As a long term Nasus main since s2, I think it's time to rework Nasus
There's just no reason to play him anymore. Everything he hopes to do with farm is done better and more consistently by other fighters. In the past, when fighters were good, the upside of managing to get farm on Nasus was god tier mode late game with a 95% AS/MS slow, incredibly hard to kill, 700 range on wither and great front lining.
This was season 2 Nasus and the rewards were worth the risk of you managed to get farm. But since then, a lot of things have changed. He's been nerfed hard and never compensated one bit for any of those nerfs. The game has become ridiculously even more mobile while also granting these mobile champions CC to kite and stay away from Nasus indefinitely. He has no means to drain tank front lines because armor stackers on front lines reduce the effectiveness of Lifesteal meaning his one source of recovering health is heavily countered. The 600 HP on ult he gets is just another auto attack from a full build carry. He has no defensive steroids, no mobility, his strengths have been stripped away and he's a shell of his former self. It's why he hasn't been picked at all this season in competitive play and won't be.
I am convinced at this point, a rework is much better than buffs. The only thing I see buffs doing is pushing him to a point where he's just a wall of stats you can't overcome and quite frankly, that's bullshit. I don't want my champion to be Irelia 2.0. And honestly, when he has been good, that's kind of what he was. So I can't see a scenario where you buff him with his current kit and put him in a state where he's worth playing unless you buff him so hard, he just becomes a walking wall of destruction you can't deal with. Riot has gone away from that concept and has for awhile.
I am convinced you can keep his stacking Q mechanic in place. It doesn't even necessarily have to be an infinite stacking mechanic but it does need to be something worth stacking because at his core, that is his identity. Wither as a point and click disable probably just needs to go, I suspect you can turn this spell more into a mobility/MS boost spell that is granted additional effects from other spells - as an example, if Nasus casts wither on you and hits you with Q, your AD is reduced by 15% or something along those lines while having a different spell effect with E. I think his ult is honestly fine as it is, it was a spell that was honestly ahead of its time when it was made. I also think a HP% return on his W isn't out of the question so he can actually drain tank front lines in some facet.
I suspect this won't be popular amongst other Nasus mains, but the truth is after playing a lot of Jax lately, I just see no reason to ever play Nasus again. It's too frustrating. And I hate that because he's my favorite champion and I just want him to be good but not overbearing. And I just don't see a way his current kit can ever be good without it being overtuned as hell to compensate for how much this game has indirectly shit on his existence with CC/mobility galore attatched to every kit.
I also realize he's not even close to a priority to rework because there are others who've waited much longer and need it just as much, if not more. And they've been in line much longer, too. But I am at a point where I see no other options for him other than a full-on rework.
). He's a ticking time-bomb. He WILL get out of hand eventually, no matter what you do. Same with Sion, he can suck ass, but still, 5.4k HP is a lot of trouble to go through. Laning against him is boring, because the only thing he was to promote counterplay, is his E. Q is an autoattack, W is point and click. Tons of interaction, when all you can do is just "stay away".
, so that there would be a purpose to shutting them down appart from an artificial delay? They both got massive sustain, paired with no legitimate damage cap.
seem to indicate otherwise. In fact, they seem more open to the "giant tanky ball of destruction you can't deal with" than ever. Two days ago I watched a slightly-ahead Skarner run into a 1v3 and come out with a triple kill against Lucian, Olaf, and Shen. Nasus is in fact a perfect Juggernaut candidate. Hopefully if they do that, they'll have figured out how to balance these things by then.
and 
. At 500 stacks, with 
, he can virtually two shot just about any squishy.
is the embodiment of what should have never been released. I get what you're saying but Nasus isn't the problem, its champions like 
, and 
, not to mention** Fiora**, all the Juggernauts, and every sated devourer Jungler. Nasus is fine, if anything they need to put a cap on his stacks, its all the bullshit that riot has released and made this game into a pick this champion or buy this item to guarantee a win type game.
or 
to reduce the armor he has to deal with and make his Q hit harder.
was the meta top laner and that feeling of dread for the first 9 levels or so. Or hell, that feeling in your gut you get when you realize that you have to lane against 
. That feeling you get as you outfarm and outscale them after getting your shit kicked in early on is what I live for, and what should be strived for if they rework him.
