How to win lane as Nasus against Kled · 42.47% win rate (259 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
His mounted all-in denies your stacks and the Q-pull catches you. Farm safe under tower and out-scale him.
Track: Kled's Q — Bear Trap on a Rope (11–7s cooldown). His engage hook. Dodge it.
Read from Nasus's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Kled.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | Before Kled reaches 100 courage and remounts he is a vulnerable melee — your Q autos and Soul Eater lifesteal trade him evenly at level 1. |
| Level 2 | Kled | Once mounted his Bear Trap on a Rope (Q) pull plus Violent Tendencies shred owns level 2 and you have no Wither to answer. |
| Level 3 | Kled | He keeps the dismount-remount aggression going and you only just get Wither — you can peel but still lose the extended trade. |
| Levels 4-5 | Kled | Levels 4-5 he zones you off the stack wave with W shred and Q pulls while you hoard Siphoning Strikes and play safe. |
| Level 6 | Kled | His Chaaaaaaaarge!!! (R) dives you through Wither; Fury of the Sands' bonus health tanks one all-in, but you still lose the trade. |
| First item | Kled | First item Kled with full courage out-tempos your single Sheen component — he remounts and re-engages before your spike lands. |
| Two+ items | Nasus | With stacks, Trinity and ult, Wither kills his remount kite and your empowered Q one-shots him — you reclaim the duel for good. |
Kled is one of the rare melee laners you can actually fight at level 1 — before he stacks 100 courage and remounts, your Q autos plus Soul Eater lifesteal trade evenly. Use that one window, because the moment he is mounted he wins. Do NOT walk up to last-hit into his Bear Trap on a Rope (Q) — if it lands he yanks you in and unloads Violent Tendencies, and you have no answer until 3. Just soak Siphoning Strike stacks and accept you concede the wave.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Nasus's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Nasus vs Kled 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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Kled — Nasus wins only 42.47% of 259 games, so Nasus plays this as the disadvantaged side.
Not really — Kled holds a real statistical advantage (57.53% win rate), so Nasus is the one working uphill.
No — Kled counters Nasus (Nasus wins only 42.47% of games). Play it as the disadvantaged side and lean on the windows in the plan.
Nasus takes Fleet Footwork on the Precision tree with Triumph, Legend: Haste and Last Stand, and Resolve secondary (Second Wind and Unflinching) vs Kled.
Start Doran's Shield + Health Potion and back for Sheen (≈900g) — every Q after this hits twice as hard. Build Trinity Force (Iceborn Gauntlet if you need the slow + armor) first, then Frozen Heart (his attack speed dies here), with Plated Steelcaps.
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