How to win lane as Nasus against Warwick · 50.89% win rate (615 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
His Q-leash and sustain out-trade your early and the R denies your scaling window. Farm safe and end fast.
Track: Warwick's R — Infinite Duress (110–70s cooldown). His all-in lock. Wither/dodge it.
Read from Nasus's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Warwick.
This is Nasus's own plan; across 615 pooled games the lane is leaning Nasus.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Warwick | Blood Hunt gives him nothing until you drop under 50% HP, but Jaws of the Beast bites for max health — stay healthy, concede. |
| Level 2 | Even / skill | Eternal Hunger heals him only under 50% HP and triples under 25% — chipping him low switches his sustain on. |
| Level 3 | Warwick | Wither lands at 3 — the attack-speed cut starves Eternal Hunger's on-auto heal, the move-speed cut shortens his Infinite Duress leap. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | You're hoarding stacks with Spirit Fire poke while his sustain keeps it close — neither of you clearly owns this window. |
| Level 6 | Even / skill | Fury of the Sands plus Wither is your swing: bonus health and percent-HP burn out-grind his drain and survive his all-in. |
| First item | Even / skill | Your first-item Q burst helps but his Q heal and R re-engage keep it a coinflip on cooldowns — play it on your Wither timer. |
| Two+ items | Warwick | Stacked Q plus ult out-sustains his drain in the 1v1, but his R suppress sets up ganks — only Wither saves you, so respect his lockdown. |
Warwick owns these levels, but not the way it looks: Blood Hunt gives him nothing until you fall under 50% HP, and the heal on his autos is Eternal Hunger (P), which is gated the same way. Jaws of the Beast (Q) is the real early threat — an 8s lunge that bites for your max health. Last-hit with Q, chunk him with Spirit Fire (E) to shred armor, and stay above half so neither gate opens. At 3 Wither flips the chase math, but he still edges a full all-in.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Nasus's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Nasus vs Warwick 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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Nasus, slightly — a 50.89% win rate edge over 615 games; execution can flip it.
Mostly — Nasus has a small statistical edge (50.89% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.
Not a hard counter — Nasus has a slight edge (50.89% win rate), and play quality decides the rest.
Nasus takes Fleet Footwork on the Precision tree with Triumph, Legend: Haste and Last Stand, and Resolve secondary (Second Wind and Unflinching) vs Warwick.
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 Frozen Heart (his attack speed dies here), with Plated Steelcaps.
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