Warwick vs Nasus — Top Lane Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Warwick against Nasus · 49.11% win rate over 615 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27

Verdict: Closer than it looks — Warwick owns 3 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. Warwick wins 49.11% of games vs Nasus in top lane (615 Emerald+ games analysed).

Favour timeline — who owns each window

StageFavouredWhy
Level 1WarwickLevel 1 favours you because Nasus has no Wither or stacks and simply farms while you control the wave.
Level 2Even / skillLevel 2 is even since neither of you has a full combo and Nasus just wants to reach Q stacking safely.
Level 3WarwickLevel 3 is yours: Q reset plus Blood Hunt speed lets you win any trade before his stacks matter.
Levels 4-5Even / skillLevels 4-5 are skill-based as Nasus starts landing Q stacks under tower and trades become a tempo race.
Level 6WarwickLevel 6 swings back to you because Infinite Duress suppresses through Wither and bursts him down.
First itemEven / skillFirst item is even — your bruiser spike matches his early Sheen and Spirit Fire while stacks slowly accumulate.
Two+ itemsNasusTwo-plus items favours Nasus: hundreds of Q stacks, Spirit Fire shred, and Wither make him unkillable in a duel.

Early game (levels 1–5)

Levels 1-2 are yours: Nasus has no Wither yet and can only farm, so poke him with Q and deny cannon stacks while Blood Hunt marks him when he's low.

Read the rest of this matchup

The full Warwick 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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