Tryndamere vs Nasus — Top Lane Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Tryndamere against Nasus · 43.59% win rate over 975 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27

Verdict: Closer than it looks — Tryndamere owns 2 of the 7 game windows to Nasus's 1, but the win rate still favours Nasus: you have to convert those windows or the game slips away. Tryndamere wins 43.59% of games vs Nasus in top lane (975 Emerald+ games analysed).

Favour timeline — who owns each window

StageFavouredWhy
Level 1Even / skillLevel 1 is a neutral farming start where neither of you threatens a kill.
Level 2Even / skillLevel 2 stays even — Nasus has no engage and you lack the tools to commit yet.
Level 3Even / skillLevel 3 is skill-based: your stack-denial pressure trades against his need to just farm.
Levels 4-5Even / skillLevels 4-5 remain a skill window as you contest stacks while he has no punish.
Level 6TryndamereAt 6 your R all-in beats a Nasus whose Wither and stacks aren't yet enough to survive.
First itemTryndamereAfter your first crit item you out-DPS an unstacked Nasus in a straight duel.
Two+ itemsNasusBy 2+ items Nasus's tank stats, Wither slow and stacked Q let him tank your R and kill you.

Early game (levels 1–5)

Levels 1-2 are even farming — Nasus can't punish you and you can't kill him yet, so just secure CS and match his shove without taking free harass.

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The full Tryndamere 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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