How to win lane as Nasus against Locke · 55.54% win rate (551 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
He needs six clean windows to do what your one all-in does — deny the nail stacks and Nasus turns his blink lane into a walk home.
Track: Locke's Q — Ritual Nails (10–6s cooldown). The nail marks are his whole engine — without 2-3 stacks on you his blink-in barely dents; sidestep the recasts and punish the ten seconds of nothing.
Read from Nasus's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Locke.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | You have zero level-1 threat and only want stacks — it is purely a skill stage, so farm clean. |
| Level 2 | Even / skill | Level 2 is still an even farming lane — you have no kill pattern and he cannot stop you stacking. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | At 3 your only real tool is Wither, and he can play around it — the lane stays a skill matchup. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | Levels 4-5 remain even — he trades marks into your stacking animations while you tax him with Q whenever he overstays. |
| Level 6 | Even / skill | Fury of the Sands adds bulk, but Purgatory adds an execute — fights end at his floor. |
| First item | Even / skill | First item stays even — his poke offsets your early stack lead, so keep farming through the chip. |
| Two+ items | Nasus | By two items your stacked Q plus Wither out-scales and out-slows him — the inevitability arrives. |
Nothing about this lane is decided early — he chips you with marks while you stack, and that is a trade you happily accept. Farm with Q on cooldown, take Wither at 3 to answer his aggression windows, and do not force fights your kit is simply not built to win at this stage of the game.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Nasus's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Nasus vs Locke 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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Nasus — a 55.54% win rate vs Locke in top lane over 551 games is a real advantage.
Not really — Nasus holds a real statistical advantage (55.54% win rate), so Locke is the one working uphill.
Statistically yes — Nasus counters Locke in top lane, winning 55.54% of 551 Emerald+ games.
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