Nasus vs Kayn in Top lane is a lane to avoid on patch 26.14. The one thing to respect: his Blade's Reach out-ranges you — sidestep it instead of walking straight up to CS. 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 · TOPKAYNthe Shadow Reaper

VS

Avoid — ban or dodgePre-6 UnplayablePost-6 UnplayableTake Teleport

How to play it

✓ DO

Respect his range

Red Kayn out-trades you at every point of the lane — respect his Blade's Reach range and sidestep it rather than walking up to trade.

Hug tower and stack

You can't win the trade, so hug your tower and farm Q stacks — take only the CS you can grab without stepping into his range.

Don't count on the 5v5

He out-teamfights you too, so don't over-invest chasing him down — play to disengage and let your team pick the fights.

✕ DON'T

⛔

Never try to win the 1v1 — Red Kayn beats you at every stage of the game, so forcing trades just feeds him.

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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16.14 Emerald+ - 53% WR - 874 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→W→E

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