Urgot vs Nasus — Top Lane Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Urgot against Nasus · 49.82% win rate (1,142 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15

Verdict: A genuine skill matchup — 49.82% win rate over 1,142 games, decided window to window rather than at champion select.

At a glance

Bully him early — poke him off CS before he stacks.

Track: Nasus's W — Wither (15–11s cooldown). His only kite. Bait it before committing.

Do

  • Poke him off his Q stacks
  • Deny his farm
  • W-shred his all-in

Don't

  • Let him free-stack
  • Fight inside his W slow
  • Let him scale late

Runes & build vs Nasus

Start
Doran's Blade + Health Potion
First back
Executioner's Calling (≈800g) — cuts his healing
First item
Black Cleaver (shred + the leg tempo)
Then
Sterak's Gage
Boots
Plated Steelcaps
Runes
Press the Attack (Precision): Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand · Resolve: Bone Plating, Unflinching · Shards: Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force, Health

Favour timeline — the windows in Urgot's game plan

Read from Urgot's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Nasus.

StageFavouredWhy
Level 1Even / skillLevel 1 is even — Nasus just farms and neither champ has a reliable all-in without abilities.
Level 2UrgotLevel 2 favours you as your first two abilities let you punish his walk-ups while he has none.
Level 3UrgotLevel 3 favours you: Q Corrosive Charge lets you own the wave and start denying stacks.
Levels 4-5UrgotLevels 4-5 favour you as your kill pressure and CS denial compound while his stacks lag.
Level 6NasusFury of the Sands hands him bonus HP that lifts him above Fear Beyond Death's execute threshold, so six goes to him unless you catch the dive.
First itemEven / skillYour durability and percent-HP damage still win the long trade, but a Sheen-empowered Siphoning Strike with lifesteal grinds it back — first item lands even.
Two+ itemsNasusA stacked Siphoning Strike cuts through your shotgun legs and Wither takes your attack speed away, so the late duel is his — close the game before the stacks land.

How to beat Nasus as Urgot: the early game

Nasus has no level-1 abilities that threaten you and wants only to last-hit, so contest the melee minions and poke him with autos to make stacking miserable. This phase is even only because neither of you commits hard without a Q up.

Hardest and easiest matchups for Urgot in top lane

Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Urgot's side, sampled July 2026.

Hardest

Easiest

Read the rest of this matchup

The full Urgot 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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Common questions

Who wins Urgot vs Nasus in top lane?

Nobody on paper — a 49.82% win rate over 1,142 games makes this a coin flip decided by play, not champion select.

Is Urgot vs Nasus a skill matchup?

Yes — Urgot vs Nasus is a genuine skill matchup: 49.82% win rate, and the favour swings window to window rather than being set at champion select.

Does Urgot counter Nasus?

No hard counter either way — the Urgot vs Nasus win rate is 49.82%, an even lane decided by execution.

What runes does Urgot take vs Nasus?

Urgot takes Press the Attack on the Precision tree with Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Last Stand, and Resolve secondary (Bone Plating and Unflinching) vs Nasus.

What should Urgot build vs Nasus?

Start Doran's Blade + Health Potion and back for Executioner's Calling (≈800g) — cuts his healing. Build Black Cleaver (shred + the leg tempo) first, then Sterak's Gage, with Plated Steelcaps.

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