How to win lane as Nasus against Sylas · 49.93% win rate over 1,390 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | Both of you are weak at level 1 — he can only poke with Q drain while you soak Siphoning Strike farm; nobody owns it yet. |
| Level 2 | Sylas | Sylas spikes with E's chain-dash stun and Q drain, bullying you off stacks before you have Wither to answer. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | Wither comes online to punish his E-in, but he dashes the second charge and W-heals the trade, keeping it even. |
| Levels 4-5 | Sylas | He out-pokes a stack-hungry Nasus through 4-5 — his Q drain plus W sustain beats your lifesteal while you're farming not trading. |
| Level 6 | Even / skill | At 6 his R can steal your Fury of the Sands, neutralizing your power swing — hold or bait the ult and it's a coinflip. |
| First item | Even / skill | Your Sheen/Iceborn empowers Siphoning Strike and Wither locks his dash, matching his AP item spike to an even duel. |
| Two+ items | Even / skill | Your infinite Q stacks and ult outscale his single combo, but he scales too as an AP bruiser, so the 1v1 stays a skill check on landing Wither. |
Sylas owns the first few levels — his E chain-dash stun and Q drain let him poke you every time you walk up for a Siphoning Strike last-hit, and his W heal sustains the trade back. Don't greed stacks into his combo; tip-Q the caster minions and let Soul Eater lifesteal keep you topped. At level 3 your Wither can punish an overextended E-in, but don't chase — he just dashes the second charge away and heals it off.
The full Nasus vs Sylas 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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