Ornn vs Nasus

Ornn
vs
52.1%

over 608 games

Nasus

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

Recommended items for Ornn: Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, Jak'Sho, The Protean, Plated Steelcaps, Unending Despair, Bramble Vest, Kaenic Rookern, Frozen Heart.

Starting items

Doran's Shield
Health Potion

Core build

Sunfire Aegis
1
Thornmail
2
Jak'Sho, The Protean
3

Standard

Boots of Swiftness
4vs Slow
Unending Despair
5

Summoner spells

FlashTeleport71%
FlashDot26%

Anti CC

Mercury's Treads
4vs CC

Other options

Unending Despair
Bramble Vest
Kaenic Rookern
Frozen Heart
Hollow Radiance
Randuin's Omen
Heartsteel
Protoplasm Harness
Knight's Vow
Iceborn Gauntlet
Fimbulwinter
Zeke's Convergence
Force of Nature
Abyssal Mask
Tear of the Goddess
Executioner's Calling
Dead Man's Plate
Spirit Visage
Locket of the Iron Solari
Warmog's Armor
Oblivion Orb
Bandlepipes
46.7% WR30 games
ResolveResolve
Grasp of the UndyingGrasp of the Undying
DemolishDemolish
Bone PlatingBone Plating
OvergrowthOvergrowth
InspirationInspiration
Magical FootwearMagical Footwear
Biscuit DeliveryBiscuit Delivery
Attack SpeedHealth ScalingHealth 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 Ornn

Tips to maximize your impact

  1. Pillar, then Searing Charge into it

    Cast Volcanic Rupture (Q) behind your target, then Searing Charge (E) into the pillar: when you hit that terrain, enemies around you take a knock-up.

  2. Bellows Breath before your trade

    Cast Bellows Breath (W) before your trade: nothing stops you during the breath, and the final burst of flame makes the target brittle, so your next auto knocks them back.

  3. Send your elemental back

    Recast Call of the Forge God (R) to ram the elemental: redirected, it knocks the first champion it hits into the air, then the next ones, and makes them brittle again.

  4. Forge your allies' masterworks

    Create masterwork items for your allies as soon as you can: Living Forge (passive) upgrades their items too, not just yours.

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