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Pre-game counter finder · patch 16.17.1

Nasus counters for every team role

Compare one useful response from each role. These are composition ideas, not claims that every option lanes directly against Nasus.

Top selectedNo win prediction
Build the comparisonChoose the opponent, then choose where they are playingThe role keeps lane answers separate from broad team responses.

Nasus and Top are selected.

Optional allied-draft check

What would this counter pick add to your team?

Add up to four already locked allies. The shortlist keeps its matchup order; each card only explains whether its candidate adds physical, magic, mixed or variable damage.

Set allied draft

Add the champions already locked on your side.

Two different questions:“Can this champion answer the lane?” comes from the reviewed matchup. “What damage profile does this pick add?” comes from the locked allied draft.

Opponent profile

Plan the draft around Nasus

the Curator of the Sands

Riot classes
Fighter / Tank
Reviewed roles
Top / Jungle / Mid
Solo-lane check
Compare trading range, wave control and side-lane safety.

Composition answers

Five roles that can answer Nasus

Patch 16.17.1

Team answers, not lane counters. Each card represents a broad way for the composition to respond. Timing windows are broad kit guidance rather than match statistics. Team composition, player comfort and patch changes still matter.

Why it can workThe champion interaction to recognise before locking in.When it mattersA broad early, mid or late-game window, not a live prediction.What to buildA preview only; open the exact guide for the full purchase order.
OptionUnranked
Top team answer

Fiora

Top option into Nasus

Mostly physical damage · add allies to compare team balance
Why this can workPressure durable front lines

Percent-health pressure and side-lane threat are useful styles to review into a durable opponent.

Best windowMid game

The clearest window is around first completed items, roams and isolated targets before every fight becomes fully grouped.

Fighter baselinePreview, not the complete purchase order
Ravenous Hydra
Plated Steelcaps
Trinity Force
OptionUnranked
Jungle team answer

Kindred

Jungle option into Nasus

Mostly physical damage · add allies to compare team balance
Why this can workContest from range

Range and early mark pressure can challenge a slower front-line jungle route.

Best windowMid to late

Item completion improves sustained damage, but the lane still depends on support pairing and safe positioning.

Reviewed opening corePreview, not the complete purchase order
Kraken Slayer
Plated Steelcaps
The Collector
OptionUnranked
Mid team answer

Annie

Mid option into Nasus

Mostly magic damage · add allies to compare team balance
Why this can workReliable short-range punish

Simple control gives the lane a clear answer when a carry steps into range.

Best windowMid to late

Control and protection become clearer once teams group around objectives and carries need a front line.

Mage baselinePreview, not the complete purchase order
Malignance
Sorcerer's Shoes
Hextech Rocketbelt
OptionUnranked
Bot team answer

Ashe

Bot option into Nasus

Mostly physical damage · add allies to compare team balance
Why this can workControl spacing and engages

Persistent slows and a clear engage tool remain useful against most marksman patterns.

Best windowAll-round

The kit can contribute through lane, first objectives and later grouped fights without relying on one narrow power window.

Marksman baselinePreview, not the complete purchase order
Hexoptics C44
Berserker's Greaves
Phantom Dancer
OptionUnranked
Support team answer

Morgana

Support option into Nasus

Mostly magic damage · add allies to compare team balance
Why this can workBlock the first control

Black Shield can deny a decisive crowd-control chain and punish an overcommitted engage.

Best windowMid to late

Control and protection become clearer once teams group around objectives and carries need a front line.

Poke support baselinePreview, not the complete purchase order
Zaz'Zak's Realmspike
Liandry's Torment
Ionian Boots of Lucidity

Before you lock in

Turn the shortlist into a safe champion-select decision

Four checks
1
Check your assigned role

Use the lane you were given. A good Support answer is not automatically a good Mid or Bot pick.

2
Include the full team

Check whether your team still has reliable damage, protection, engage and a workable lane plan after the pick.

3
Choose a champion you can play

A familiar option with a clear plan is usually more useful than forcing the first unfamiliar name in a shortlist.

4
Open the exact guide

Read the ability interaction and complete purchase order before following the three-item preview.

Counter questions

Nasus counter guide FAQ

4 answers
1What can a full team pick into Nasus?

Start with the explained interactions rather than the first name alone. Compare Fiora, Kindred, Annie, then check comfort, role assignment and the complete team before locking in.

2Are these Nasus counter win rates?

No. VRC.LOL presents pre-game learning options and reviewed kit interactions. The order is not a live win prediction, unofficial rating or promise that one champion will win the lane.

3Does the suggested build change for the matchup?

Each card previews the relevant build route. Open the full matchup guide for queue-aware opening items, the completed-item order and manually selected situational alternatives.

4What if Nasus is playing an unusual role?

Choose the role actually assigned in champion select. An unusual role changes income, lane partners and map responsibilities, so a standard-role list should not be relabelled as exact evidence.