How to win lane as Nasus against Heimerdinger · 53.85% win rate over 247 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Nasus | You out-sustain his early chip at melee range with Soul Eater lifesteal and soak Q stacks safely before his turrets exist. |
| Level 2 | Even / skill | Once his first turret is up the lane evens out — he starts walling minions but can't punish you hard yet, so trade stacks for safety. |
| Level 3 | Heimerdinger | His turret wall plus W rockets zone you off the wave and his E grenade stun chunks you — he owns the stack-denial window now. |
| Levels 4-5 | Heimerdinger | Three turrets and rocket poke keep you off your stacks; walking up risks the grenade stun into a gank, so concede the wave. |
| Level 6 | Heimerdinger | Fury of the Sands only buys survival here — his upgraded R-turrets still out-zone you, so respect the all-in instead of diving. |
| First item | Nasus | Sheen/Iceborn empowers your Q and your lifesteal eats turret chip, so Wither plus the all-in finally beats him before his turrets reset. |
| Two+ items | Nasus | Stacked Q plus ult and Wither let you walk through the whole turret field and one-shot an immobile, escape-less Heimer — you out-scale hard. |
Level 1 you just soak Q farm — Heimer can't fight a melee at point-blank yet and you out-sustain his early chip with Soul Eater lifesteal. The problem starts once his turrets are up: they wall the minions and his W rockets poke you every time you reach for a Q stack. Do NOT walk through the turret line to last-hit — eat the missed stack rather than the E grenade stun, which is the only thing that lets him or a jungler kill you here.
The full Nasus vs Heimerdinger 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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