How to win lane as Nasus against Master Yi · 50.65% win rate over 310 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Nasus | Your level-1 lifesteal and bulk make his early trade a losing one — a squishy Yi cannot chew through your sustain yet. |
| Level 2 | Even / skill | At 2 his core spells arrive — true damage and Meditate start matching your Siphoning Strike trades, pulling the level even. |
| Level 3 | Master Yi | From 3 his Wuju true damage ignores your armour and wins extended trades cleanly — stop taking them. |
| Levels 4-5 | Master Yi | Around 4-5 his all-in goes straight through a single Wither — one slow no longer stops the dive. |
| Level 6 | Master Yi | At 6 his Highlander all-in beats your sustain before Wither can fully do its work — respect every cooldown window. |
| First item | Master Yi | His first item lets him shove and roam while you are stuck stacking under tower — the map tilts his way. |
| Two+ items | Nasus | Fully stacked and full tank, you out-scale him — Wither cripples his whole kit and your Q deletes him, so the late game is yours. |
Take the level-1 trade if he is rude — your sustain wins it — but recognise that the window slams shut at 2 when Meditate and his true damage arrive. From 3 onward stop trading entirely: Wuju cuts straight through armour, and every extended exchange leaks health you will want later. Stack what is safe.
The full Nasus vs Master Yi 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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