There is legit 0 counterplay to nasus right now.

MoldyCheese1··7 votes·1,101 views

you can't say that "stopping him from farming" is counterplay, because you can't stop people from farming forever, and even then at lvl 6 he has one of the strongest engages ever. you can't think that giving the guy that farms all game to stack damage on q and builds flat tank with a glory has counterplay when his infinite damage stacking q has a 1-second cooldown in the form that gives him armor and mr over time with a hp boost, and basically a 6 second root and armor reduction aoe. like dude, no one can fight him right now, and before I was fine with nasus, he was only bad when against lane bullies like Darius and renek and teemo, but now we're at the point where at lvl 6 he has no counter.

  • Teemo blind 2.5 seconds nasus q has a 2-second cd in r with ~10% cdr, therefore making teemo's blind irrelivant, and you may say teemo can get away if he just runs thu his mushrooms, well thanks to that permaslow/atk speed reduction. he cants run regardless, and can't prevent nasus from just pressing the q key 4 times to kill him.
  • renekton only receives healing from q and CAN burst nasus, but if nasus just backs to buy armor and a sheen renekton can no longer burst him and is left with someone who lane bullies him, which is complete bullshit considering he's a very strong lane bully with insane burst, but when nasus can just slow him r and q spam and proc storm raiders leaving renekton looking like he was just shot in the knees and getting smacked in the face by an MLB player at full force.
  • Darius can slow him and can do immense damage in an extended fight to kill him, but yet again once Nasus gets a sheen or just ninja tabi's he can just wither and charge onto darius procking storm raiders and making it completely impossible for darius to continue.

nasus already did very good damage at 100 stacks in a sustained fight, that leaves him with around 200-300 damage per q without sheen prock but with 50% cdr on pressing r, he can do this way to fast for counterplay this buff was a terrible idea and i it should be greatly nerfed or removed entirely for some other passive effect.

22 Comments

Mecha MaIphite6 votes

at lvl 6 he has one of the strongest engages ever

no he doesn't

Ahristocats3 votes

counterplay has always been the same

push mid as 5 get out of his E kiting ccing roll over him before midgame

Kariu Rena1 votes

Sounds like chogath i guess we shouldnt nerf him then xdd

Ahristocats2 votes

you guessed right indeed

bring back release jax too

MoldyCheese11 votes

(づ。◕‿‿◕。)づNO(づ。◕‿‿◕。)づJUST NO

LyingOnLine3 votes

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MoldyCheese11 votes

holy shit this might work.(づ。◕‿‿◕。)づTHANKS FOR THE INPUT!

Casual Dude2 votes

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4G PnutCollida3 votes

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Level 6 isn't enough. He needs level 9 with max CDR to be a threat. And you could just disengage during his ult.

"And you could just disengage during his ultimate"

He has a slow dude... there's no escape.

Casual Dude4 votes

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MoldyCheese12 votes

its the longest slow in the game with the highest slow percentage (other than ziliean max e)

Ravenous Howls1 votes

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its the longest slow in the game with the highest slow percentage (other than ziliean max e)

False- Zillean and Thresh have the highest slow % in the game...

Ravenous Howls1 votes

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"And you could just disengage during his ultimate"

He has a slow dude... there's no escape.

Anyone with a dash or mobility can essentially escape Nasus even of withered. Or they can apply their own CC and walk away. Most Meta Top lane champions are fairly mobile or have better CC/early game damage. This is an excuse for not adapting and not a definition of facts.

MoldyCheese11 votes

this would be true, if he didnt have 50% cdr on q off of pressing r.

sad þoy2 votes

DON'T LET HIM FARM

!!!!!

ez

Swiftstrike42 votes

The counter play to nasus is not "stop him from farming", it is "murder his team while he scales" or "kill him a lot early". Whoever told you that "stop him from farming" is how you counter Nasus has no idea how to play against him.

Most Nasus mains can farm "OK". I lose most of my games from either getting killed repeatedly early in lane or my team getting 5v4 while I scale.

MoldyCheese11 votes

that is quite litterally all they have as a tip to counter nasus.

Swiftstrike41 votes

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that is quite litterally all they have as a tip to counter nasus.

Yeah, against Nasus approach it like this

You can free farm and roam for kills. Shove him in and then disappear. You can ward up the jungle go mid, do the skuttle, A LOT of things you can do. I would look at it as an opportunity to put pressure on the map somewhere rather than to "stop him from farming".

All the plat and high gold players just shove me in and roam once they figure out they can't kill me .

ItalianPotatoe2 votes

See this champion was balanced and then people complained that his early game was trash...

So now the champion is completely busted. His W being one of the most annoying cc's other than Malahazar

Jorencice1 votes

The answer is always karthus.

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