How to win lane as Nasus against Vladimir · 50.26% win rate over 949 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| 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 are a Wither-cooldown coinflip, you're both farming and trading, so neither side cleanly owns it. |
| 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.
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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