Nasusvs Katarina
Nasus vs Katarina is a decisive matchup in LoL patch 26.14. Nasus wins with a 60.0% win rate (+20.0%) over Katarina based on 5 games. Nasus holds the advantage in both the early and late game. Below you'll find the best Nasus build, runes, laning stats, and strategies for the Nasus vs Katarina matchup.
Nasus Matchup Breakdown
Use the dropdown to select an opponent and see a detailed breakdown of how Nasus performs against them. You'll get head-to-head win rates, laning stats, the best build and runes for the matchup, and early vs late game analysis — all based on real ranked data.
Who Wins the Nasus vs Katarina Matchup?
Nasus vs Katarina Matchup Summary
The Nasus vs Katarina matchup is a decisive matchup in League of Legends ranked play. Based on 5 recent matches analyzed, Nasus wins with a 60.0% win rate compared to Katarina's 40.0%, giving Nasus a 20.0 percentage point advantage. Nasus dominates at every stage — from early laning through late game team fights. This consistent advantage makes it difficult for Katarina players to find favorable windows, so team-dependent strategies and avoiding solo confrontations are essential. The most significant statistical gap is in crowd control, where Nasus leads by 0.6s CC/min — a difference that heavily influences the outcome of trades and skirmishes. Nasus players can confidently pick into Katarina and play aggressively from level 1. Look to establish lane dominance early through favorable trades and zone Katarina away from CS whenever possible. Understanding these matchup dynamics is essential for champion select decisions and in-game strategy when facing this lane opponent.
Nasus vs Katarina Laning Phase Breakdown
Nasus is favored during the laning phase against Katarina, winning 4 out of 5 key stat categories. Nasus holds advantages in farming, gold income, crowd control and sustain, making them the stronger laner in this matchup.
Best Nasus Build Against Katarina
Chainlaced Crushers is the optimal boots choice against Katarina, providing the mobility and stats Nasus needs most in this matchup. The top-performing core items for Nasus against Katarina are Sundered Sky, Frozen Heart and Trinity Force. This combination gives Nasus an effective balance of damage, survivability, and utility for the matchup. Adjustments may be needed based on team compositions and game state, but this build provides the strongest foundation for the Nasus vs Katarina matchup.
Early Game vs Late Game
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Katarina0.0%Nasus50.0%Katarina50.0%Nasus dominates the early game (first 15 minutes) with a commanding 100.0% win rate — a 100.0 percentage point lead over Katarina. This lopsided early game means Nasus can dictate the pace of the lane from level 1, controlling trades, wave state, and river priority.
Late game (25+ minutes) is equally balanced, with Nasus at 50.0% win rate — only 0.0 points ahead of Katarina. Team fight execution and macro play determine the winner at this stage, not champion matchup advantage.
Nasus holds the advantage at every stage of the game, making this a consistently favorable matchup from lane through late game team fights. Katarina players should look for outplays, team-dependent strategies, and picks rather than relying on scaling to win this matchup.
Best Nasus Runes Against Katarina
Precision
Resolve
Running Precision primary with Resolve secondary allows Nasus to press their advantage against Katarina, amplifying the strengths that make this a favorable matchup.
Nasus matchup data for League of Legends patch 26.14. The table below shows Nasus's win rate, gold difference, and performance stats against every champion in the current meta. Click any champion name to see a detailed head-to-head breakdown including the best Nasus build, runes, laning stats, and early vs late game analysis for that specific matchup.
Opponent | Win Rate | Matches | CS/min | DMG/min | Gold/game | Early WR | Late WR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 47.89% | 142 | 1.3 | 723 | 11,718 | 45.5% | 49.4% | |
| 45.32% | 139 | 5.4 | 739 | 10,529 | 38.6% | 50.0% | |
| 44.35% | 124 | 6.4 | 710 | 11,562 | 52.3% | 40.0% | |
| 52.54% | 118 | 1.6 | 703 | 11,592 | 44.2% | 59.1% | |
| 47.75% | 111 | 1.7 | 642 | 11,170 | 50.0% | 46.1% | |
| 49.54% | 109 | 1.1 | 647 | 11,140 | 46.0% | 52.5% | |
| 47.22% | 108 | 1.3 | 693 | 12,148 | 43.2% | 49.3% | |
| 49.02% | 102 | 1.2 | 717 | 12,129 | 47.2% | 50.0% | |
| 49.47% | 95 | 1.2 | 588 | 11,310 | 38.5% | 57.1% | |
| 51.61% | 93 | 5.7 | 667 | 11,639 | 48.1% | 53.0% | |
| 54.35% | 92 | 5.8 | 832 | 11,203 | 50.0% | 58.0% | |
| 48.91% | 92 | 2.3 | 769 | 12,002 | 37.8% | 56.4% | |
| 59.78% | 92 | 1.3 | 768 | 12,186 | 51.5% | 64.4% | |
| 44.44% | 90 | 5.5 | 754 | 10,726 | 48.6% | 41.8% | |
| 54.55% | 88 | 6.3 | 768 | 11,482 | 48.6% | 58.8% | |
| 41.38% | 87 | 3.7 | 666 | 11,458 | 39.4% | 42.6% | |
| 58.33% | 72 | 1.1 | 658 | 12,756 | 45.0% | 63.5% | |
| 41.43% | 70 | 1.1 | 727 | 11,804 | 64.3% | 26.2% | |
| 50.00% | 70 | 4.3 | 700 | 10,780 | 48.4% | 51.3% | |
| 50.72% | 69 | 5.8 | 1,161 | 12,543 | 57.9% | 48.0% | |
| 53.85% | 65 | 5.4 | 775 | 12,598 | 58.3% | 51.2% | |
| 53.13% | 64 | 3.5 | 750 | 11,577 | 46.4% | 58.3% | |
| 45.45% | 55 | 1.3 | 643 | 11,553 | 61.1% | 37.8% | |
| 55.56% | 54 | 4.4 | 788 | 12,371 | 63.2% | 51.4% | |
| 49.06% | 53 | 1.5 | 738 | 12,521 | 52.9% | 47.2% | |
| 48.08% | 52 | 6.1 | 678 | 11,263 | 63.2% | 39.4% | |
| 55.77% | 52 | 1.9 | 728 | 11,537 | 56.5% | 55.2% | |
| 54.90% | 51 | 7.1 | 876 | 13,020 | 60.0% | 51.6% | |
| 58.82% | 51 | 1.1 | 701 | 12,390 | 60.0% | 58.1% | |
| 46.00% | 50 | 5.3 | 675 | 9,796 | 42.3% | 50.0% | |
| 38.78% | 49 | 1.5 | 754 | 12,566 | 43.8% | 36.4% | |
| 52.08% | 48 | 6.2 | 678 | 10,417 | 52.4% | 51.9% | |
| 70.83% | 48 | 1.8 | 794 | 12,184 | 68.8% | 71.9% | |
| 54.17% | 48 | 5.3 | 797 | 11,177 | 52.2% | 56.0% | |
| 52.08% | 48 | 1.3 | 728 | 11,720 | 44.4% | 56.7% | |
| 56.25% | 48 | 1.4 | 764 | 13,306 | 50.0% | 58.8% | |
| 54.35% | 46 | 4.8 | 764 | 11,189 | 44.4% | 60.7% | |
| 44.44% | 45 | 5.9 | 991 | 10,926 | 44.4% | 44.4% | |
| 53.49% | 43 | 6.3 | 691 | 11,431 | 69.2% | 46.7% | |
| 45.24% | 42 | 4.9 | 693 | 10,419 | 45.0% | 45.5% | |
| 48.78% | 41 | 5.2 | 722 | 11,678 | 47.4% | 50.0% | |
| 56.10% | 41 | 6.0 | 623 | 10,641 | 57.9% | 54.5% | |
| 50.00% | 40 | 1.8 | 735 | 12,182 | 52.4% | 47.4% | |
| 48.72% | 39 | 1.6 | 707 | 12,296 | 50.0% | 48.1% | |
| 56.41% | 39 | 4.8 | 759 | 11,779 | 45.5% | 60.7% | |
| 44.74% | 38 | 6.1 | 787 | 12,194 | 46.7% | 43.5% | |
| 63.16% | 38 | 5.2 | 659 | 11,336 | 68.4% | 57.9% | |
| 44.74% | 38 | 6.0 | 738 | 10,095 | 55.6% | 35.0% | |
| 70.27% | 37 | 6.3 | 783 | 11,208 | 80.0% | 63.6% | |
| 55.56% | 36 | 1.4 | 679 | 10,680 | 53.3% | 57.1% | |
| 44.44% | 36 | 1.2 | 696 | 11,017 | 35.7% | 50.0% | |
| 63.89% | 36 | 6.5 | 743 | 13,307 | 62.5% | 64.3% | |
| 54.29% | 35 | 3.5 | 700 | 11,754 | 53.3% | 55.0% | |
| 58.82% | 34 | 1.0 | 657 | 12,285 | 41.7% | 68.2% | |
| 48.48% | 33 | 7.0 | 723 | 12,128 | 63.6% | 40.9% | |
| 65.63% | 32 | 1.2 | 752 | 13,017 | 72.7% | 61.9% | |
| 62.50% | 32 | 6.7 | 781 | 10,493 | 72.2% | 50.0% | |
| 58.06% | 31 | 6.1 | 736 | 11,291 | 53.9% | 61.1% | |
| 70.97% | 31 | 4.9 | 938 | 11,950 | 61.5% | 77.8% | |
| 61.29% | 31 | 5.2 | 664 | 11,295 | 72.7% | 55.0% | |
| 48.39% | 31 | 6.0 | 827 | 11,013 | 46.1% | 50.0% | |
| 48.39% | 31 | 1.2 | 650 | 12,571 | 46.1% | 50.0% | |
| 53.33% | 30 | 1.9 | 749 | 12,300 | 63.6% | 47.4% | |
| 46.67% | 30 | 1.4 | 779 | 12,480 | 54.5% | 42.1% | |
| 64.29% | 28 | 2.6 | 745 | 13,856 | 66.7% | 62.5% | |
| 60.71% | 28 | 2.4 | 624 | 11,407 | 66.7% | 56.3% | |
| 53.57% | 28 | 6.6 | 792 | 12,087 | 44.4% | 57.9% | |
| 55.56% | 27 | 5.1 | 681 | 10,958 | 55.6% | 55.6% | |
| 59.26% | 27 | 6.1 | 783 | 12,314 | 81.8% | 43.8% | |
| 69.23% | 26 | 1.9 | 716 | 12,219 | 70.0% | 68.8% | |
| 73.08% | 26 | 5.5 | 811 | 12,338 | 85.7% | 68.4% | |
| 26.92% | 26 | 4.3 | 657 | 10,925 | 9.1% | 40.0% | |
| 66.67% | 24 | 1.1 | 530 | 11,739 | 66.7% | 66.7% | |
| 56.52% | 23 | 1.5 | 775 | 13,496 | 42.9% | 62.5% | |
| 69.57% | 23 | 6.1 | 769 | 10,225 | 66.7% | 71.4% | |
| 38.10% | 21 | 1.3 | 646 | 11,069 | 55.6% | 25.0% | |
| 55.56% | 18 | 5.1 | 731 | 13,110 | 75.0% | 50.0% | |
| 61.11% | 18 | 4.8 | 640 | 11,558 | 75.0% | 50.0% | |
| 43.75% | 16 | 1.5 | 667 | 12,788 | 0.0% | 53.9% | |
| 25.00% | 16 | 1.0 | 517 | 8,572 | 30.0% | 16.7% | |
| 60.00% | 15 | 2.9 | 666 | 11,244 | 57.1% | 62.5% | |
| 40.00% | 15 | 5.9 | 690 | 10,020 | 42.9% | 37.5% | |
| 57.14% | 14 | 6.1 | 929 | 13,866 | 100.0% | 53.9% | |
| 61.54% | 13 | 1.5 | 738 | 13,581 | 33.3% | 70.0% | |
| 30.77% | 13 | 6.2 | 690 | 12,712 | 33.3% | 30.0% | |
| 69.23% | 13 | 5.9 | 781 | 11,564 | 80.0% | 62.5% | |
| 66.67% | 12 | 2.0 | 816 | 13,327 | 50.0% | 75.0% | |
| 54.55% | 11 | 1.5 | 634 | 9,959 | 50.0% | 66.7% | |
| 70.00% | 10 | 6.4 | 1,000 | 12,296 | 80.0% | 60.0% | |
| 30.00% | 10 | 6.1 | 792 | 13,320 | 66.7% | 14.3% | |
| 50.00% | 10 | 6.6 | 636 | 11,620 | 50.0% | 50.0% | |
| 30.00% | 10 | 5.4 | 496 | 8,810 | 16.7% | 50.0% | |
| 66.67% | 9 | 1.7 | 750 | 13,786 | 100.0% | 57.1% | |
| 55.56% | 9 | 1.7 | 693 | 12,922 | 33.3% | 66.7% | |
| 42.86% | 7 | 6.2 | 667 | 12,724 | 100.0% | 33.3% | |
| 57.14% | 7 | 5.3 | 543 | 8,354 | 25.0% | 100.0% | |
| 14.29% | 7 | 6.3 | 532 | 10,148 | 0.0% | 33.3% | |
| 16.67% | 6 | 2.5 | 528 | 10,496 | 33.3% | 0.0% | |
| 66.67% | 6 | 6.0 | 711 | 10,821 | 100.0% | 60.0% | |
| 50.00% | 6 | 7.0 | 429 | 9,082 | 50.0% | 50.0% | |
| 40.00% | 5 | 6.1 | 803 | 9,814 | 50.0% | 33.3% | |
| 60.00% | 5 | 6.3 | 539 | 8,953 | 50.0% | 66.7% | |
| 60.00% | 5 | 4.7 | 580 | 11,407 | 0.0% | 60.0% | |
| 60.00% | 5 | 6.3 | 798 | 12,058 | 50.0% | 66.7% | |
| 40.00% | 5 | 3.6 | 759 | 14,285 | 0.0% | 40.0% | |
| 40.00% | 5 | 4.4 | 899 | 10,284 | 0.0% | 66.7% | |
| 60.00% | 5 | 6.4 | 814 | 16,147 | 100.0% | 50.0% | |
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Nasus vs Katarina - Frequently Asked Questions
How does Nasus do against Katarina in League of Legends?
Nasus wins the Nasus vs Katarina matchup with a 60.0% win rate compared to Katarina's 40.0%, a 20.0 percentage point difference. This data is based on 5 recent ranked games in patch 26.14.
How does Nasus do against Katarina in the early game?
In the early game, Nasus has the advantage against Katarina with a 100.0% win rate versus 0.0%. Nasus players should look to press their lane advantage through aggressive trades and wave control during the first 15 minutes.
How does Nasus do against Katarina in the late game?
In the late game, Nasus takes over the Nasus vs Katarina matchup with a 50.0% win rate compared to 50.0%. Nasus scales better into team fights and objective contests after 25 minutes.
Who wins the Nasus vs Katarina matchup?
Nasus wins the matchup against Katarina with a 60.0% win rate in League of Legends patch 26.14. The 20.0 percentage point advantage means Nasus is significantly favored in this lane matchup based on 5 games analyzed.
What is the best Nasus build against Katarina?
The best Nasus build against Katarina includes Sundered Sky, Frozen Heart, Trinity Force with Chainlaced Crushers. Check the matchup breakdown above for the full item path and build order.
What are the best Nasus runes against Katarina?
The best Nasus runes against Katarina use the Precision primary tree with Resolve secondary. This rune setup achieves a 0.0% win rate in the Nasus vs Katarina matchup. See the full rune breakdown in the matchup comparison above.
Does Nasus counter Katarina?
Yes, Nasus has a favorable matchup against Katarina with a 60.0% win rate. Nasus strongly counters Katarina in lane based on current patch 26.14 data.
How do I play Nasus against Katarina?
When playing Nasus against Katarina, leverage your statistical advantages by trading aggressively during favorable windows. You have early game priority — look for kills and zone control before first recall. Build the recommended items and runes for this specific matchup for the best results.