How to win lane as Olaf against Nasus · 56.01% win rate over 857 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Olaf | He must enter Q range to last-hit with his short Q — slow him with Q, reset the axe, and auto while your passive ramps. |
| Level 2 | Olaf | Your level-2 Q-plus-auto chip out-trades a Nasus who has no wither and no escape yet. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | Even trade window — his Q does real damage on-hit now, so trade only when your axe is up to re-slow him. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | You still out-bully him, but he has W wither at 6 looming; keep denying Q stacks before they snowball. |
| Level 6 | Even / skill | Ragnarok cleanses his wither and lets you E-burst him down — your last clean all-in before his items. |
| First item | Nasus | His Q is stacking and Sheen plus Spirit Visage come online — his wither now zeros your passive and he out-drains you. |
| Two+ items | Even / skill | Fully-stacked Nasus with lifesteal and size shrugs off your flat true damage — close the game before this window. |
Nasus has to step into Q range to land his short-range stacking Q, and that is where you live. Throw Q to slow him, pick the axe back up to reset it, and auto him every time he goes for a minion — your passive ramps attack speed as you take any chip, so short trades favor you hard. He has no W wither until 6, so right now he is just a melee with no escape; deny his Q last-hits and keep him off stacks.
The full Olaf vs Nasus 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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