How to win lane as Vladimir against Nasus · 44.79% win rate over 451 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| 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 Hemoplague plus your pool over his Q gives you a real all-in kill threat, favouring you. |
| First item | Vladimir | First item you spike sustained AoE that outdamages his single-target Q and outheals his lifesteal. |
| Two+ items | Vladimir | At 2+ items your kite-and-drain wins if you denied his stacks, keeping the matchup Vladimir-favoured. |
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.
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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