PASSIVE Soul Eater
Gains bonus physical vamp.
Nasus Wild Rift champion guide
Champion guide
What the Rift Lab holds on this champion: the kit as Riot publishes it, the build the lab reviewed, and the matchups it has documented. Anything the dataset does not record is left out rather than filled in.
- In-game title
- the Curator of the Sands
- Official role
- FIGHTER, TANK
- Lane
- Baron / Top
- Difficulty
- Low
- Source tier
- A
Abilities
Riot's own text for each slot, in the order the champion learns them.
1 Siphoning Strike
Nasus strikes his foe, dealing damage and increasing the power of his future Siphoning Strikes if he slays his target.
2 Wither
Nasus ages an enemy champion, decelerating their Movement and Attack Speeds over time.
3 Spirit Fire
Nasus unleashes a spirit flame at a location, dealing damage and reducing the Armor of enemies who stand on it.
ULTIMATE Fury of the Sands
Nasus unleashes a mighty sandstorm that batters nearby enemies. While the storm rages, he gains increased Health, Attack Range, damages nearby enemies, has a reduced cooldown on Siphoning Strike, and gains bonus Armor and Magic Resistance for the duration.
Reviewed build
The reviewed purchase order and rune page for this champion. Every entry that has a page of its own is linked to it; an item the catalogue holds no page for is printed as a name rather than pointed at a page that does not exist.
Core build order
Runes
- Fleet Footwork
- Demolish
- Second Wind
- Perseverance
- Transcendence
Situational answers
One slot, changed when the enemy team changes the problem. These are answers, not automatic purchases.
- Enemy healingThornmail
- Enemy shieldsSerpent's Fang
- Enemy burstBone Plating
Matchups
- 5reviewed counter links
- 5reviewed synergy links
Harder matchups
Useful alongside this pick
Ability text and the in-game title follow Riot's official Wild Rift champion pages. The tier letter is the external snapshot shown on the tier list, and the build is the Nexus reviewed snapshot — neither is a win rate.
Quick answers
Who counters Nasus in Wild Rift?
In the matchup data documented in Rift Lab, these are the harder matchups for Nasus: Vayne (Dragon / ADC), Gwen (Baron / Top), Fiora (Baron / Top), Kennen (Baron / Top), Teemo (Baron / Top). This is a documented matchup list, not a win rate: TheNexus does not publish win-rate or pick-rate figures it cannot source.
How do you play against Nasus in Wild Rift?
Riot's ability text for Nasus contains none of the crowd-control, dash, shield or healing wording we match on. Read the ability descriptions on this page before the first trade.
What is the best build for Nasus in Wild Rift?
The Nexus-reviewed core build for Nasus, in purchase order: Trinity Force then Sundered Sky then Serylda's Grudge then Ionian Boots of Lucidity. Runes: Fleet Footwork, Demolish, Second Wind, Perseverance, Transcendence. Situational swaps: against enemy healing: Thornmail; against enemy shields: Serpent's Fang; against enemy burst: Bone Plating. This is a reviewed snapshot (patch 7.2b), not a build ranked by win rate.
Which lane and role does Nasus play in Wild Rift?
Nasus is a Fighter and Tank by Riot's classification and is played in Baron / Top. Riot rates the difficulty Low. On our tier-list snapshot (patch 7.2b) it shows A tier from its external source, which is a snapshot letter and not a TheNexus win rate.
Every answer here is built from Rift Lab data and Riot's own ability text. Where the data is missing we say so instead of guessing.
Related champions
Next steps
Gift a skin for Nasus
Skins are available for gifting by rarity tier. Pick the skin you want for Nasus in the Wild Rift shop, check its rarity tier, then choose the same tier here. TheNexus sends it to your Riot ID through the tracked gifting flow, we never ask for your game password, and your order page shows every step.
- Tier: Legendary
- 475 EGP Legendary skin gift
- Tier: Epic
- 355 EGP Epic skin gift
- Tier: Rare
- 265 EGP Rare skin gift
- Tier: Common
- 190 EGP Common skin gift
Prices are read live from the store catalogue and can change, and the product page shows the final price before you pay. This page does not list skin names or their tiers because the Rift Lab data does not hold them.