Winning lane vs nasus

WukongMain·Mar 16, 2015·1 votes·605 views

how? i understand the concept of winning early and stuff, but even if i get 3-4 kills after hes got 100 stacks i may as well afk, hes sustain is too great.

13 Comments

MrPerson10Mar 16, 20151 votes

Shut him out early, babysit and zone him out entirely. 100 stacks is nothing.

Edit: you don't win lane against nasus, you win game vs nasus. You let it go on too long, he outscales and destroys you with splitpushing.

WukongMainMar 16, 20151 votes

i agree, but around 100 is when hes Q really starts to sustain him alot.

Reynard the ƒoxMar 16, 20151 votes

To be honest, a truly experienced Nasus player can win against pretty much everyone, including his 'counters'.

WukongMainMar 16, 20151 votes

i totally agree

ZarxisMar 16, 20151 votes

If you've gotten 3-4 kills of of him (and perhaps his jungler during some failed ganks), at some point, he probably will outsustain you because of his scaling passive and Q damage. That's the point when you give up on your outer top-lane turret and go use your kill-gold on enemies that aren't ready for your 4-kill advantage (in items and levels). Don't let Nasus knock down your other turrets/inhibitor, obviously, but if you're sitting in lane with a Nasus (not harassing him to the point that he has to stop Q farming/recall), you're setting yourself up to eventually lose. I know that it sounds stupid to give up your outer turret, but it eventually happens with any enemy top laner. You will eventually need to press your advantage elsewhere. Try killing Nasus one last time, then roaming or teleporting to mid/bot lane for Dragon/kills/turrets/all of the above.

WukongMainMar 16, 20151 votes

any tips on know when the right time to roam to another lane and press advantages there? thanks for the tips :D

ZarxisMar 16, 20151 votes

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any tips on know when the right time to roam to another lane and press advantages there? thanks for the tips :D

Leave when doesn't have his teleport up and he has recalled/died. You won't lose your tower if it's at full health and you've been preventing Nasus from farming and/or killing him. Try to win an objective/teamfight that's worth more than the gold the enemy team would gain if Nasus took your tower.

WukongMainMar 16, 20151 votes

Seems Logically, i dont know why i didnt think of that. now to find and get good with champions that can deny him stacks :D

Reynard the ƒoxMar 16, 20151 votes

That's why Nasus isn't great in high elo, but down in Silver he's a free win because we're not coordinated enough to 4v5 mid, and next thing you know Nasus is on your inhibitor.

ZarxisMar 16, 20151 votes

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That's why Nasus isn't great in high elo, but down in Silver he's a free win because we're not coordinated enough to 4v5 mid, and next thing you know Nasus is on your inhibitor.

I believe that you're well aware that Nasus is not a free win at any elo.

If your team isn't coordinated enough to win an even 5v4 (because the enemy team's Nasus is busy pushing/farming), you just might deserve to lose. Nasus obviously isn't the problem if you're failing to win teamfights he's not even partaking in; if you lose teamfights, you lose objectives, Nasus opposing you or not.

Reynard the ƒoxMar 16, 20151 votes

Um, i believe Nasus is a free win in Silver.

ZarxisMar 16, 20151 votes

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Um, i believe Nasus is a free win in Silver.

I've been in Silver, and I'll probably drop straight into it again when I feel like finishing my placements. Nasus is a free win if you don't adapt to how he's going to act, but that applies to all champions. If you simply work around him like you should with any opposing champion (ex: be aware of a roaming Katarina, be aware of Karthus' ultimate, don't chase Singed, etc.), he can be beaten without any inordinate amount of trouble. Pick someone that can get him under his tower, harass him while he's under it (to prevent under-tower stacking), and take teleport so you can take advantage of Nasus' early game power farming by killing his teammates and winning objectives. is capable of preventing him from farming at all. I won't say he's the best roamer or early-game teamfighter, but if you're having trouble shutting down Nasus' early game farming (under tower or not), pick Vladimir and make sure to rush item 3136 / item 3135 / item 3151 to counter the item 3211 Nasus will probably rush against you.