How to win lane as Nasus against Aatrox · 48.06% win rate over 926 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | Level 1 is even — he has no W chain-pull or Q chain online yet and I just soak Siphoning Strike farm while Soul Eater heals the chip. |
| Level 2 | Aatrox | His Q knockup chain and W come online and his passive heal wins every extended trade — I concede the wave and stack from range. |
| Level 3 | Aatrox | Wither's up but only peels a gank or punishes a hard overstep; he still out-drains my pokes and owns any committed trade. |
| Levels 4-5 | Aatrox | I'm shoving or eating poke, hoarding stacks and playing not to die while his drain out-sustains anything I throw back. |
| Level 6 | Aatrox | His R combat-stat all-in is a real kill threat and my Fury of the Sands only lets me survive one commit, not win the duel. |
| First item | Aatrox | His Sheen/bruiser spike plus drain still out-trades me — I bait his R and chain-pull and live rather than greed a kill I can't land. |
| Two+ items | Nasus | By 2+ items stacked Q plus Spirit Fire shred and Wither on his R all-in let me out-grind his drain — the sustained fight is finally mine. |
Level 1 is a wash because we're both passive — he has no W chain-pull setup yet and I'm just soaking Siphoning Strike last-hits with Soul Eater lifesteal covering the chip. From level 2 it tilts to him fast: once his Q knockup chain and W are online he wins every extended trade and his passive heals back whatever I poke, so I do not contest the wave toe-to-toe. Eat the early CS, never stand in melee trading autos into his sweetspot Q, and just stack. Wither isn't up until 3, and even then it only peels a gank or punishes a hard overstep, not flips the lane.
The full Nasus vs Aatrox 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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