How to win lane as Master Yi against Nasus · 49.35% win rate (310 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
Read from Master Yi's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Nasus.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Nasus | Nasus's level-1 sustain and tankiness make an early trade unfavourable for a squishy Yi. |
| Level 2 | Even / skill | With Q, E and W online your true-damage trades and Meditate out-duel his Siphoning Strike, tilting level 2 onward to you. |
| Level 3 | Master Yi | Wuju Style true damage ignores his armour and lets you win extended trades cleanly. |
| Levels 4-5 | Master Yi | At 4-5 Wuju Style true damage and Meditate beat his rank-1 Q, but Wither still ends chases. |
| Level 6 | Master Yi | At 6 Highlander's slow immunity blanks Wither entirely while the ult runs. |
| First item | Master Yi | Your first item spike lets you shove and roam while he's stuck farming stacks under tower. |
| Two+ items | Nasus | A fully-stacked, full-tank Nasus with Wither out-scales and cripples you, flipping the late game to him. |
Level 1 his Siphoning Strike is an auto reset on 7.5s and Soul Eater lifesteal refunds the chip you deal, so the wind-up is your cue to step back until Wuju Style (E) is online.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Master Yi's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Master Yi 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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Nobody on paper — a 49.35% win rate over 310 games makes this a coin flip decided by play, not champion select.
Yes — Master Yi vs Nasus is a genuine skill matchup: 49.35% win rate, and the favour swings window to window rather than being set at champion select.
No hard counter either way — the Master Yi vs Nasus win rate is 49.35%, an even lane decided by execution.
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