How to win lane as Nasus against Locke · 55.54% win rate over 551 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| 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 | Level 6 adds Fury of the Sands bulk but no lane-ending threat — still a skill stage. |
| 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.
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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