How to win lane as Aatrox against Nasus · 48.34% win rate over 2,416 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Aatrox | Aatrox at 1 — your base stats and heal beat his weak early kit while he only last-hits Q. |
| Level 2 | Aatrox | Aatrox at 2 — your combo comes online and he can't fight back yet. |
| Level 3 | Aatrox | Aatrox at 3 — full Q pattern plus E lets you all-in and deny his stacks. |
| Levels 4-5 | Aatrox | Aatrox at 4-5 — you out-drain him and zone him off farm through Wither. |
| Level 6 | Aatrox | Aatrox at 6 — World Ender lets you commit hard trades and deny stacks. |
| First item | Aatrox | Aatrox on first item — Eclipse keeps you ahead as long as he stays unstacked. |
| Two+ items | Nasus | Nasus late — full stacks plus tank items and R out-brawl you outright. |
Level 1 is already yours and you must make it count. Nasus is a pure scaling champion who wants to sit back and stack Siphoning Strike (Q) on minions — every stack he gets makes him stronger later, so your job is to prevent that. Your base stats and passive heal beat his weak early kit, so don't let him free-farm; start poking from level 1 and set up your level 2-3 all-in. His only early tools are the Q last-hit and W Wither, and he can't fight you back yet.
The full Aatrox vs Nasus report continues with the mid-game plan, the late-game and teamfight plan, every power spike to play around, and the win conditions for both sides — plus cooldown tracking and the live enemy-jungle tracker inside the app.
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