How to win lane as Nasus against Yone · 50.86% win rate (2,546 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
Wither his dashes — farm stacks and out-scale him.
Track: Yone's E — Soul Unbound (22–10s cooldown). He snaps back when it ends. Wither him there.
Read from Nasus's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Yone.
This is Nasus's own plan; across 2,546 pooled games the lane is leaning Nasus.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Yone | Yone's Q1/Q2 poke matches your level 1, but you're equally happy to just farm Q stacks through Soul Eater lifesteal — neither side wins this. |
| Level 2 | Yone | Spirit Cleave shields him least in a 1v1 — its value scales with champions hit, and that is only you. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | Wither stretches Spirit Cleave's cooldown, which scales with his attack speed, but with no ult neither of you can commit a kill. |
| Levels 4-5 | Yone | His mobility and Q1/Q2 poke edge these levels — you can't pin a kiting Yone without Wither up, so you concede and farm. |
| Level 6 | Even / skill | Fury of the Sands plus Wither is the one window he can't kite — slowed to zero, he eats your AoE burn and lifesteal in a duel he can't escape. |
| First item | Even / skill | His crit items and your Sheen/Iceborn spike roughly cancel — he kites better, you hit harder per Q, so it stays even. |
| Two+ items | Yone | Fed crit Yone's Q3 knockup into R out-skirmishes your stacked Q and his mobility re-engages at will — he owns extended fights at 2+ items. |
Yone is genuinely even with you at levels 1-3, which for you means you concede nothing but also can't punish — he pokes with Mortal Steel and Spirit Cleave, and if you walk up to throw a raw Q he just dances back. Don't trade for the sake of it: last-hit with Siphoning Strike, soak the poke on Soul Eater lifesteal, and start hoarding stacks. The moment to wake up is the third Mortal Steel, the one that dashes and knocks up — Wither the instant he lands, because Spirit Cleave's cooldown scales with his attack speed.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Nasus's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Nasus vs Yone 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 50.86% win rate edge over 2,546 games; execution can flip it.
Mostly — Nasus has a small statistical edge (50.86% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.
Not a hard counter — Nasus has a slight edge (50.86% 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 Yone.
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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