How to win lane as Nasus against Vladimir · 50.26% win rate (949 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
He pokes, you stack — wither ruins his pool-dodge timing and your sheen spike beats his at every aggregator's mid-game checkpoint. The drain duel past 11 is yours.
Track: Vladimir's W — Sanguine Pool (28–16s cooldown). Dodges your Q. Bait it.
Read from Nasus's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Vladimir.
This is Nasus's own plan; across 949 pooled games the lane is even.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | Vlad's level-1 is among the weakest in the game, but so is yours with no ult and no Wither, so neither owns the opener, just deny his Q last-hits. |
| Level 2 | Vladimir | He out-pokes you at 2 with Q-E and heals it back on his Q, so the level-2 window before Wither tilts to him. |
| Level 3 | Nasus | Wither at 3 slows his move and attack speed to nothing the moment he E-pokes, letting you walk him down and stack. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | Levels 4-5 hinge on cooldowns: Wither is 15s at rank 1 and his Transfusion heal is 9s, so time your walk-ups. |
| Level 6 | Nasus | Fury of the Sands plus Wither is your kill window, but only if you bait Sanguine Pool out first so the ult isn't wasted on an untargetable puddle. |
| First item | Nasus | Your Sheen/Iceborn-empowered Q plus Wither beats a pre-Rylai Vlad, this is your last clean duel window before his AP spike. |
| Two+ items | Vladimir | Full-AP Vlad pools through your single-target ult, kites your Wither timer, and bursts your HP faster than Soul Eater heals, so he reclaims the late game. |
Vlad is one of the weakest level-1 laners in the game, but so are you, so this opens slow. Soak Q stacks at max range and last-hit through his Q-E poke; his Q heals him, so you can't out-poke him, only out-stack him. The swing is Wither at 3: the instant he walks up to E you slow his move and attack speed to a crawl, then walk him down with empowered autos. Don't burn Spirit Fire chasing him off the wave, you'll just shove and eat more poke.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Nasus's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Nasus vs Vladimir 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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Nobody on paper — a 50.26% win rate over 949 games makes this a coin flip decided by play, not champion select.
Yes — Nasus vs Vladimir is a genuine skill matchup: 50.26% win rate, and the favour swings window to window rather than being set at champion select.
No hard counter either way — the Nasus vs Vladimir win rate is 50.26%, an even lane decided by execution.
Nasus takes Fleet Footwork on the Precision tree with Triumph, Legend: Haste and Last Stand, and Resolve secondary (Second Wind and Unflinching) vs Vladimir.
Start Doran's Shield + Health Potion and back for Sheen (≈900g) — every Q after this hits twice as hard. Build Trinity Force (Iceborn Gauntlet if you need the slow + armor) first, then Spirit Visage (MR + heal amp), with Mercury's Treads.
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