How to win lane as Locke against Nasus · 44.46% win rate over 551 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | Nasus has zero level-1 threat and only wants to stack, so it is purely skill. |
| Level 2 | Even / skill | Level 2 is still an even farming lane with no Nasus kill pattern. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | At level 3 his only tool is Wither, which you can dodge, keeping it skill. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | Levels 4-5 remain skill as you trade marks against his stacking animations. |
| Level 6 | Even / skill | Level 6 Fury of the Sands adds bulk but no lane-ending threat, still skill. |
| First item | Even / skill | First item is even because your poke offsets his early stack lead. |
| Two+ items | Nasus | By two items Nasus's stacked Q plus Wither out-scales and out-slows you. |
L1-2 is even skill: Nasus is a pure scaling stat-check with no early kill pressure, so you contest CS freely with Ritual Nails (Q) marks and Silver Stake (P) chip while he tries only to stack.
The full Locke 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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