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Nasus Rant

Ruffian·2/25/2019, 5:57:00 AM·10 votes·7,058 views

When I first started playing League over two years ago, I bought Nasus first. I bought him first because he looked cool. I kept playing because of his character. I remember wanting to buy all the Shurmian champs because I loved their lore, especially Nasus's.

As I played the champ more, I came to dislike his kit and playstyle. It is and continues to be boring and stagnate over the course of the game. I picked up Azir and had a lot more fun because his kit and gameplay were actually interesting. I really wish Nasus's kit was like that or at least more interactive.

Nasus is supposed to be a master strategist. I snagged this right out of his bio:

A voracious scholar, he read, memorized and critiqued the greatest works of history, philosophy and rhetoric within the Library of the Sun before he’d seen ten summers.

and

Nasus’s grasp on military strategy and logistics ensured he became the youngest general in Shuriman history. While he was a competent soldier, his genius lay not in fighting battles, but in planning them. His strategic foresight became legendary. In war, he was always a dozen moves ahead of the enemy, able to predict their movement and reactions, as well as pinpoint the exact moment to push the attack or pull back.

The in game representation of this is really poor. The most outplaying you're gonna do is wait for your opponent to blow their abilities and then pop your ult and run them down after you hid under your tower all game. His waveclear isn't even great for someone who just wants to farm. You'd think he would be closer to Swain the way his bio reads. He was obviously modelled after Anubis though, his passive and W were my first take aways from the wiki article on him.

I'm just disappointed Nasus is what he is. I wish his playstyle was more teamfighting orientated and accurately reflected his thematic. Not saying he should get changed though as he does have people who like him the way he is and I'm probably still gonna play him anyway. Thanks for listening to my Ted talk.

17 Comments

Fear the Kayn2/25/2019, 8:57:21 AM6 votes

Nasus currently have one of the highest win rates in Diamond+ (I thought he was bad in high elo hmmmmm). He needs some tone downs on his Q then we can talk about changing some of his other abilities.

DrippyBrownHole2/25/2019, 3:29:39 PM2 votes

tbqh the lore is worthless and irrelevant in game

feintfiend2/25/2019, 6:15:32 PM2 votes

Nasus needs nerfs in anything His in lane sustain is ridiculous

Ruffian2/25/2019, 6:06:50 AM1 votes

I put his together after being frustrated I couldn't think of any good improvements for Nasus to make him viable in high elo. He kind of just sucks. It wouldn't matter anyway though cause I'm only gold.

I was mainly trying to come up with thematically appropriate waveclear options at later levels that didn't give him a higher DPS vs enemy champions.

Kenneky2/25/2019, 8:24:49 AM1 votes

I would say the same thing about Ashe to be honest. She was one of my first champions and as I started to get more familiar with the basics and mechanics of the game I started to get bored of her simple kit. There is nothing wrong with her kit, it's great for new players like me, I know she is an old champion, that probably explain her simple kit. And as more and more I played the game I started to like mostly the latest champions like Jhin, Pyke, Kai'sa, even Neeko, because they feel more complex. And also for a champion that is from the Freljyord Ashe looks nothing like a person from there. Almost every champion that is from Frelyord have some type of armour, even if minimal and wears some type of fur cloth. Ashe just looks like a sexy scout, rather the leader she wants to become. I guess you could say that she has cold immunity because she wields a bow out of ice, but still you have to reflect your people, that outfit doesn't do it. Glad to see I'm not the only one who feels similar...