nasus

MrSaunalyhty·Feb 4, 2018·2 votes·536 views

why do people call nasus " balanced ", tank with better versio of exhaust, lifesteal and q that half hits he literally has like 2 huge counters, rene and darius you can never let your eye out of him if you want to win somehow

8 Comments

redniwediSFeb 4, 20182 votes

Nasus is a Juggernaut, not a Tank, so he has a very different set of balance requirements. After the Kleptomancy nerf he also has a pretty pathetic win rate for a champion people like to call broken and overpowered.

trashbagzFeb 8, 20181 votes

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redniwediSFeb 8, 20181 votes

Firstly I made that post four days ago. Win rates can change in that time.

Secondly what website are you using, because the one I use shows that his best players have a win rate in that range, with the average win rate around 50%.

Either you're using an unreliable site, or you saw the higher win rate and just kind of went with it.

Professor HookFeb 4, 20182 votes

He's extremely kitable, suffers if he can't farm early, and gets nullified in team fights if you keep him CCed even for just a few seconds (and there are comps that can easily achieve this if you have, say, Maokai and Leona on your team).

I've found that the very best counter to him, at least when I'm against him, is with item 3116 . Just utilize your range to kite him with the slow and burn him to death.

MatthewRT2Feb 4, 20181 votes

Pick teemo and for the first 20 min use your q to deny him stacks, easy counter

e46 FanaticFeb 4, 20181 votes

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Pick teemo and for the first 20 min use your q to deny him stacks, easy counter

This pretty much. Teemo has always been my top lane ban, whether I play Nasus or not. Just gotta be smart with that Q because some people like me, we appreciate teemos wasting their blind giving a free oppurtunity to just str8 demolish him. His blind isn't the only reason he is well against nasus, he's also a ranged champion with them shrooms meaning its pretty damn hard to touch him

MatthewRT2Feb 4, 20181 votes

I like to save the q for when i can deny a canon or multiple melee unless they use E and is a decent mana cost

Professor HookFeb 4, 20182 votes

The problem is that aside from denying Nasus stacks for the first 20 minutes, Teemo is pretty useless in most team comps. I've lost count of how many times I've played with or against a fed Teemo who ended up being nullified in the late game because he didn't contribute much then.