How to win lane as Ornn against Nasus · 53.77% win rate (1,339 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
Both scale — W-brittle, deny his stacks.
Track: Nasus's W — Wither (15–11s cooldown). His only kite. Brittle through it.
Read from Ornn's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Nasus.
| 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 | Ornn | 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 | Ornn | 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 | Even / skill | 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 | Your R chains through Wither, but Fury of the Sands hands him health, resists and range. |
| First item | Ornn | 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.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Ornn's side, sampled July 2026.
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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Ornn, slightly — a 53.77% win rate edge over 1,339 games; execution can flip it.
Mostly — Ornn has a small statistical edge (53.77% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.
Not a hard counter — Ornn has a slight edge (53.77% win rate), and play quality decides the rest.
Ornn takes Grasp of the Undying on the Resolve tree with Demolish, Second Wind and Overgrowth, and Precision secondary (Triumph and Legend: Haste) vs Nasus.
Start Doran's Shield + Health Potion and back for Executioner's Calling (≈800g) — cuts his healing. Build Iceborn Gauntlet (forge-upgradeable) first, then Sunfire Aegis, with Plated Steelcaps.
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