What to do when a nasus is playing so extremely safe?

The Godkarther·Jun 4, 2019·0 votes·1,350 views

I play squishy laners who are ranged so pre-6 I'm alright against nasus. However the nasus' I god damn hate are the ones which just sit an entire lane away from you but still because of these recent buff end up with 300 stacks at 20 mins. Their little aoe ability which reduces armour ends up doing more damage to me + their minions until they reach 6 and obliterate me with their R. How the hell do you play against a nasus like this? You can't kill them, you can't stop them getting stacks. What do I do?

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letsfeedtogetherJun 4, 20193 votes

Freeze by your tower and zone

intraJun 4, 20191 votes

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Freeze by your tower and zone

to add on to this:

last hit minions level one, force him to walk up to q to harass
slow push the wave into his turret (use this time to drop a ward in enemy jg entrance) / harass under tower if you are in a safe position (depending on jg matchup)
wave will eventually bounce back, walk towards nasus and deny him farm while thinning out the wave rinse and repeat

The GodkartherJun 4, 20191 votes

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to add on to this:

last hit minions level one, force him to walk up to q to harass

slow push the wave into his turret (use this time to drop a ward in enemy jg entrance) / harass under tower if you are in a safe position (depending on jg matchup)

wave will eventually bounce back, walk towards nasus and deny him farm while thinning out the wave rinse and repeat

I try to harass him but he legit takes no damage after his first back, he'll take tp and get boots on first back and just like that I can't harass him at all. He ends up doing most my health with his E because he's so safe. Pushing to his tower is suicide since if he uses ulti with that disgusting cripple i'm gone in 2 qs. Denying farm seems impossible too after his first back since he takes no damage. ( I play squishy mages so he usually goes full MR).

EruliafThoiJun 4, 20193 votes

lrn to freez the lan noob

Baron BarianJun 4, 20191 votes

It's also the doran shield that got buffed (kind of), which makes it easier to deal with poke damage, although it punishes you for getting all-in'ed. So unless you're able to consistently push him out of lane or kill him a lot, you're not actually doing anything to stop Nasus.

It's also important not to push your lane when against Nasus, since you'll make it much more likely that he'll be csing at his tower, which is the single safest place he can be. I've won games as Nasus against Illaoi, Heim, and Akali simply because they naturally push their waves pretty hard. As Brand in your recent game, he's basically all aoe damage, so you probably couldn't help but hard push to his tower.

There are ways to deal with Nasus, and deal with him hard. Playing squishies that can only poke and not really all in and simply be out-scaled is definitely not the way to deal with him. You want someone who can be consistently aggressive and punishing. Darius is the first option that comes to my mind. Tahm Kench is also kind of turning into a Frog Darius, so maybe even him if Darius gets banned or something.

Evil JesterJun 4, 20191 votes

Sion can be a good counter pick if you have the chance too, since he stacks health t counter Nasus's Q damage to a degree, or anyone with a blind like Teemo or Quinn

Other than that you either have to get your jungler or another teammate to put some early pressure on him so he can't farm AS MUCH, you have to coordinate to just stay on him no matter how much he wants to splitpush.

Try to freeze the lane and DO NOT OVEREXTEND, thats when he will wither and destroy you, try to keep your tower close and your minions closer.

Divin1tyJun 4, 20191 votes

Don't mindlessly push like a moron, freeze the wave near your tower so you can zone/kill him alone or with your jungler if he wants 300g.

The GodkartherJun 4, 20191 votes

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Don't mindlessly push like a moron, freeze the wave near your tower so you can zone/kill him alone or with your jungler if he wants 300g.

At level 6 towers don't matter, he can pretty easily tower dive me. I don't really push in a nasus lane, I try to freeze near my tower but he still stacks.

Darkdemon653Jun 4, 20191 votes

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I god damn hate are the ones which just sit an entire lane away from you but still because of these recent buff end up with 300 stacks at 20 mins.

If your Nasus opponent has 300 stacks at 20, you absolutely crushed him. 300 at 20 is horrendous and he's going to be extremely weak.