How to win lane as Nasus against Kled · 43.85% win rate over 244 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| 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; your Fury of the Sands heals one all-in but you still can't out-trade him. |
| 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.
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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