About that Nasus change

Linna Excel··3 votes·3,834 views

>Siphoning Strike (Q) stack gain on Champion, large minion and large monster kills increased from 6 to 12

Hi riot.

You know, looking at that change made me think. While I'm okay with Nasus being able to get stacks quicker, I'd argue that putting more power into his Q isn't a great idea overall. Frankly it's just going to exaggerate the most toxic part of his gameplay which is farm until you are one hitting other champs or towers. That's not good for the game. Split pushers are fine to a degree, nasus two shotting towers isn't. There's no counterplay once he gets to that point, which is against the game's philosophy.

I think there's 2 options you guys really need to consider:

  1. He needs to lose stacks on death. I think this would do two things. It'd open up quicker stacking as well as give the other team some kind of option for dealing with him. I mean it really sucks when one poor player on the team can set up such a snowball that the rest don't have much ability to deal with.
  2. Put a cap on the number of stacks he can have. This would put an end to the perma-farm Nasus as well as give him a bit of a timer. He'd have to farm up quickly to maximize the powerspike his Q gives him, which would put pressure on the Nasus player to end the game quickly and not the enemy team. Ergo, he'd be less game warping. It'd also slow down his split push enough that he can no longer solo a tower without minions around and give the other team a chance to react to him. This might also take off jungle pressure from top lane since shutting him down would no longer be such a priority.

This buff to his Q might be good for jungle Nasus and I don't think it'd be too toxic in lane, unless the other guy is feeding, but I think his Q stacking mechanic in general is a bit toxic as is.

4 Comments

Ignika D2 votes

there are far more worst things them nasus infinite stacking starting by i got an item spike champions MasterYi Jax Vayne are far more toxic since they only need items to outscale other champions while nasus farmed for the damage he is dealing he cant get away with a strong mid game without stacking does champions can by their kit skillls and passives

wolf jade1 votes

agree. nasus late game can just 1 shot everyone fed or not fed so give him even more power?

Vlada Cut1 votes

If they are gonna increase tze numher of stacks je get's then they might as well reduce his Q's base damage at max ranks.

Moody P1 votes

there's no counterplay

Jesus...

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