Kayle vs Nasus

Kayle

48.5%

over 1195 games

Nasus

Analyze a draft with Kayle

Skill matchup

Split pushHeavy AD damageVery tankySustained DPS

You are stronger late game. Farm safe and avoid early trades.

Build vs Nasus

Build adapted to this matchup

Starting items

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Core build

1—

2—

3—

Standard

4vs Slow

5—

Summoner spells

50%

26%

Anti CC

4vs CC

Other options

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61.5% WR265 games

Precision

Press the Attack

Absorb Life

Legend: Alacrity

Last Stand

Sorcery

Celerity

Gathering Storm

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

Level	Q	W	E	R
3	7.5s	15s	12s	–
6	5.5s	15s	12s	2m
9	3.5s	14s	12s	2m
11	3.5s	13s	12s	1m40
16	3.5s	11s	12s	1m20
18	3.5s	11s	12s	1m20

Playing as Kayle

Tips to maximize your impact

Play safe early
Play safe early on: Divine Ascent (passive) empowers your autos with each level, adding range, speed and waves of fire.
Save your W for ganks
Save Celestial Blessing (W) to escape a gank or hold your lane: it heals you and an ally, and gives you both move speed.
Push once you get fire waves
Push the wave as soon as you unlock your waves of fire: Divine Ascent (passive) adds them to your autos, and minions go down much faster.
Ult the ally they're focusing
Cast Divine Judgment (R) on the ally being focused, at the last moment: they become invulnerable, then the area around them damages enemies.

Playing against Nasus

How to counter and exploit weaknesses

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.
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.
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.
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 Kayle matchups

Patch 16.21.1