How to win lane as Yone against Nasus · 49.14% win rate over 2,546 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Yone | You dominate level 1 — Nasus has no trade tools while he's trying to stack, so your Q and W win every exchange. |
| Level 2 | Yone | Level 2 stays yours; your two-point spike lets you keep shoving him off farm and denying Siphoning Strike stacks. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | Level 3-5 is a skill check where his Wither cooldown and your Q charge management decide each trade. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | Levels 4-5 remain a coin-flip of positioning and cooldown usage, roughly even between you. |
| Level 6 | Yone | At 6 you spike hard — Fate Sealed is a real all-in threat that a Nasus with no ult trade can't match. |
| First item | Yone | First item is yours: your Kraken/Berserker timing outpaces a Nasus still deep in tank and Sheen components. |
| Two+ items | Nasus | Late the game is Nasus's — full stacks, Wither, and Spirit Visage make him unkillable and shut your mobility down. |
You control levels 1-2 cleanly: Nasus has no wave clear or trade tools while stacking, so use Q pokes and W shield to chunk him and shove him off farm. Every free trade you get is a stack he loses.
The full Yone 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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