Nasus is an Assasin building full tank(like Ekko or Fizz). Incoming rework with the other assasin

Revive Aatrox·Jul 14, 2016·1 votes·1,129 views

You cant out run him thanks to is W that he can reapply every time its down(even if you have an escape mechanic), you cant fight him thanks to his Q stack mechanics and is 300 bonus AD on ult. You can't fight him cause he reduce your attack speed by 35%. You can't fight him cause he shreds your armor. You cant camp him cause its a waste of time he's gonna out scale any melee fighter by 15 to 20 minutes into the game. So really unless you pick Renekton I really dont see how your supose to win against him. And i thought Champions where suppose to be fair play but Nasus got nothing fair about him. an Assasin building full tank and still one shot you. Its just strait up toxic gameplay. I really wish Rito would Rework him since he's an old character that uses old season 1 mechanics that are outdated, toxic, and no counterplay to it.

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MisterHealYoGirlJul 14, 20161 votes

Nasus loses most lanes, and is useless if you can deny farm. He's a fine duelist if he's gotten his stack on, but he's god-awful in teamfights since he has no significant gap closers, escapes, hard CC, or ranged damage: it's TP flanks or nothing. Sure, if you build no armor and try to 1v1 him on 200 CS, you're gonna lose; same goes for if you face him as a low-mobility attack-speed based champion like Aatrox. What exactly is the problem here?

Revive AatroxJul 14, 20161 votes

I'm an Aatrox main. thats my problem. I should stop playing trash tier champion till they get a rework.

MisterHealYoGirlJul 14, 20162 votes

No, you should either itemize against your opponents or have at least one other champion you can play in case you're in a situation where Aatrox does poorly.

Revive AatroxJul 14, 20161 votes

When you get counter pick

Revive AatroxJul 14, 20161 votes

When you get counter pick. Plus itemization agaisnt nasus is a no brainer. Build tank do no damage. Build damage live 1 second. He gets free life steal, free armor shred, free AS debuff. plus free AD. plus free damage. He's gonna build full tank and deal more damage then you.

MisterHealYoGirlJul 14, 20161 votes

I mean, you didn't seem to have any trouble building Spirit Visage. Why not toss in a Randuin's instead? The loss of the healing amp hurts, sure, but it would also help you against their Sivir and their Kha'Zix, both of whom got pretty big in that game. You can also force him into teamfights, where he struggles to remain relevant. You found the ONE thing that Nasus is good at (dueling attack-speed based low-mobility low-armor melee champions), but tht doesn't mean that Nasus is OP in general.

Me actuallyJul 14, 20161 votes

Have you ever played agaisnts Kennen as Nasus? It becomes the freest lane ever once you hit lvl 3.

Revive AatroxJul 14, 20161 votes

Basicaly only way is to counter pick him. Nice unfair gameplay.

EndlessSorcererJul 14, 20161 votes

Nasus is an Assasin building full tank

Considering assassins are typically known for their mobility and burst damage, I'm going to say that you don't actually know what the classes and subclasses of champions are.

I'd recommend reading this.

Your issue in your last game is that you picked Aatrox (and relatively weak champion who is highly dependent on attack speed) against Nasus and proceed to build very, very poorly for that match-up.

You built Death's Dance, Spirit Visage and Mortal Reminder against Nasus without building a single armor item. You were highly lacking in damage and durability, which just let him crush you. I don't even know why you bought Spirit Visage so early considering the enemy had an AD top laner and jungler, so you'd be dealing with primarily physical damage early- and mid-game.

I'd generally recommend building something along the lines of Ninja Tabi, Black Cleaver and Sunfire Cape in that match-up for the damage and durability to really fight Nasus. The CDR and armor reduction is especially useful to amplify your damage while the armor greatly reduces the damage you take (since Nasus can't really itemize for armor penetration). You can grab Blade of the Ruined King or Titanic Hydra later for more damage and survivability.

Also, I'd probably recommend maxing E over W in that match-up because:

Nasus isn't going to be hitting you much early, so you don't really need the sustain
Wither is going to cripple your attack speed in extended fights, so you'll get less use out of it
E lets you bypass the armor Nasus will rush against you, better control the minion wave and poke him down under his own tower without risk