Nasus lifesteal passive is Strong after removal of grievous wounds

Hexs Fortune·Aug 20, 2015·1 votes·1,015 views

Very hard to kill a nasus right now even with focus. He benefits so much from life steal and the adc's that traditionally countered his heals can no longer do so.

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Pretty DhiziAug 20, 20153 votes

His lifesteal doesn't make him a dominant force. It gives him tolerable sustain if he knows to keep hitting targets for proccing the lifesteal. His strength is his Q stacking (which indirectly makes his passive stronger), superb durability and damage thanks to his ultimate, and his overall resource-filled kit. No one cares that Nasus lifesteals, they only care for the fact that his Q's can chunk your face off if you're stupid enough to be in auto-attack range of him.

How to beat nasus is easy. Make him burn his wither, and then he has no stick, you then destroy him with your team, NOT, alone. Dang, that was easy.

Hullabaloo907Aug 20, 20153 votes

Basically, Nasus is countered by teamwork. Basically if the adc and support work together, they can destroy nasus as long as he hasnt been fed.

Hexs FortuneAug 20, 20151 votes

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His lifesteal doesn't make him a dominant force. It gives him tolerable sustain if he knows to keep hitting targets for proccing the lifesteal. His strength is his Q stacking (which indirectly makes his passive stronger), superb durability and damage thanks to his ultimate, and his overall resource-filled kit. No one cares that Nasus lifesteals, they only care for the fact that his Q's can chunk your face off if you're stupid enough to be in auto-attack range of him.

How to beat nasus is easy. Make him burn his wither, and then he has no stick, you then destroy him with your team, NOT, alone. Dang, that was easy.

So we have a guy who by himself demands at least 3 people to kill. Meanwhile the rest of his team can run amok the map. Looking at his strengths ( super tanky, High damage ), and how things like ghost/ flash can temporarily dismiss his weakness to kiting, his strenghend life steal as a result of removal of greivous wounds is a bit much

Pretty DhiziAug 20, 20152 votes

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So we have a guy who by himself demands at least 3 people to kill. Meanwhile the rest of his team can run amok the map. Looking at his strengths ( super tanky, High damage ), and how things like ghost/ flash can temporarily dismiss his weakness to kiting, his strenghend life steal as a result of removal of greivous wounds is a bit much

Tell me.

What TANK

Doesn't Require

teamwork to

take down?

Nasus bears the same weaknesses/strengths as all tanks. His damage cannot focus among more than a single target most often, he will out-duel most champions one-on-one, is fragile to sustained damage and moderately durable against burst, and is weakest when being faced by more than one enemy. All tanks typically demand the attention of more than one individual at a time. to eliminate a tank, you either need to already have superb armor/magic penetration and high damage values, or be building towards those, along with extra safety essentials such as CC removal or invulnerability (IE, quicksilver or Hourglass).

Ghost and flash only cover his weaknesses (which, they STILL remain weaknesses however you spell it out, if you play smart) for a short while. Consider that he'll be without those spells for a great duration of time, and that leaves you open to many more engagements/objectives in-between his moments of weakness, like all champions. In reality, Nasus's lifesteal is only 'noticeable' early and mid-game. It's practically lackluster and weak late-game unless he's solo-fighting another champion, which is where he is strongest. Do you know why Nasus players don't buy bloodthirster, Essence reaver, and other life-steal items? Because lifesteal is generally trended to fall-off late game, much more so than armor and magic resist. A nasus gains more strength from being durable enough to be in a fight for his full ultimate duration, as its power increases the LONGER he's within fighting distance of enemy targets. The longer Nasus is in a fight with his ultimate, the harder he hits, and the harder he is to take down. DEDICATE two sources of damage to quickly, if not instantly, delete him.

I don't really think Grievous wounds ever shut a Nasus down. Things that would shut him down would be obvious -- Such as forcing him to waste wither on a prime target, and using that individual as bait, leading him through all your teams damage and CC sources to prevent him from even landing a single Q -- Or just immediate burst-damage. If he withers someone, you need to cover them. Most Nasus players chase a withered enemy to the depths of hell before realizing they've lost almost all their health just to have slowed someone.

TL;DR + a bit of a important note

2 or more champions to eliminate Nasus is the most effective method, as he can only damage one at a time, unless you're within his ultimates AoE range. Another note to follow is that Nasus is practically useless past gold-3 level, where players TEND to realize you need to 'focus-fire' on a important target. You're in Silver III, so i'm aware -- Nasus dominates your rank level quite often...But he's worthless in any game-rank higher. He's transparent and easy to beat, you're just not thinking at a high enough level yet to grasp his weaknesses that are right in front of you.

Make him waste Wither. Protect the withered. Whittle him down as he's chasing a target, and you're golden. If there's a Nasus on the enemy team..Just saying, you should PROBABLY buy yourself a quicksilver sash by mid-game. Not just let him CC you to death because you didn't consider abusing it's reasonably long cooldown.

warpenguin555Aug 20, 20153 votes

tbh hes not so bad once you learn the trick to beating him

BeoridasAug 20, 20152 votes

whats the point of your post? even IF we were somehow vaguely, remotely, tiny bits, barely in agreement?

CalabokAug 20, 20151 votes

When it takes a team to kill 1 guy 100% of the time... that is OP in a nutshell

Pretty DhiziAug 21, 20152 votes

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When it takes a team to kill 1 guy 100% of the time... that is OP in a nutshell

No, that is Silver-elo/unranked and lower in a nutshell. It's kind of awkward.

SirPacifistaAug 22, 20151 votes

Hes slow, melee and can be easily outplayed by playing agressive eearly on, or with champions like Riven and Vanye who are faster or can stun him. He is in now was Op, or his lifesteal too strong. WIthout it he would have no means of sustain and wouldnt even be picked in normal games.