Please give Nasus some love

Prondor·8/26/2016, 5:26:19 AM·5 votes·749 views

I have been playing Nasus FOREVER... I must say, I tired of hearing "Nasus U suck",when I get a good player or a tuff counter, I have a huge battle to gain any place in the game. unless i get a weak top laner, but who doesnt do well with a weak laner. Can League give some love so Nasus can be more involved in the game, I am finding its harder to Build my Q, If i get tuff laner I am pretty much useless since i end up Qing forever to catch up, and I have no gold. then and my team is now suffering as well. As a video update and skin pretty much Nasus hasn't been touched in 5 years. except the 3v3 map. Please bring Nasus back into the fight.

9 Comments

AnCa8/26/2016, 5:57:59 AM2 votes

Nasus is a champion that do not want to teamfight, do not want to leave lane, want to farm for as long as possible, split push take all the towers in a lane. This sort of play style was better in previous seasons. In season 6, the pace of the game got faster, and the game result revolve around mid game teamfight alot more. It is not that people forgot about Nasus, it is his play style don't fit the meta as much.

oSEXYPLATYPUSo8/26/2016, 5:42:38 AM1 votes

or you could say throw the dog a bone?

Zane Zephyr8/26/2016, 6:26:28 AM1 votes

The thing is, if nasus receives any kind of meaningful buff, his wither will absolutely HAVE to be nerfed. The spell itself is one of the strongest non-damaging spells in the game in my opinion and there's no way you can leave it unchecked if he gets buffed.

karruck8/26/2016, 12:16:46 PM1 votes

Nasus my fun time jungle pick. easy stacks and as tanky as you want him to be.

Swiftstrike48/27/2016, 6:50:57 AM1 votes

He is harder to play, but it is due to several indirect nerfs. You probably simply need to improve a bit as Nasus as well since he is a champion that at the moment can't afford to make a lot of mistakes in lane.

Nerfs to movement speed items, the strength of adc items, nerfs to some items that he commonly built, the mastery changes (for the most part didn't help him), and the pacing of the game have all hurt him.

The amount of CC in the game is pretty high with recent champs having CC heavier kits. Rylais buff are really hurting him when he groups and lowering his ability to escape.

If they provided a bit of buff to his base stats I think it will help him get closer to 50% again. He was around there at the start of the season but has fallen as the season has gone on.

Learning him requires patience and understanding when he power spikes. After you get mechanically good with him, you then need to get good at making decisions. Mistakes in decisionmaking as Nasus (when to splitpush when to group when to rotate etc) are really really important if you want to win with him.

That being said. If you learn how to farm with him under pressure, not die in lane, and get good at making decisions then you should start winning more games. I almost exclusively play Nasus and I can still win games in higher Elo, but my decision-making got a lot better. I do think Nasus is harder to play than last season.

Edit: I looked at your builds. They aren't that good. He has a very precise build for matchups. He only builds one damage item and its either item 3025 or item 3078 and then full tank.