Nasus's Wither needs a nerf.

Faeri Pinkett··4 votes·3,186 views

Riot I know this is probably not something you want to hear but.. ADDITIONAL MOVEMENT SLOW PER SECOND: 3 / 6 / 9 / 12 / 15% MAX MOVEMENT SPEED SLOW: 47 / 59 / 71 / 83 / 95% ADDITIONAL ATTACK SPEED SLOW PER SECOND: 1.5 / 3 / 4.5 / 6 / 7.5% MAX ATTACK SPEED SLOW: 23.5 / 29.5 / 35.5 / 41.5 / 47.5% These stats late game are murder for a team. Ranked it might be easy to counter that. In blind/teambuilder we can't easily. I'm sorry but if I'm doing karthus mid in teambuilder and I go into loading screen to see a nasus I just want to afk. Theres literally no help for me at that point. Ghost? Teleport? Exhaust? Teleport? TELEPORT? There are literally two ways I can see you nerfing it. Make the Attack speed slow 35% at max and the Movement speed 70%. Or make wither a self cast type of deal, like a toggle. To where only those that are directly around him are being withered. Aka you can't get AWAY from him easily. But he won't beable to wither you all the way over there and chase you down.

8 Comments

not ganking kys4 votes

"lets nerf an already below average champ that isnt picked outside of soloqueue"

Faeri Pinkett1 votes

How do you deal with a nasus wither then?

EcchiOtakuTM1 votes

By wrecking his face in and preventing farming like usual :D

Maneguster1 votes

I play him if you just poke him out of lane early you are fine. And then use any form of cc on him and guess what he cant reach you. His wither is his only form of crowd control sadly not making him super viable as a tank in this meta where CC is needed.

Saiyer1 votes

Susan's Wither is what keeps him even viable in lane. If his Wither was nerfed he'd pretty much be gutted as a fighter. Due to this game now being League of Mobility, it's kind of necessary for him to have such a silly amount of slowing. The only damage he can deal is melee and he has no mobility or hard CC in his kit to help close distance other than his Wither. He'd never be able to catch his target.

Undead Spetsnaz1 votes

"it's kind of necessary for him to have such a silly amount of slowing"

It is definitely not necessary for him to have a 95% MS slow and 47.5% Attack Speed slow. If you think about him fighting just a single individual who you can say is incredibly mobile i.e Ahri for example. You have no where to run when that wither hits you. Yeah you can say her Q gives a huge movement speed boost, but that wither affects your total movement speed. Build Tenacity? That will only make the slow stronger because since the duration is lowered by tenacity the slow over time takes affect quicker. Lets also say Ahri has her ult and flash and is forced to use it to get away. She wont have any saving grace next time if she encounters Nasus again(especially if he has ghost). Now for those champions that are already immobile and have no choice but to fight Nasus, they won't be able to. His Wither reduces so much attack speed and movement that you cant out trade him, and assuming you try to disengage you can't. My problem with his wither is that its lasts way too long. Hell even a 1.5 sec stun can feel like a million years. Since Nasus is going to be going practically full tank with 40% CDR he will have his Wither every 6.6 secs while the duration is 5 secs. I do agree he needs his Wither to catch up to someone or to use it on an ADC for team fights, But the stats are way too excessive. If it was 70% Max slow for 3 whole seconds that would be fine.

But after all of that listed, the absolute terrifying thing in the world is Smite/Teleport Nasus. His Wither is practically a mini exhaust and when combined with a Skirmisher's Sabre enchanted with Cinderhulk its practically game over for you if you're playing an immobile top laner.

SleepyLionCub1 votes

Sure. if he gets some heavy mobility in his kit.

Frizzle18621 votes

5 seconds late game is the dumbest thing ever, 5 seconds is a lifetime.

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