How to win lane as Zac against Nasus · 54.04% win rate over 161 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| 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 — his Wither counters your dives just as your R comes online. |
| 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.
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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