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Kayle vs Nasus

Updated Jun 3, 2026

Overview

Prioritize surviving early levels without giving kills to Nasus and focus on safe farming until you reach ranged form at level 6.
This is a scaling vs scaling matchup where Kayle must avoid giving Nasus a passive lane and pressure the wave enough to deny free stacks.

Trading pattern

Avoid early melee trades and only trade short bursts when (W) slow is down.
Use (Q) slow and resistance reduction to poke and disengage before Nasus can retaliate.
After level 6, use your ranged attacks and (R) to deny Nasus's burst and punish his all-in attempts.

Danger windows

Kayle is vulnerable before level 6 when Nasus can all-in with (W) slow and stacked (Q).
When (R) is down, Kayle must respect Nasus's burst potential and avoid extended trades.
Avoid wave states frozen far from your tower to prevent Nasus from safely stacking and forcing fights.

Early game

Avoid extended trades before level 6 and use (Q) and (W) to sustain and slow Nasus when he tries to engage.
Keep the wave near your tower to reduce Nasus's ability to freeze and stack safely.
Use (Q) to poke and disrupt Nasus's last-hitting without overcommitting.

Power spikes

At level 6, Kayle gains ranged attacks and (R); use this to stabilize lane and survive Nasus's all-ins.
Nasus's level 6 (R) grants durability; respect extended fights and kite to avoid repeated (Q) damage.
Kayle's late-game DPS and item scaling make her a major side-lane and teamfight threat; protect uptime and fight front-to-back.

Win conditions

Survive the early lane without deaths and deny Nasus from freezing the wave to limit his (Q) stacks.
Reach level 6 and item thresholds to safely farm and trade with ranged attacks and (R).
Use (R) to negate lethal burst and become a late-game DPS threat that can outscale Nasus in side-lane and teamfights.