Nasus vs Graves in Top lane is a lane that swings with levels on patch 26.14. The one thing to respect: his Q is his early chunk — sidestep it, don't trade into 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 · TOPGRAVESthe Outlaw

VS

Swings with levelsPre-6 HardPost-6 MediumTake Teleport

How to play it

✓ DO

Dodge his Q

His Q is his main early chunk — sidestep it and refuse to trade into it while he's ahead.

Wait for the gank

You have almost no solo kill pressure early — call your jungler and Wither (W) him so the gank sticks.

Just farm and scale

He's strong in the early game, so don't duel him — stack Q safely and you outscale him hard.

✕ DON'T

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Never try to duel Graves straight up in the early game — that's exactly when he's strongest, so farm and wait instead.

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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