.21.1