Champion sheet · Mid

Nasus

Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · All regions

Tournament presence · pick + ban

16.7%#44 of 173 champions

Pick: 6.3%picked in 1,738 of 27,694 games
Ban: 10.4%2,350 bans over 22,508 games, against 10.6% in soloQ

Win rate as Mid52.3% between 47.6% and 57.0% over 300 gamesSoloQ 48.2%: no clear gap

Median length28.8 minsoloQ 26.7 min

Amateur: 27,970 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, KR 65% · EUW 25% · NA 10%. SoloQ Master+: 951,671 games on the same patches. An amateur figure in gold clearly differs from soloQ.

At a glance

Four answers, each one opens its chapter.

What changes in tournaments3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Mid.DraftLength
How to play itFleet Footwork, then Trinity Force, Frozen Heart, and Spirit Visage: the most played build in soloQ.
In a compAbsorbs damage first: absorbs more than 97% of mid laners.FrontlineLets allies carrySplit-push
With / againstNo opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.
In draftTaken at any point of the series.

01 — What changes in tournaments

What changes in tournaments?

3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Mid.

DraftPicked less often in amateur play
Amateur
0.4%
SoloQ
0.5%
0.4% of the role's picks in amateur play, against 0.5% in soloQ.
DraftBanned less often in amateur play
Amateur
7.8%
SoloQ
10.6%
7.8% ban rate in amateur play over 14,779 games, against 10.6% in soloQ over 419,060 games.
LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
28.8 min
SoloQ
26.7 min
Median of 28.8 min in amateur play, against 26.7 min in soloQ.

02 — How to play it

How to play it?

Fleet Footwork, then Trinity Force, Frozen Heart, and Spirit Visage: the most played build in soloQ.

SoloQ build, amateur differences under each block

RunesFleet Footwork78% · 8,431

Same in amateur play

SpellsFlash + Ghost58% · 6,277

Same in amateur play

SkillsQnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 100% · 55 games

Core (3 legendaries)14% · 490

14%of soloQ games

Trinity Force
Frozen Heart
Spirit Visage

Amateur: Trinity Force, Spirit Visage, Frozen Heart (24%), gap not settled

Not collected in soloQ: starting items, 4th item, and skill order.

03 — In a comp

What does it bring to a comp?

Absorbs damage first: absorbs more than 97% of mid laners.

Absorbs damagetop3%1,491 · mid laners: 489
Lets allies carry killstop10%rank 90 of 100

Read on tournament games from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12 (44,638 games) · same reading as the draft review · compared with other mid laners

What marks it

Frontline
Lets allies carry
Split-push

Like other mid laners

Damage in mid game
Damage in late game
Gold at 20 min
Plays teamfights
Takes its kills in duels
Crowd control (CC)
Team damage

What it is not

Little map pressure
No poke

Damage / min by phase · at equal gold

Rank 13 in lane, 63 in mid game and 60 in late game, out of 100 mid laners.

473-55 vs 528

942+43 vs 899

1,210+32 vs 1,179

Lane · 5–14 minMid game · 15–22Late · 23–30

Nasusmid laners

Gold vs. direct opponent

At 20 min, ahead of 50% of mid laners against the direct opponent.

mid laners

2.9takedowns outside its lane before 15 min; mid laners: 3.2.

Where it stands among mid laners · every measure

0 ← less · median · more → 100

Damage in lane · rank 13 of 100 among mid laners473 · median 528
Damage in mid game · rank 63 of 100 among mid laners942 · median 899
Damage in late game · rank 60 of 100 among mid laners1,210 · median 1,179
Gold at 15 min · rank 21 of 100 among mid laners-220 · median +25
Gold at 20 min · rank 50 of 100 among mid laners+62 · median +71
Map pressure · rank 21 of 100 among mid laners2.9 · median 3.2
Absorbs damage · rank 97 of 100 among mid laners1,491 · median 489
Plays teamfights · rank 51 of 100 among mid laners55% · median 55%
Takes its kills in duels · rank 71 of 100 among mid laners26% · median 23%
Lets allies carry kills · rank 90 of 100 among mid lanersrank 90 of 100
Crowd control (CC) · rank 41 of 100 among mid laners0.6 · median 0.7
Team damage · rank 44 of 100 among mid laners20% · median 21%

04 — With / against

With whom, against whom?

No opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.

Best results

Ranked by the gap to expected in amateur play, at the lower bound of its interval, at most 5 per role. The other source is a reference.