Nasus vs Malphite in Top lane is a favourable lane on patch 26.16. The one thing to respect: his Q poke (Seismic Shard) is his only real lane tool — your passive and Doran's Shield offset most of it. 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 · TOPNASUSthe Curator of the Sands

⇄ ChangeENEMY · TOPMALPHITEShard of the Monolith

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Favors youPre-6 EasyPost-6 EasyTake Teleport

How to play it

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His Q poke

His only real lane tool is Seismic Shard (Q) poke — but between your passive and Doran's Shield, you're naturally resistant to it.

Punish a whiffed Q

Once his Q's self-slow wears off, Wither him and look for the kill — he has no way to escape a Wither lock.

Avoid all-ins early

Don't try to kill him early — just stack Q, freeze the wave once you hit level 5-6, and avoid all-ins before you're ahead.

✕ DON'T

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Never force a kill on him early — there's no point, just stack safely and come out of lane ahead on stacks.

Runes

PRECISION

RESOLVEuniversal page

SHARDS

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

Spells

GHOST

TELEPORT

Items

Start

Core

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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→W→E

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