Sett vs Nasus

Sett
vs
49.5%

over 689 games

Nasus

Skill matchup

Split pushHeavy AD damageVery tankySustained DPS

Build vs Nasus

Build adapted to this matchup

Recommended items for Sett: Stridebreaker, Black Cleaver, Overlord's Bloodmail, Plated Steelcaps, Sterak's Gage, Blade of The Ruined King, Spear of Shojin, Bramble Vest.

Starting items

Doran's Blade
Health Potion

Core build

Stridebreaker
1
Black Cleaver
2
Overlord's Bloodmail
3

Standard

Boots of Swiftness
4vs Slow
Sterak's Gage
5

Summoner spells

FlashDot90%
FlashTeleport6%

Anti CC

Mercury's Treads
4vs CC

Other options

Sterak's Gage
Blade of The Ruined King
Spear of Shojin
Bramble Vest
Executioner's Calling
Warmog's Armor
Hullbreaker
Heartsteel
Tiamat
Thornmail
Titanic Hydra
Death's Dance
Chempunk Chainsword
Trinity Force
Force of Nature
Randuin's Omen
Kaenic Rookern
Jak'Sho, The Protean
Mercurial Scimitar
Dead Man's Plate
Serpent's Fang
65.5% WR142 games
PrecisionPrecision
ConquerorConqueror
TriumphTriumph
Legend: AlacrityLegend: Alacrity
Last StandLast Stand
ResolveResolve
UnflinchingUnflinching
Second WindSecond Wind
Attack SpeedAdaptive 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 Sett

Tips to maximize your impact

  1. Start trades with Knuckle Down

    Start your trades with Knuckle Down (Q): you rush toward your target, and your next two autos deal bonus damage based on their max health.

  2. Haymaker after taking damage

    Cast Haymaker (W) right after taking damage: the stored Grit gives you a shield and extra damage, dealt as true damage in the center of the punch.

  3. Don't back too early

    Don't back too early at low health: Pit Grit (passive) increases your health regen based on your missing health.

  4. Stand between two enemies

    Stand between two enemies before Facebreaker (E): grabbed from both sides, they're stunned, otherwise only slowed.

  5. Slam their tank onto their carries

    Grab their tank with The Show Stopper (R) and slam them onto their carries: the damage around the impact depends on the bonus health of the target you grab.

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