Elise vs Nasus Counter Pick
Matchup Summary
What the Data Means
Two very different profiles meet in the jungle: Elise the assassin/mage hybrid, Nasus the fighter/tank hybrid. The sample behind this page is 365 games from patch 16.13.1, and Elise wins 44.4% of them. A deficit of 5.6 points is what earns Nasus its counter flag in this matchup.
A missed Spider Form from Elise hands Nasus the window to land Wither. Spider Form and Fury of the Sands are the two buttons that end the exchange outright.
Elise holds a 425-unit range advantage (550 to 125), and that shapes how the matchup is traded out. Nasus wins only by collapsing the distance, which usually means a cooldown or a gank.
Shared damage type here — mixed for Elise as well as Nasus. The stat sheet reads 620 HP and 30 armour for Elise against 650 and 34 for Nasus. Scaling matters as well: Elise ends on 2473 HP, Nasus on 2418. Nasus also hits harder before items — 67 AD to 55. There is a movement gap too: 330 for Elise, 350 for Nasus.
A 9/10 difficulty rating on Elise, against 6/10, means the sample includes plenty of players still learning it. No hand-editing here — the Elise figures come straight from ranked play.
FAQ
No — current data marks this as a counter matchup: Nasus has the statistical edge. Elise wins 44.4% of the recorded games.
44.4% from Elise's perspective, measured on patch 16.13.1.
365 ranked games at Emerald rank and above, across all regions.
The current Elise build — items, runes and skill order from the same data set — is on the Elise build page.