Shen vs Nasus in Top lane is a favourable lane on patch 26.16. The one thing to respect: after 6, never taunt onto him — he can R and Wither you down for the kill. 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 · TOPSHENthe Eye of Twilight

⇄ ChangeENEMY · TOPNASUSthe Curator of the Sands

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Favors youPre-6 EasyPost-6 EasyTake Ignite

How to play it

✓ DO

Don't taunt in post-6

After 6, don't taunt onto him — he can R and Wither you for the kill; save taunt until he's actually killable.

Punish every last-hit

He's the weakest early top laner, so drag your blade through him and trade every time he goes for a CS, forcing him to farm with E only.

Don't touch minions

The common mistake is hitting minions for no reason — only last-hit at the last moment to keep the longest window to trade on him.

✕ DON'T

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Never free-hit the minion wave early — it's the most common mistake and it shrinks your window to trade on Nasus.

Runes

RESOLVE

INSPIRATIONuniversal page

SHARDS

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

Spells

FLASH

IGNITE

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→E→W

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