Nasus - League of Legends Champion
Win Rate
50.1%
Pick Rate
3.0%

NasusTop Build

BFighterTank
Patch26.11
Matches776,441
LaneAll Lanes
TierAll Tiers
Last UpdatedJun 7, 2026
MethodologyData Methodology
AuthorDakota Chinnick

The patch 26.11 Nasus top build uses Swiftmarch, Frozen Heart, Trinity Force, Thornmail, Dead Man's Plate, Jak'Sho, The Protean, Oracle Lens. This Nasus build has a 4.36% pick rate and a 55.51% win rate in LoL patch 26.11. Alternatively, check out some of the other ranked Nasus build choices below.

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Select a Nasus Build

Best WR
Highest Win Rate Build
  • Frozen Heart - Nasus Highest Win Rate Build core itemFrozen Heart
  • Trinity Force - Nasus Highest Win Rate Build core itemTrinity Force
  • Thornmail - Nasus Highest Win Rate Build core itemThornmail
Core Items
55.5%Win Rate
+5.4%WR Diff
4.4%Pick Rate
Most Played
Most Popular Build
  • Frozen Heart - Nasus Most Popular Build core itemFrozen Heart
  • Trinity Force - Nasus Most Popular Build core itemTrinity Force
  • Spirit Visage - Nasus Most Popular Build core itemSpirit Visage
Core Items
54.4%Win Rate
+4.2%WR Diff
5.9%Pick Rate
Alternative Build 1
  • Trinity Force - Nasus Alternative Build 1 core itemTrinity Force
  • Thornmail - Nasus Alternative Build 1 core itemThornmail
  • Spirit Visage - Nasus Alternative Build 1 core itemSpirit Visage
Core Items
50.3%Win Rate
+0.2%WR Diff
4.3%Pick Rate

Best Nasus Build - Highest Win Rate Items

Full Build

Early Build Order

Doran's Ring
Doran's Ring
Health Potionx2
Health Potion
Warden's Mail
Warden's Mail
Glacial Buckler
Glacial Buckler
Frozen Heart
Frozen Heart
Boots
Boots
Boots of Swiftness
Boots of Swiftness

Top Summoner Spells

  • TeleportGhost
    Teleport + Ghost
    56.6%Win Rate47.5%Pick Rate
  • FlashTeleport
    Flash + Teleport
    59.5%Win Rate15.1%Pick Rate

Build Stats

55.51%Win Rate
+5.36%WR Diff
4.36%Pick Rate
490Matches

This Nasus build focuses on a balanced mix of offense and defense. Build the core items first for your power spike, then adapt with situational items based on enemy team composition.

The core items for this Nasus build are Frozen Heart, Trinity Force and Thornmail. This item combination achieves a 55.5% win rate across 490 matches analyzed.

At full build, Nasus gains a total of 36 Attack Damage, 1183 Health, 250 Armor, 45 Magic Resist, giving a strong power profile for physical damage.

Best Nasus Runes

Precision primary rune treePrecision
  • Fleet Footwork
  • Presence of Mind
  • Legend: Haste
  • Last Stand
Resolve secondary rune treeResolve
  • Second Wind
  • Unflinching
  • Ability Haste
  • Health Scaling
  • Health Scaling
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Nasus Abilities

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Nasus build strength based on the items chosen in the build when compared to all builds across every champion. Strongest in: Physical Resistance, Health, Magic Resistance. Lower in: Magic Damage.

The most popular starting items for Nasus are Doran's Shield, Health Potion, Stealth Ward with a 56.5% win rate and 26.8% pick rate.

Doran's Shield
Doran's Shield
Health Potion
Health Potion
Stealth Ward
Stealth Ward
56.5%Win Rate
26.8%Pick Rate
Doran's Ring
Doran's Ring
Health Potionx2
Health Potion
69.0%Win Rate
5.9%Pick Rate
These are Nasus's essential core items that you should build in nearly every game. Frozen Heart (53.5% WR, +3.4% WR diff, 40.1% pick rate) provides 75 Armor, 400 Mana. Trinity Force (51.1% WR, +0.9% WR diff, 56.0% pick rate) provides 333 Health, 36 AD, 0.3% AS. Thornmail (52.9% WR, +2.8% WR diff, 24.5% pick rate) provides 75 Armor, 150 Health. Rush these items first to reach your power spike and maximize your impact.
Top situational items for Nasus include Dead Man's Plate, Jak'Sho, The Protean. These can be swapped out depending on the enemy composition and team needs.
The best boots for Nasus are Swiftmarch. Adjust based on enemy team comp.
The recommended trinket for Nasus is Oracle Lens for vision control and map awareness.

Combined statistics from all items in this Nasus build.

  • Total movement speedMovement Speed:65
  • Total armorArmor:250
  • Total manaMana:400
  • Total healthHealth:1183
  • Total attack damageAttack Damage:36
  • Total attack speedAttack Speed:30%
  • Total movement speedMovement Speed:4%
  • Total magic resistanceMagic Resistance:45

Build Comparison

Best WR
Most Played
Alt 1
Nasus movement speedSpeed
65
65
65
Nasus armorArmor
250
205
195
Nasus manaMana
400
400
400
Nasus healthHealth
1183
1233
1233
Nasus attack damageAD
36
36
36
Nasus attack speedAS
0.3%
0.3%
0.3%
Nasus movement speedSpeed
0.04%
0.04%
0%
Nasus magic resistanceMR
45
50
95
When facing Nasus's top counters like Sion, Urgot, Olaf, consider adjusting your situational items to increase survivability and match their damage output. If counter champions are building high damage, prioritize magic resistance items against AP threats in your situational item slots to reduce burst damage and improve trading potential. Focus on completing your core damage items before heavily investing in defensive situational items, as Nasus needs sufficient damage to remain a threat in counter matchups. Adapt your final build slots with items like Dead Man's Plate or Jak'Sho, The Protean based on which counter champions you're facing and their itemization patterns. Monitor enemy builds and adjust accordingly for optimal Nasus performance.
durable frontlinerFirst Power Spike2,500g~4 min

This Nasus durable frontliner build is optimized for players looking to maximize their impact in League of Legends. With a 55.5% win rate across 490 matches, this build has proven highly effective in the current meta. The build's key strengths include strong physical damage mitigation, substantial health pool for survivability. This tanky Nasus build works best when your team lacks frontline presence. You can absorb damage and create opportunities for your carries to deal damage. The armor in this build makes it effective against AD-heavy enemy compositions with champions like assassins or marksmen. With a total gold cost of 15,383, this Nasus build scales into the late game. Focus on farming efficiently and reaching your Frozen Heart, Trinity Force, Thornmail power spike before taking major fights. For optimal results with this Nasus build, focus on proper itemization timing, positioning in teamfights, and adapting your situational items based on the specific challenges each game presents.

Strengths

  • Strong physical damage mitigation
  • Substantial health pool for survivability

See Also

Nasus OverviewNasus RunesNasus CountersAll Items