How to win lane as Zac against Nasus · 44.13% win rate (349 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
Deny his stacks — E-knock him off CS, sustain.
Track: Nasus's W — Wither (15–11s cooldown). His only kite. Trade around it.
Read from Zac's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Nasus.
This is Zac's own plan; across 349 pooled games the lane is Nasus-favoured.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Zac | You bully Nasus level 1 before he has stacks or Wither to punish your walk-ups. |
| Level 2 | Zac | Your level 2 spike lets you deny farm while he has no way to trade back. |
| Level 3 | Zac | At 3 your E slingshot engage and Q double-hit dominate a Nasus stuck last-hitting. |
| Levels 4-5 | Zac | Levels 4-5 you keep zoning him off Siphoning Strike stacks with no counterplay. |
| Level 6 | Even / skill | Level 6 is even — Fury of the Sands burns %HP as Wither ends your chase. |
| First item | Nasus | After his first item Wither plus stacked Q flips the duel to Nasus. |
| Two+ items | Nasus | With two items his Q, Spirit Visage and Thornmail outscale your entire kit. |
You start ahead — before Nasus has anything, your E Elastic Slingshot engage and double-tap Q Stretching Strikes let you deny his Siphoning Strike last-hits and chunk him whenever he steps up to farm. Slingshot from brush at level 3 and he simply cannot fight back.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Zac's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Zac 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 — Zac wins only 44.13% of 349 games, so Zac plays this as the disadvantaged side.
Not really — Nasus holds a real statistical advantage (55.87% win rate), so Zac is the one working uphill.
No — Nasus counters Zac (Zac wins only 44.13% of games). Play it as the disadvantaged side and lean on the windows in the plan.
Zac takes Grasp of the Undying on the Resolve tree with Demolish, Second Wind and Overgrowth, and Precision secondary (Triumph and Legend: Haste) vs Nasus.
Start Doran's Shield + Health Potion and back for Executioner's Calling (≈800g) — cuts his healing. Build Heartsteel (HP feeds everything) first, then Spirit Visage / Thornmail, with Plated Steelcaps.
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