Nasus Top, patch 16.11. Below you'll find Nasus's build, runes, toughest counters, strongest duos, and win conditions, every number measured from current-patch Emerald+ ranked games.
Nasus is an AD juggernaut in the top, and on patch 16.11 they grade out as a solid mid-tier pick — a 51.6% win rate, 3.0% pick rate, 35,170 ranked games sampled. On the power curve, Nasus is a scaling champion: comparatively weak early, but one of the strongest picks on the map once core items come online — so the plan is to survive the laning phase and take the game over late.
How Nasus wins: splitpushing a side lane and forcing the enemy to answer it, and winning the wave and turning push priority into map control. The kit grades 7/10 split-push, 7/10 waveclear. Nasus's soft spots are siege and disengage (3/10, 3/10) — avoid fights that hinge on them.
The most-played core build is Trinity Force, Frozen Heart, Spirit Visage, which holds a 57.2% win rate across 1,600 games this patch. Set the enemy team at the top of the page to see how the path shifts against that comp.
The matchup to respect is Jayce, where Nasus sits at just 42.2%, the lane swings the other way into Mel (59.1%), and on the team side, Nasus gains the most from a Aatrox (+11.8% pair win rate).
The build Nasus Top players run most on patch 16.11, shown with its live win rate. Choose the enemy team up top to tailor it to the comp you are facing.
Champions that beat Nasus Top the most this patch, anywhere on the enemy team. Top ban targets.
Who Nasus Top wants on the team: partners with the biggest positive swing on Nasus's win rate this patch.
Nasus is also played in these other roles this patch.
Take Nasus into the Team Builder to plan around every pick, or check the Tier List to see exactly where Nasus ranks this patch.