League of Legends: Wild Rift Vampire Nasus Build Guide

The Vampire Nasus build in League of Legends: Wild Rift converts offensive damage directly into health by stacking itemized physical vamp and healing amplification onto Nasus's passive, Soul Eater. To execute this playstyle, rush Divine Sunderer into Spirit Visage, farm Siphoning Strike stacks near your turret, and avoid committing to extended fights if the enemy team can chain crowd control or apply early Grievous Wounds.

Core Item Build and Synergy

Nasus's passive grants innate physical vamp that scales with champion level. When Siphoning Strike (Ability 1) hits an enemy, its stacked physical damage triggers that passive vamp alongside item healing. Divine Sunderer provides a dual-heal mechanism: the item restores health based on the target's maximum health, and Nasus's passive leeches health from the total physical damage dealt. Spirit Visage then amplifies both effects while granting ability haste, health, and magic resistance.

Item Slot	Item Choice	Primary Function
First Core	Divine Sunderer	Max-health spellblade procs that deal heavy damage and heal on hit.
Boots	Gluttonous Greaves (Stasis or Teleport)	Physical and magic vamp alongside movement speed to stick to targets.
Second Core	Spirit Visage	Amplifies all incoming heals and vamp while adding magic resist and haste.
Third Core	Death's Dance	Grants physical vamp, delays incoming burst as bleed, and cleanses on takedowns.
Situational Armor	Thornmail or Iceborn Gauntlet	Applies Grievous Wounds against duelists or provides an AoE slowing field.
Late Scaling	Sterak's Gage or Twinguard	Adds tenacity, attack damage scaling, and an emergency shield at low health.

Recommended Rune Setup

Select runes that support prolonged trades and increase survivability rather than upfront burst:

Keystone: Conqueror – Stacks via basic attacks, Spirit Fire (Ability 3), and Siphoning Strike. At maximum stacks, it provides bonus adaptive force and omnivamp to increase healing.
Domination: Triumph or Giant Slayer – Take Triumph to restore missing health on champion takedowns during multi-man fights. Swap to Giant Slayer if facing teams stacked with high-health tanks and bruisers.
Resolve: Bone Plating or Second Wind – Use Bone Plating to survive burst combos against aggressive duelists like Renekton or Riven. Take Second Wind against ranged lane bullies to regenerate chip damage.
Resolve: Overgrowth – Continuously grants bonus maximum health as nearby minions die, increasing the raw health pool boosted by Spirit Visage.
Inspiration: Sweet Tooth or Nimbus Cloak – Sweet Tooth increases lane sustain and bonus gold from Honeyfruit. Nimbus Cloak grants a burst of movement speed after using Ghost or Flash.

Laning and Stack Management

Nasus has a weak early phase from levels 1 through 5. Your priority is preserving health and freezing minion waves just outside your turret range.

Concede early priority: Give up initial contested minions if walking up results in heavy ranged poke or lethal trades. Let the enemy wave push naturally toward your side.
Hold the freeze: Tank minion attacks briefly before they reach the turret perimeter so your allied wave halts them outside tower range.
Use Wither defensively: Cast Wither (Ability 2) when the opposing laner attempts an all-in trade. The heavy movement and attack speed reduction allows you to retreat safely.
Conserve Spirit Fire: Avoid using Ability 3 on minion waves unless you need to prevent an enemy crash from damaging turret plates, as unintended wave push leaves you vulnerable to ganks.

Mid-to-Late Game Execution

Once Divine Sunderer is complete and your Siphoning Strike has accumulated bonus damage, adjust your playstyle to the match state.

Split-Pushing

When an isolated defender contests your lane, trigger Ghost and apply Wither to limit their movement and damage output. Focus down the turret with empowered Siphoning Strike resets, relying on your vampirism to outheal single-target counter-attacks.

Teamfight Positioning

Avoid initiating fights as the primary frontline tank. Let allied initiators absorb major enemy crowd-control spells before entering melee range. Activate Fury of the Sands right before engaging to gain bonus maximum health, armor, magic resistance, and an area-of-effect magic damage aura. Apply Wither to the enemy marksman or primary physical carry to shut down their damage per second, then alternate basic attacks and Siphoning Strike on the nearest target to keep your health sustained.