Taliyah vs Nasus Counter Pick

Nasus is made for drawn-out fights. Siphoning Strike keeps gaining strength with every kill, Soul Eater gives him free life steal, and Fury of the Sands piles extra health and attack range onto a body that reaches 2,418 health and 113.9 armour by level 18. Across 123 games on patch 16.13.1, Taliyah still posts a 56.1% win rate and is rated Easy difficulty.

Much of her appeal comes from her damage type. Threaded Volley deals magic damage and is cast from 525 range, so his armour scaling does little against it, and she never needs to stand inside Spirit Fire to land it. Wither is the ability that wins most skirmishes: it slows the target and weakens their attack speed over time, and it lands on a champion who already moves at 330 while Nasus runs at 350. The real execution skill is holding Seismic Shove until Wither has been used, instead of firing it the moment it comes off cooldown. Taliyah scores 5 out of 10 for difficulty, Nasus 6.

Unraveled Earth supplies the second layer. Its mines stun anything knocked through them, and Seismic Shove can provide that knock, so a Nasus advancing with 67 base attack damage can be halted without spending a summoner spell. She can’t afford a wasted cooldown, since at 550 base health and 18 base armour, two empowered strikes are enough to finish her. His scaling is broken down on the Nasus champion page.