Anivia vs Nasus

Anivia
vs
56.7%

over 379 games

Nasus

Favorable matchup

Split pushHeavy AD damageVery tankySustained DPS

Build vs Nasus

Build adapted to this matchup

Recommended items for Anivia: Tear of the Goddess, Rod of Ages, Seraph's Embrace, Boots of Swiftness, Liandry's Torment, Malignance, Oblivion Orb, Zhonya's Hourglass.

Starting items

Doran's Ring
Health Potion
x2

Core build

Tear of the Goddess
1
Rod of Ages
2
Seraph's Embrace
3

Standard

Boots of Swiftness
4vs Slow
Liandry's Torment
5

Summoner spells

FlashTeleport63%
FlashDot29%

Anti CC

Mercury's Treads
4vs CC

Other options

Liandry's Torment
Malignance
Oblivion Orb
Zhonya's Hourglass
Bloodletter's Curse
Dark Seal
Seeker's Armguard
Morellonomicon
Void Staff
Rabadon's Deathcap
Mejai's Soulstealer
Cryptbloom
Archangel's Staff
Blackfire Torch
Rylai's Crystal Scepter
Fimbulwinter
Hextech Rocketbelt
59.6% WR57 games
SorcerySorcery
Deathfire TouchDeathfire Touch
Manaflow BandManaflow Band
TranscendenceTranscendence
ScorchScorch
PrecisionPrecision
Presence of MindPresence of Mind
Cut DownCut Down
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth

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 Anivia

Tips to maximize your impact

  1. Detonate your ice on the target

    Recast Flash Frost (Q) when the orb reaches your target: it explodes at once and stuns, without waiting for the end of its range.

  2. Frostbite a chilled target

    Cast Frostbite (E) right after Flash Frost (Q), or inside a fully formed Glacial Storm (R): against a chilled target, its damage doubles.

  3. Cut off the escape with your wall

    Place Crystallize (W) behind a fleeing enemy: the ice wall blocks the path before it melts.

  4. Play aggressively while your egg is up

    Play more aggressively when Rebirth (passive) is available: instead of dying, you turn into an egg, and if it isn't destroyed, you come back at full health.

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.

Patch 16.21.1