Nasus ARAM Mayhem Build

The Curator of the Sands. A middle-of-the-pack pick in ARAM Mayhem on patch 26.21: #57 of 173 champions.

BPatch 26.21FighterTankNo runes in Mayhem

Tier: B
Win rate: 50.6%
Pick rate: 5.2%
Rank: #57 of 173
Games: 1,215,197
Patch: 26.21

How to play Nasus in ARAM Mayhem

Nasus is a solid, middle-of-the-pack pick in ARAM Mayhem on patch 26.21: tier B, #57 of 173 champions, with a 50.6% win rate over 1,215,197 games.

Nasus's damage is mixed (55% physical, 40% magic), which makes it awkward for the enemy team to itemize against. It soaks 55,025 damage per game and mitigates another 68,467, so it belongs at the front: start fights and absorb the poke your carries can't.

The Tank build, tank items, is both the most played and the top-ranked path: Trinity Force, Spirit Visage and Frozen Heart, with a 51.8% win rate over 338,154 games. For boots, most players buy Mercury's Treads, but Ionian Boots of Lucidity rank higher.

The cards that do best on Nasus are Armored Impact, The Boom and the Bass and BONK!. Cards built around movement speed fill most of the top of its list, followed by health and resistances. Most of its S-tier cards are prismatic, so a prismatic offer is often the pick that shapes the game. Skip Flashbang and Gift of the Drowned when you can: they do worst on Nasus. A pair to look for: Armored Impact with The Boom and the Bass.

Take Flash and Ghost (16% of players); Mark is the common alternative. Max Q (Siphoning Strike) first, then E, then W. Players who max Q first instead win a little more often, so it is worth trying.

Nasus ARAM Mayhem build

ARAMKit groups every Nasus game by build path. The top-ranked path comes first, with the items most players start with, buy first and add later.

Tank build · top ranked

51.8% win rate · 33% of Nasus games · 338,154 games

Start

Ruby Crystal
Sheen

Core items, in buying order

Trinity Force
Spirit Visage
Frozen Heart

Boots on the Tank build for Nasus, top ranked first, with the share of players who buy them
Boots, best first	Players
Ionian Boots of Lucidity	11%
Mercury's Treads	60%
Plated Steelcaps	7%

Situational, after the core

Spear of Shojin2% buy it
Force of Nature25% buy it
Lord Dominik's Regards4% buy it
Jak'Sho, The Protean16% buy it
Death's Dance9% buy it
Endless Hunger5% buy it

Other build paths

Other Nasus build paths with share of games, win rate and core items
Path	Games	Win rate
BruiserTrinity Force, Spirit Visage, Death's Dance	10.1%	51.9%
CritEssence Reaver, Lord Dominik's Regards, Infinity Edge	3.6%	50.9%
APBlackfire Torch, Liandry's Torment, Rabadon's Deathcap	17.2%	49.5%

Games: the share of all Nasus games that went this way.

Most bought items

Trinity Force34% of games
Spirit Visage34% of games
Heartsteel32% of games
Mercury's Treads31% of games
Thornmail22% of games
Frozen Heart22% of games
Liandry's Torment21% of games
Blackfire Torch21% of games
Iceborn Gauntlet21% of games
Rylai's Crystal Scepter14% of games

Best augments for Nasus

Every card with enough Nasus games, by tier and best first within each tier. Tiers are Nasus's own: a card can be S tier here and C tier on another champion. As Riot's policy asks, cards are shown by tier and order only, never with a win rate. Click a card for its own page; the augment tier list ranks them over all champions.

PrismaticBest prismatic cards

GoldBest gold cards

SilverBest silver cards

S- and A-tier cards for Nasus

12 S tier and 39 A tier, best first.

The S- and A-tier augments for Nasus in ARAM Mayhem, best first, with their rarity and what they do
Augment	Rarity	Tier	What it does
Armored Impact	Gold	Tier S	After casting an Ability, your next Attack deals (50–125 (by level) +250% Bonus Armor) bonus physical damage to nearby enemies.
The Boom and the Bass	Gold	Tier S	After casting an Ability, your next Attack within 6 seconds is faster, deals Melee (50–200 (by level) +50% Bonus Attack Damage+30% Ability…
BONK!	Gold	Tier S	Attacks and Abilities empowered by selected ability deal an additional 30% damage to the target and nearby enemies.
Infinite Recursion	Prismatic	Tier S	Gain 60 Ability Haste, plus 3 Ability Haste per takedown.
Mad Scientist	Prismatic	Tier S	On each Revive, you grow large (gaining 30% Adaptive Force and 20% Health) or tiny (gaining 70 Ability Haste and 40% Movement Speed).
En Passant	Prismatic	Tier S	Periodically identify Vitals on enemy champions. Hitting Vitals with Attacks or Abilities deals an additional 6% + 1.5% per stack max Health…
Final Form	Prismatic	Tier S	After casting your Ultimate, gain a 50% max Health Shield, 20% Omnivamp and 30% bonus Movement Speed for 10 seconds. (20 seconds Cooldown).
Escape Plan	Silver	Tier S	Gain a massive (65% Max Health) decaying Shield, decaying 150% Movement Speed, and a decaying shrink effect upon reaching 35% Health (75…
Stackosaurus Rex	Silver	Tier S	When you gain permanent Stacks of an Ability, gain 100% more!
Giant Slayer	Prismatic	Tier S	Become tiny, gain 20% Movement Speed, and deal between 10% and 30% bonus damage to champions based on how much larger they are than you.
Sap Magic	Gold	Tier S	Every 20 seconds, your next Attack deals (80–300 (by level) +5% Bonus Health) bonus physical damage and restores (50–250 (by level) +8% Max…
Scopiest Weapons	Prismatic	Tier S	Gain Melee 250 / Ranged 150 Attack Range.
Forged By The Master	Silver	Tier A	Your Item and Augment damage are increased by 45%.
Scopier Weapons	Gold	Tier A	Gain Melee 150 / Ranged 100 Attack Range.
Leg Day	Silver	Tier A	Gain 50 Movement Speed and 50% Slow Resist.
Blue Barrier	Silver	Tier A	Gain 200–450 (by level) % of the Max Mana Mana you spend as a Shield for 1.5 seconds. Shields up to 300–800 (by level)
Clown College	Prismatic	Tier A	Backstab: You deal (20–35 (by level) +35% Ability Power +50% Bonus Attack Damage) bonus physical damage when striking from behind. Deceive…
Mosh Monster	Prismatic	Tier A	Casting selected ability grants 300–750 (by level) bonus Health and Slows nearby enemies by 50% for the duration of selected ability Getting…
Flashy	Gold	Tier A	Your Flash has 3 charges. After 120 seconds, regain all charges.
Hellbent	Prismatic	Tier A	Striking enemy champions with Attacks or Abilities grants you a stack of Revivemaxxing for 6 seconds (max: 10). At max stacks become…
Get Excited!	Gold	Tier A	Gain 100% Movement Speed and 15% Attack Speed for 4 seconds on takedown.
Upgrade Sheen	Gold	Tier A	Your Spellblade effects deal additional damage equal to 4% of the target's health and heal you for 3.5% of the target's health…
Recursion	Gold	Tier A	Gain 60 Ability Haste.
Omni Soul	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain 3 random Dragon Souls.
Erosion	Silver	Tier A	Damaging enemies shreds 1.5% Armor and Magic Resist for 4s, up to 30% at 20 stacks.
Shrink Engine	Gold	Tier A	Takedowns grant a stack that makes you 4% smaller, grants 8 Ability Haste, and 1% Movement Speed. Lose 65% stacks on death…
Fruitify	Silver	Tier A	Scoring a Takedown causes the slain champion to explode into 3–6 (by level) Fruit. Fruit restores 6% of your maximum health and restores 6%…
Kill Secured	Silver	Tier A	Gain 60% Movement Speed towards enemies below 40% health.
Goredrink	Silver	Tier A	Gain 15% Omnivamp.
Ultimate Awakening	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain 30 Ultimate Ability Haste. After using your Ultimate, refresh your basic abilities and gain 300 basic ability haste for 15s. (20s…
Hand of Baron	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain 25% Adaptive Force. Nearby allied minions are greatly empowered.
Homeguard	Silver	Tier A	Gain 100% Movement Speed, disabled for 6 seconds after taking damage.
Still Here	Gold	Tier A	Gain 2% Attack Speed and 0.35% Lifesteal for each 1% of missing Health.
Upgrade Ravenous Hydra	Gold	Tier A	Your spell hits trigger Cleave against enemies. Increase Ravenous Hydra's Life Steal to 20% Gain 500 Gold.
Donation	Gold	Tier A	Receive 1750 Gold. Thanks chat!:)
Stats on Stats!	Gold	Tier A	Gain 3 Stat Anvils, with a higher chance of Gold and Prismatic Anvils!
Transmute: Prismatic	Gold	Tier A	Gain a random Augment Tier Prismatic Augment.
With Haste	Gold	Tier A	Gain (70% Ability Haste) Move Speed.
Transmute: Chaos	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain 2 random Augment Tier Augments.
Heavy Hitter	Silver	Tier A	Your Attacks deal additional (3.5% Max Health) physical damage.
Scoped Weapons	Silver	Tier A	Gain Melee 75 / Ranged 50 Attack Range.
Flash 2	Silver	Tier A	Gain a second Flash Summoner Spell and 70 Summoner Haste.
Take'em Down Down Down	Gold	Tier A	Attacks and Abilities apply a stack to enemy champions for 5 seconds and deal Melee (5–30 (by level) +35% Bonus Attack Damage+15% Ability…
It's Go Time	Silver	Tier A	Activating selected ability grants you 25–45 (by level) % Movement Speed for its duration.
Stuck In Here With Me	Prismatic	Tier A	After using your Ultimate, gain 50% damage reduction for 2 seconds, after which you Taunt enemies inside for 2 seconds. Gain 30 Ultimate…
Ocean Soul	Silver	Tier A	Gain the Ocean Soul, granting high Health and Mana Regen after damaging enemies.
Bread And Butter	Gold	Tier A	Your selected ability gains 100 Ability Haste.
Pursuit of Haste	Gold	Tier A	QUEST: Hit enemy champions with selected ability 10 times. REWARD: Gain permanent 80 Ability Haste on your selected ability. QUEST: Hit…
Goliath	Prismatic	Tier A	Become large, gaining 35% Health and 15% Adaptive Force.
Dawnbringer's Resolve	Gold	Tier A	When dropping below 50% Health, heal for 30% max Health over 3 seconds. Resets on death or every 45 seconds.
Ultra Hydra	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain a Tiamat when completing a Hydra Item. QUEST: Possess Titanic Hydra, Ravenous Hydra and Profane Hydra. REWARD: Get Ultra Hydra.

Average on Nasus
51 cards, best first

Below average on Nasus
45 cards, best first

Weakest on Nasus
7 cards, best first

Best first augment for Nasus

Your first card decides the early fights, and a card that is great as a first pick can be a weak fourth. ARAMKit ranks Nasus's cards for each pick on its own; these are the top five per pick, with their tier in that pick. For the first pick, Armored Impact, BONK! and The Boom and the Bass come out on top.

The best augments for Nasus in each pick of an ARAM Mayhem game, best first, with their tier in that pick
#	First pick	Second pick	Third pick	Fourth pick
1	Armored ImpactTier S	Armored ImpactTier S	Hand of BaronTier S	The Boom and the BassTier S
2	BONK!Tier S	The Boom and the BassTier S	The Boom and the BassTier S	Armored ImpactTier S
3	The Boom and the BassTier S	Bread and CheeseTier S	Armored ImpactTier S	Flash 2Tier S
4	Stackosaurus RexTier S	BONK!Tier S	Mad ScientistTier S	Final FormTier S
5	Infinite RecursionTier S	Bread And ButterTier S	BONK!Tier S	Sap MagicTier S

Strong card pairs

Two cards that do especially well together on Nasus, best pair first.

Summoner spells and skill order

Summoner spells

Flash + Ghost16% of players · 51.0% win rate
Flash + Mark79% of players · 50.6% win rate
Ghost + Mark3% of players · 50.8% win rate

Skill order

QSiphoning Strike
ESpirit Fire
WWither

Max Q first. 46% of players use this order (51.4% win rate); put points in R whenever you can. Maxing Q first (31% of players) wins 53.0%.

Nasus in an average Mayhem game

Averages per game over every game on this patch.

K / D / A: 9.7 / 10.9 / 26.5
KDA: 3.72
Damage to champions: 36,596
Damage taken: 55,025
Self-mitigated: 68,467
Healing on allies: 6
Shielding on allies: 0
Crowd control: 20 s
Kill participation: 67%
Game length: 16:52

Damage type

Physical 55%Magic 40%True 5%

Questions and answers

What is the best Nasus build in ARAM Mayhem?

On patch 26.21 ARAMKit ranks the Tank build first for Nasus: Trinity Force, Spirit Visage and Frozen Heart. It is also the most played build.

What are the best augments for Nasus in ARAM Mayhem?

The S-tier cards for Nasus, best first: Armored Impact, The Boom and the Bass, BONK!, Infinite Recursion and Mad Scientist. The full list by tier is on this page.

Is Nasus good in ARAM Mayhem?

Nasus is tier B on patch 26.21, #57 of 173 champions, with a 50.6% win rate over 1.2 million games. That makes it a solid, middle-of-the-pack pick in ARAM Mayhem right now.

What is the best first augment for Nasus in ARAM Mayhem?

For Nasus's first pick on patch 26.21: Armored Impact, BONK!, The Boom and the Bass, Stackosaurus Rex and Infinite Recursion, best first. Cards rank differently in later picks; the table on this page has all four.

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ARAM Mayhem tier list
Every champion by tier on patch 26.21.
ARAM Mayhem augment tier list
Every card from S to D over all champions.
All Mayhem builds
Pick a champion from the full list.
ARAM Mayhem rules
Augment levels, rerolls and why there are no runes.
ARAM Mayhem guide
How the mode, the cards and the picks work.
Nasus counters
Its lane matchups on Summoner's Rift.
ARAM Mayhem overlay
The card picker and build in the app.

Source: ARAMKit, used with permission. Patch 26.21, 23,177,263 ARAM Mayhem games, data of October 28, 2026. Riot keeps Mayhem games out of its public match API, so these aggregates come from ARAMKit. Card tiers are shown without win rates, as Riot's developer policy asks.