How to win lane as Yasuo against Nasus · 44.38% win rate (1,370 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
Bully him early — EQ poke, deny stacks before he scales.
Track: Nasus's W — Wither (15–11s cooldown). His only kite. Bait it before all-in.
Read from Yasuo's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Nasus.
This is Yasuo's own plan; across 1,370 pooled games the lane is Nasus-favoured.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Yasuo | Level 1 is yours — Nasus is a gapless melee farmer you out-poke with Q and out-move with E. |
| Level 2 | Yasuo | Level 2 stays yours: your second point makes trades one-sided against a stat-check farmer. |
| Level 3 | Yasuo | Level 3 you win — Sweeping Blade dashes let you all-in a Nasus who can't disengage. |
| Levels 4-5 | Yasuo | Levels 4-5 favour you as your Q stacks toward the tornado and he's still ramping. |
| Level 6 | Yasuo | Level 6 is yours: Last Breath kills before his Wither+stacks combo is online. |
| First item | Yasuo | First item you keep the edge — crit Yasuo out-duels a tank-buying, under-stacked Nasus. |
| Two+ items | Nasus | 2+ items flips to Nasus: full stacks, Fury of the Sands and Wither make him unkillable. |
You dominate levels 1-2: Nasus is a slow melee farmer with no gap-closer, so double-Q'd Steel Tempest and Sweeping Blade auto-resets let you poke him off cs freely. Zone him from caster minions to deny early Siphoning Strike stacks.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Yasuo's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Yasuo 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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Nasus — Yasuo wins only 44.38% of 1,370 games, so Yasuo plays this as the disadvantaged side.
Not really — Nasus holds a real statistical advantage (55.62% win rate), so Yasuo is the one working uphill.
No — Nasus counters Yasuo (Yasuo wins only 44.38% of games). Play it as the disadvantaged side and lean on the windows in the plan.
Yasuo takes Lethal Tempo on the Precision tree with Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Last Stand, and Resolve secondary (Bone Plating and Unflinching) vs Nasus.
Start Doran's Blade + Health Potion and back for Executioner's Calling (≈800g) — cuts his healing. Build Blade of the Ruined King (duel spike) first, then Infinity Edge, with Plated Steelcaps.
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