How to win lane as Vladimir against Nasus · 49.74% win rate (949 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
He out-scales even your late game and out-sustains the lane. Deny stacks early or you simply lose the 1v1.
Track: Nasus's W — Wither (15–11s cooldown). His only kite. Poke before it.
Read from Vladimir's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Nasus.
This is Vladimir's own plan; across 949 pooled games the lane is even.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | Level 1 is even — both of you only want to farm and neither threatens a kill. |
| Level 2 | Even / skill | Level 2 stays skill: your poke and his Q-farming cancel out with no kill pressure yet. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | Level 3-5 is a wash — your E-Q chunks him but feeds stacks, keeping it even. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | Levels 4-5 remain skill-based as trades trade his stacks for your poke damage. |
| Level 6 | Vladimir | At 6 Fury of the Sands gives him health, resists and a percent-health hit your burst cannot race. |
| First item | Vladimir | First item he spikes harder — Siphoning Strike stacks and Soul Eater lifesteal outlast your Transfusion. |
| Two+ items | Vladimir | At 2+ items a stacked Siphoning Strike and Fury tankiness win unless you ended the game before it. |
Levels 1-2 are pure skill — Nasus just wants to Q minions and you want to Q him without shoving. Neither of you threatens a kill; respect that your Q on the wave gives him stacks, so harass only when you can hit him and not push.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Vladimir's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Vladimir 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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Nobody on paper — a 49.74% win rate over 949 games makes this a coin flip decided by play, not champion select.
Yes — Vladimir vs Nasus is a genuine skill matchup: 49.74% win rate, and the favour swings window to window rather than being set at champion select.
No hard counter either way — the Vladimir vs Nasus win rate is 49.74%, an even lane decided by execution.
Vladimir takes Phase Rush on the Sorcery tree with Manaflow Band, Transcendence and Scorch, and Inspiration secondary (Biscuit Delivery and Cosmic Insight) vs Nasus.
Start Doran's Ring + 2 Health Potions and back for Oblivion Orb (≈800g) — cuts his healing. Build Riftmaker (drain scaling) first, then Zhonya's Hourglass, with Sorcerer's Shoes.
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