Hey there, an 
ed Onwodori here.
For you Nasus players, what are some good standards for Q stacks to live by? Let's say at:
10 minutes 20 minutes 30 minutes +
What should I be looking to have? Obviously the more the better, but when can I feel confident in knowing I've bee farming pretty well?
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-Onwodori
Yaśuo Main2 votesgo for 500 at 5, so now you will trick yourself into thinking 250 at 5 minutes is normal and now you become the best nasoos in the world
Juggernaut6282 votesIn complete honesty, you should have 420 cs by 20 minutes. I'm not joking around here as I've come real close and I barely play Nasus. My brother who is the "best Nasus in the world" says that you want to have 420 cs by 20 minutes and it isn't as farfetched as it may seem.
Generally by 35-40 minutes you want to get over 800 stacks because your team doesn't need you if you just end the game on your own.
Lucasman1 votesIn complete honesty, you should have 420 cs by 20 minutes. I'm not joking around here as I've come real close and I barely play Nasus. My brother who is the "best Nasus in the world" says that you want to have 420 cs by 20 minutes and it isn't as farfetched as it may seem.
Generally by 35-40 minutes you want to get over 800 stacks because your team doesn't need you if you just end the game on your own.
Aim for 500 at 20 as that is perfect, generally speaking though if you have 300 or more at 20 youre in good shape. I like to go for 1000 or like 900 by 30 depending on how much early pressure i want to give by fighting with team rather than stacking. this all can change drastically depending on enemy laner and enemy jungler
Swiftstrike42 votesThis is a question I think a lot of 
players have when they pick up the champion. It depends on how long you have played the champion too and I think if you are a novice player, your stacks will be on the lower end. Sometimes players spend the whole game stacking and then lose because they don't take objectives.
I am a Gold III Nasus main with over million mastery with the champion. I know when I am "stacking well" and not. I also understand when it is OK to stack. Some games you can't and others you can. Stack too long though and you will lose those games.
For the Novice (new or learning) these are OK stack ranges:
10 minutes: About 70-100
20 minutes: 225-275
30 minutes: 350-450
40 minutes: 550-600
I think a rate of 100 stacks every 10 minutes is totally fine if you are learning the champion and have not played him for awhile. You are strong enough to be relevant, but you probably are not optimally stacking.
These are the stack ranges appropriate for seasoned Nasus players. People that have played for awhile (rank is irrelevant this is applicable to all regular Nasus players. These numbers and ranges are a bit more specific.
Bad Stack Rates: If you are stacking at this rate you are probably having a rough game, getting zoned off farm, and dying a lot
Average Stack Rates: This is the rate you should consistently get that is considered "good" for a seasoned player. You should be around this rate in almost ALL your games if you play the champion a lot.
Ideal (God Tier): This is the stack rate of a Nasus that literally free farmed the whole game and there was no pressure in laning or on the map that warranted the player to stop stacking. I don't think these rates occur very often unless you are playing against players significantly worse than you. I am talking one full division or lower.
Most of the time if you are a participant on your team your stack rates will drop off in** the post 20 minute mark of the game**. Why is that? Because at that point you as should be doing stuff. You should be pressuring towers and shoving waves to them (losing stacks) or grouped with your team (also losing stacks). If you DO NOT do this you will almost always have a really high stack count, but you will probably lose the game. Basically you are not doing anything to help your team win. a
I mostly find myself in the average range in most of my games. Every now and then I find myself in God Tier or Bad category. In your games, regardless if you win or lose, you should be in the average category about 80% of the time. Consistency is really important with Nasus and this should be your goal with him if you want to have over a 50% winrate with him.
Note a few other things about stacks:
Stack rates drop off as the game goes on in general because you are typically doing stuff with your team. I really don't pay attention to my stack count after 500 post 25 minutes. They just aren't that important anymore as trying to win the game.
When asking "where should I be" with Nasus I always tell players "go to the lane with the closest tower". When you go where the towers are you are probably positioning right with Nasus. Edge lanes are preferable to the middle lane if the towers up are within the same tier.
oSEXYPLATYPUSo1 voteswell its gonna kinda be a lil less in the 1st ten and then by 20 -25 mins jump alot due to having core items and having previous stacks making it easier to last hit with Q to have more stacks.
if you are able to farm on a regular basis early between 1st spawn of creeps til 10 min mark you should have 65-90 cs in general... and lets say 80 as a mid average and out of that 80 cs you should have about 50-65 stacks of Q
once you are able to get more CDR you will be able to stack with Q easier... so from 10-20 mins you should have 150-200 stacks by 20 mins in.
end game after all the cs with Q and kills using Q by 30-35 min mark 350 stacks + i have games where i have upwards to 500 stacks by end of game
considering average game is 35-40 mins long ...
the issue is knowing how to manage farming with Q and grouping with team to fight...
some never do group til they have 200+ stacks and will split til then to farm and if you can do that safely and your team isnt getting dominated on the map its ok but if they are having issues getting pressure and objectives or winning fights with out you its ideal to group and try to get your stacks as your grouped which will lower the amount greatly .
if possible i run flat ad reds, armor quints, hp seals and cdr blues and 12--0-18 set up
and i rush 
in lane as my 1st 3 items. you can build in the order needed for lane but those 3 basic items will give you 30% cdr (+plus runes will be higher) and you have armor, mana, hp, and your sheen to proc more damage when you use Q, or any of your abilities and auto right after words.
if youre ahead you can build sheen into tri but if your struggling go into iceborn gauntlet and spirit visage taking advantage of the 3 basic items you already built and maximizing your gold efficiency .
i do like the combo of 
on nasus cuz the base ad bonus from stacks with the bonus ad proc from making the damage higher.
final build being something similar to either
or 
LordSauron221 votesAs a support main.....I say a good Nasus Stack should be a Solid 1 at 50 minutes.
