How to win lane as Ornn against Nasus · 53.77% win rate over 1,339 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | You're both among the weakest level 1s — no shield, no combo, mana-hungry — so just deny his Q last-hits and farm. |
| Level 2 | Even / skill | Still even with one point each: he can wither but has no all-in, and you have no W yet to punish it. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | Your W comes online unstoppable, so his wither can't kite you out of the percent-HP fire and Brittle — but his early Q stacks keep it close. |
| Levels 4-5 | Ornn | E into your Q pillar knocks him up and detonates Brittle every time he steps up for a stack — your first clear edge. |
| Level 6 | Even / skill | R's double knock-up plus E-Q chains through his wither and wins the all-in or gank. |
| First item | Even / skill | Your tank/health first item lets you W-poke and tank trades, but his Q is starting to stack toward parity. |
| Two+ items | Nasus | Free-farmed Nasus out-scales you: stacked Q, E shred and R lifesteal/size beat your single-target presence — don't 1v1, fight as a team. |
Levels 1-2 you're both weak and just farming — you have no shield or combo and you're mana-starved, so don't force anything. The lane turns at 3 when W comes online: it's unstoppable, so his wither can't kite you out of it, and the percent-HP fire plus Brittle lets you trade back while denying his Q stacks. Contest his last-hits with Q poke and accept that this is a starving, slow phase for you both.
The full Ornn 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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