How to win lane as Cho'Gath against Nasus · 53.75% win rate over 253 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | Both of you are weak level 1, but he has no stacks, no Wither, and no sustain edge yet — Rupture-poke his last-hits and deny stacks rather than committing a full combo. |
| Level 2 | Even / skill | He's slow and dashless with no escape, but neither of you has a real burst combo this early, so this stays a skill check on denying Q stacks over forcing a trade. |
| Level 3 | Cho'Gath | Your Rupture-into-Feral-Scream lands guaranteed on his immobile frame and the silence shuts his trade window — punish hard before Wither and stacks matter. |
| Levels 4-5 | Cho'Gath | Carnivore sustain plus Vorpal Spikes waveclear let you shove and freeze stacks away while he's still rationing farm; you out-trade a pre-Sheen Nasus whenever Wither is on cooldown. |
| Level 6 | Cho'Gath | Feast's true damage ignores his armor and MR, giving you a genuine execute on a low Nasus that deters his all-in the moment Wither cools and you can reach melee range. |
| First item | Cho'Gath | Your HP and Vorpal Spikes let you contest the wave and pin him under tower, denying the very stacks that are his only path back into the lane. |
| Two+ items | Nasus | Once Sheen and Spirit Visage come online, one Wither locks you down while stacked Q out-damages your tankiness and his R bonus HP escapes Feast — the scaling drain-tank reclaims this 1v1. |
Nasus is one of the most abusable level 1-2 laners alive: slow, melee, no dash, and with zero stacks or W cripple online yet. You're soft here too, but you don't need to gamble. Rupture the tip as he steps up to last-hit, because every Q he's forced to miss is a denied stack. Don't burn your full combo chasing a kill at levels 1-2; lean on Carnivore sustain, deny stacks, and respect that his only out is walking away. Hold Feral Scream for when he commits to an auto so the silence catches a real animation.
The full Cho'Gath 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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