By GamGem ResearchLast updated 20 Aug 2026 · 00:00
Nasus
the Curator of the Sands
FighterTank
League of LegendsPatch 26.16TopRanked Solo/DuoEmerald+NA67,629 gamesSample data
Role snapshot (Top)
- 49.6%
- Win Rate
- 13.2%
- Pick Rate
- 2.2%
- Ban Rate
67,629
Games
High
Confidence
Matchup map (Top) — level 1–18
Conditional build matrix
| vs AP Burst | vs AD Assassins | vs Tanks | vs Sustain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mythic / Core |   |   |   |   |
| Core 2 |   |   |   |   |
| Core 3 |   |   |   |   |
| Boots |  |  |  | |
| Situational |   |   |   |  |
Popular build
31,109 games50.0%Win Rate
Flash
IgniteReliable build
22,318 games48.7%Win Rate
Flash
TeleportHigh observed win rate
8,115 games52.1%Win Rate
Flash
ExhaustRunes
Primary: Precision
Conqueror
Presence of Mind
Legend: Bloodline
Coup de Grace
Secondary: Sorcery
Nimbus Cloak
Absolute Focus
Shards
+9 Adaptive Force
+9 Adaptive Force
+10-180 Health (based on level)
Skill order
| Q | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
| E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
| R | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
Ability details
Soul Eater
Nasus drains his foe's spiritual energy, giving him bonus Life Steal.
Passive — never cast
Siphoning Strike
Nasus strikes his foe, dealing damage and increasing the power of his future Siphoning Strikes if he slays his target.
Cost 20 ManaCooldown 7.5/6.5/5.5/4.5/3.5sRange 255
Wither
Nasus ages an enemy champion, decelerating their Move Speed and Attack Speed over time.
Cost 80 ManaCooldown 15/14/13/12/11sRange 700
Spirit Fire
Nasus unleashes a spirit flame at a location, dealing damage and reducing the Armor of enemies who stand on it.
Cost 60/70/80/90/100 ManaCooldown 12sRange 650
Fury of the Sands
Nasus unleashes a mighty sandstorm that batters nearby enemies. While the storm rages, he gains increased Health, Attack Range, damages nearby enemies, has a reduced cooldown on Siphoning Strike, and gains bonus Armor and Magic Resistance.
Cost 100 ManaCooldown 120/100/80sRange 400
Scaling — level 1–18
NasusTop average
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Counter plan — how to beat Nasus
Avoid extended fights — its sustain grows with every trade it survives
Build percentage damage — flat penetration falls off against the stats it stacks
Punish the cooldown — Nasus is exposed while its rotation is down
Ward the flank — vision is what turns its best opening into a worse one
Respect the spike — Riot rates the kit 6/10, so a practised player gets more out of it than the average
ARAM performance
- 50.1%
- Win Rate ▲ 0.0%
- 4.1%
- Pick Rate ▼ 1.7%
- 0.7%
- Ban Rate ▲ 0.5%
- Damage dealt
- 108.9%
- Damage taken
- 103.2%
- Healing
- 106.5%
- Shielding
- 94.1%
- Ability Haste
- +11
Best ARAM build
Patch timeline
We hold the rates, not the balance log. What actually changed each patch is in Riot’s own notes.
- 26.16Live now+0.5
- 26.14Sample win rate across this patch-0.4
- 26.11Sample win rate across this patch-0.3
- 26.08Sample win rate across this patch+0.3
- 26.05Sample win rate across this patch-0.6
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Methodology
- Data window
- 512,340 games on patch 26.16, Ranked Solo/Duo, NA. Last refreshed 20 Aug 2026.
- Rank aggregation
- Emerald+ and above, pooled. Splitting further leaves samples too small to separate a real effect from noise.
- Role assignment
- A champion is filed under the lanes it actually plays, not the one class it belongs to — which is why several appear in two.
- Counters
- A matchup, not a tier gap: how this champion does into that one specifically, over that pairing’s own games.
- Minimum sample
- The confidence indicator beside every rate is driven by how much of the window this champion appears in. A low reading means read the figure loosely, not that it is wrong.
- Why a build is not a cause
- The best-scoring build is the one the best-placed players happened to take. Correlation is what a rate can show; it is not evidence that buying those items caused the wins.
- Where the numbers come from
- Names, classes, lanes, abilities, items and runes are Riot Data Dragon. Win, pick and ban rates are derived samples — Riot publishes none of them, and nothing on this page presents one as measured.