Ambessa vs Nasus in Top lane is a lane that swings with levels on patch 26.16. The one thing to respect: his R (raidboss form) — hold a dash to kite it or wait it out before you reengage. Below is the exact page the OTP runs — runes, skill max order, summoner spells, item build and the four tips that decide the lane, plus a quick quiz before you lock in.

⇄ ChangeYOU · TOPAMBESSAthe Hound of War

⇄ ChangeENEMY · TOPNASUSthe Curator of the Sands

VS

Swings with levelsPre-6 EasyPost-6 MediumTake Teleport

How to play it

✓ DO

Kite his ult

His R is his raidboss form — hold a dash to kite it; if you kite it you beat him, otherwise wait it out and reengage.

Bully him pre-6

Play aggressive and deny his CS and stacks before 6 — you may not kill a perfect Nasus, but you bully him and starve his scaling.

Track his jungler

Tracking the jungler is vital — one overstep and he runs you down with a gank and takes your tower in one go, and you can't beat him again.

✕ DON'T

⛔

Never overstep without knowing where his jungler is — one death lets Nasus run you down, take your tower, and out-scale you for good.

Runes

RESOLVE

INSPIRATIONuniversal page

SHARDS

No rune change for this matchup — run the universal page, our every-game default.

Spells

FLASH

TELEPORT

Items

Start

Core

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16.14 Emerald+ - 52% WR - 503 games

Skill order

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
	Q			Q	Q		Q	Q
			W											W	W		W	W
		E							E	E		E	E
						R					R					R

MAXQ→E→W

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