Wukong vs Nasus — Top Lane Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Wukong against Nasus · 50.36% win rate (828 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15

Verdict: A genuine skill matchup — 50.36% win rate over 828 games, decided window to window rather than at champion select.

At a glance

Bully him early — E-Q poke, deny stacks before he scales.

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

Do

  • E-Q poke and bully
  • Deny his Q stacks
  • Snowball his weak early

Don't

  • Let him free-stack
  • Fight inside his W slow
  • Let the game go 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 + HP tempo)
Then
Sterak's Gage
Boots
Plated Steelcaps
Runes
Conqueror (Precision): Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand · Resolve: Bone Plating, Unflinching · Shards: Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force, Health

Favour timeline — the windows in Wukong's game plan

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

This is Wukong's own plan; across 828 pooled games the lane is even.

StageFavouredWhy
Level 1WukongLevel 1 is a mirror farm phase with neither champ holding a real edge, so it reads Skill.
Level 2WukongAt Level 2 your Q Crushing Blow poke lands before Nasus has an answer, giving you the tempo.
Level 3WukongBy Level 3 his Q trades trade back and the lane settles into even farming.
Levels 4-5Even / skillLevels 4-5 stay even as both of you farm and his Wither is not yet online to punish.
Level 6Even / skillLevel 6 is even because your R burst and his weak Q-CD windows roughly cancel out.
First itemNasusAt first item Nasus's stacked Siphoning Strike plus Iceborn tips the duel his way.
Two+ itemsNasusWith two-plus items a fully stacked Nasus and Wither overpower any extended fight, favoring him.

How to beat Nasus as Wukong: the early game

Level 1 is a farm standoff, but at 2 your Q gives you a clean poke edge before Nasus has any tools.

Hardest and easiest matchups for Wukong in top lane

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

Hardest

Easiest

Read the rest of this matchup

The full Wukong 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 Wukong vs Nasus in top lane?

Nobody on paper — a 50.36% win rate over 828 games makes this a coin flip decided by play, not champion select.

Is Wukong vs Nasus a skill matchup?

Yes — Wukong vs Nasus is a genuine skill matchup: 50.36% win rate, and the favour swings window to window rather than being set at champion select.

Does Wukong counter Nasus?

No hard counter either way — the Wukong vs Nasus win rate is 50.36%, an even lane decided by execution.

What runes does Wukong take vs Nasus?

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

What should Wukong build vs Nasus?

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

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