How to win lane as Nasus against Gwen · 47.23% win rate over 415 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | You're both among the weakest level-1s — no ult, low stacks, her cottons unbuilt, so soak Q farm and set the lane up. |
| Level 2 | Gwen | Her Q snips ramp for free and she has no commitment to punish — you have no Wither yet to lock her, so she edges it. |
| Level 3 | Gwen | She dashes in with E, lands Q true damage, and backs off before your slow-attack Q can answer. |
| Levels 4-5 | Gwen | Pre-6 she pokes with Q snips and you're shoving-or-stacking with no all-in threat to deter her. |
| Level 6 | Gwen | Her R recast burst plus Hallowed Mist lets her all-in then hide untargetable while your single-target ult finds nobody. |
| First item | Gwen | Riftmaker online: her Q true damage shreds your max HP faster than Soul Eater lifesteal heals it. |
| Two+ items | Nasus | Your stacked Q plus Wither plus Spirit Fire shred finally out-duel her — pin her outside Mist and you delete her before she re-enters. |
Dead start — you're both weak level 1, so just stack. Soak Siphoning Strike (Q) on the wave and use Spirit Fire (E) to clear and chip without walking into her Q true-damage snips. The danger is her ramp: every snip she lands sets up the next, and her cottons cost her nothing. Don't fish for trades you can't finish — you have no Wither yet, so there's no lock-down to punish her with.
The full Nasus vs Gwen 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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