Iceborn Gauntlet should let Nasus stack multiple units at once

The Cane Master··2 votes·879 views
Iceborn Gauntlet

Since Nasus can only be used into melee ad matchups, his by far best first item is item 3025 . However as we can see in the description, as well as test it out in the game, the icy zone it procs is counter intuitive with Nasus concept. So it creates an icy zone around the attacked target that also deals damage, but it doesn't do on-hit damage from Q nor allow Nasus to stack several units it kills, rather only the one attacked with Siphoning Strike (Q). Personally, since majority of Nasus damage comes from Q, and it's only a single target, maybe it would be nice if the icy zone proc-ed on-hit effects, such as Nasus Q stacks. Since Riot doesn't seem to care about old champions in general, rather they focus on releasing new champions that outclass the old ones and then shuffle them in and out of meta, that's not likely to happen. What I do think that wouldn't increase Nasus overall power, but really makes sense is to change item 3025 so that that icy zone allows Siphoning Strike to stack multiple units at once (if the icy zone last hits nearby minions).

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Ralanr4 votes

That would vastly increase Nasus's stacking speed from mid to late, making him a much bigger timebomb.

I'm not saying Nasus is strong right now, but I don't think he suddenly needs his Q to get AoE stacking.

The Cane Master1 votes

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That would vastly increase Nasus's stacking speed from mid to late, making him a much bigger timebomb.

I'm not saying Nasus is strong right now, but I don't think he suddenly needs his Q to get AoE stacking.

Exactly his mid-late game stacking is too slow, where he should actually be a powerful threat.

Ralanr3 votes

Idk, I think that might be too much honestly.

Buffing Nasus, especially his stacking, is always a tricky subject because you get this very high damage champion with a low cooldown burst button that becomes very difficult to kill because of all the defense he gets. At least Veigar remains squishy because he builds AP.

Jo0o1 votes

Seems like a huge power shift, not sure if it's balanced.

The Cane Master1 votes

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Seems like a huge power shift, not sure if it's balanced.

For how much Nasus is weak comparing to current meta top laners, I don't think it would make him even close to them, still out of meta.

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