AP Nasus broken

Gragas Undressed·4/3/2017, 5:05:27 PM·3 votes·1,310 views

What a ridiculous kit. He's meant to be a tanky late game damage dealer but if you go AP he explodes people with his Spirit Fire from the very beginning, doesn't run out of mana EVER once he has two doran's rings, and Spirit Fire has a huge range, huge radius, does heavy initial burst damage AND has a dot as well as armor shred. Now, with normal builds this isn't a problem as his Spirit Fire never really does any damage. However, when he goes AP this ability is completely out of line. He should not be able to chunk you for 1/4 of your health in mid lane on an ability you basically can't dodge.

Riot, you've gotta nerf the AP ratio, the size of the spell, SOMETHING. This shit is absurd.

6 Comments

Gragas Undressed4/3/2017, 5:06:41 PM3 votes

Honestly, all you have to do to put an end to AP nasus is make Spirit Fire a PBAOE ability instead of a ranged AOE. Make the dog what he's supposed to be, an unkillable late game juggernaut, not a long range burst mage...

GankedByWindows4/3/2017, 5:09:20 PM3 votes

It is his only damage ability if he goes AP outside of his melee range ultimate. Once he uses it, go in. He has nothing left. It is pretty strong early/mid, but then late game he becomes really useless from the lack of stacks. If you can weather the storm, you're basically fighting 5v4 as he becomes nothing but a bad meatshield.

Another thing that works against him is positioning off the wave. AP Nasus works by shoving in the opposing midlaner (or top, but its more common mid). If you stand off the wave, he has to choose between hitting you or the wave. If he chooses you, shove the wave in and punish him for that. If he chooses the wave, you're not getting hit and have a window to hit him while his only damage ability is on cooldown.

Hochelaga4/3/2017, 5:56:29 PM1 votes

Wait, if AP Nasus if OP, why am I not seeing this in ranked.

Maddmazz4/3/2017, 6:15:19 PM1 votes

He falls off super hard after laneing. Annoying to lane against which seems like the OPs complaint.

Kaioko4/3/2017, 6:17:03 PM1 votes

It's annoying to play against but it's not overpowered by any means. He will just keep clearing lane and then be useless after that.

That being said; playing against it does make me want to smash my head against my keyboard.

Åeolus4/3/2017, 7:11:24 PM1 votes

I laughed so hard when I read this thanks man