Nasus : Need help please

xCrimsonx xWolfx·Apr 26, 2015·2 votes·825 views

lately I have been seeing alot of people spamming Nasus in ranked and every time he seems to win lane regardless of who you (my team mates) pick into him. they usually lean towards pantheon, riven , Darius , shyvana or maokai. now i just want your general opinion on what champs do you think tend to hard bully Nasus early and still stay viable mid-late game. Or what champions do you prefer to have on your team regardless of lanes when you see the enemy pick up Nasus. Im an AD carry main btw

15 Comments

SgtCrispyApr 26, 20154 votes

Olaf absolutely destroys Nasus. Probably the only time I actually pick Olaf.

xCrimsonx xWolfxApr 26, 20151 votes

I second that, he's the one i prefer to play vs Nasus too

thinking manApr 26, 20152 votes

Darius actually beats Nasus at almost every stage of the game unless Nasus splitpushes super hard since Darius is one of the best tank shredders.

xCrimsonx xWolfxApr 27, 20151 votes

Although people do say that but if you play you lane a little smarter as Nasus you can easily beat darius. now darius does shred tanks and he does ignore 20-25 % of his enemies armor, and Nasus players tend to go for early cdr by building frozen hearts. the thing is if you stack health darius cant do much, he can poke with his Q+E+W quite often but he'll eventually go oom, keep in mind his E has a really high CD and Mana cost, once he goes oom you can start bullying him, not to mention that by trading he will push the lane and eventually end up getting ganked

BrothaApr 27, 20152 votes

Jayce

My main champ, favorite to play. You can keep Nasus pretty weak for a long time, and he has pretty good scaling himself. Abuse his armor shred passive and you can keep nasus useless until about 30 minutes. Thing about Nasus is you can not stop him. Period. He's just a ticking time bomb, and unfortunately in this tank meta it's pretty easy to turtle up and hold the gates (assuming you have a tank jungler+tank support). I had a game where our feeding nasus top left lane 0/8 and ended up doing the second most damage. He got 1k stacks that game and.. yeah. 1v5'd killed the fed Vayne + Ahri and then we showed up to clean up. He didn't even die, he just waddled away.

RenailleApr 26, 20151 votes

Literally any champion that does not have a garbage early game should easily get kills or zone him hard. I pick Renekton into Nasus usually. Other great picks include Darius, Pantheon, Sion, Riven, Rumble, Lulu, ect(pretty much every top laner).

Anyone who doesn't stomp lane with the previously mentioned champs should be demoted a tier. Unless they got camped.

xCrimsonx xWolfxApr 26, 20151 votes

judging from what i've seen is that those lanes who tend to be aggressive in lane push the lane, and for high silver-gold elo players it isn't that hard to stack under tower. I've played quite alot of nasus and tbh i dont struggle against rivens or darius who people claim are true counters to Nasus. although i do get really annoyed when playing vs vladimir and opt for a lane swap in that case. i've seen people pick up malphite who actually is quite good vs Nasus considering he gets quite tanky and his MS slow on his Q combined with a gaunlet is just enough to drive that nasus insane. and late game maphite's ult alone can contribute loads to team fights. poeple have suggested voli , although i dont play him much but im gonna give him a try aswell

ApolloclipticApr 26, 20151 votes

that's the problem, they usually do get camped :D

You need a champ that not only wins early, and is useful late (so Nasus doesn't just outscale them) but is strong against ganks, cause many junglers camp for nasus to get him ahead in the early game (before drake is viable) and your jungler will struggle to help later because it often makes losing drake more likely

Wînter FoxApr 26, 20151 votes

Jayce Feel the thunder

lB2kGRlc8yApr 26, 20151 votes

The issue most people have with nasus is thinking they can trade him after lane phase collapses and he's stacked to 1000. Let a kite mage of kite adc dump him, past that all you gotta do is run from him, since wither's his only method of engage. Another thing to note is that nasus will typically stay in lane long after lane phase ends to stack, so maybe reconsider leaving him alone to farm.

Cain the EnablerApr 27, 20151 votes

The problem with nasus is that he requires literally constant attention to shut down. A good nasus will let the wave push to his turret until level 6 when it is safer for him to q in the middle of the lane. If top lane does not snowball in levels nasus will outscale everyone.

But that is the point of Nasus' kit. He demands early attention or he will win the game late or mid. If you dont gank nasus you're gonna have a bad time, but it's a double edged sword. Push his turret in too soon and he gets free farm. Also Nasus' jungle is free to snowball bot.

MLDzXnRRRApr 27, 20151 votes

Well, if nasus starts with the heavy armor runes/mr and defensive masteries, plays passive and walks near you only to last hit with q, you can't do anything to him... The only way to kill him is to towerdive. + he has a jungler too. Withered=dead. He will eventually outscale any toplaner (except Vayne, but she will get camped and feed against any good nasus+jungler). About shredding tanks and Darius - nasus rushes Kindlegem not to get dunked (starts cloth 5), upgrades his cloth into tabi or glacial shroud :the laning phase for darius is over, now he can't die to you and soon can 1v2 ... the same is true for olaf and so on. I think that Teemo is still the most annoying matchup.

Only Play DariusApr 27, 20151 votes

Darius makes nasus want to commit suicide. Nasus main speaking.

xCrimsonx xWolfxApr 27, 20152 votes

now I don't mean to offend you but considering you're bronze 5......

i'm just trying to say the when playing as Nasus it doesn't matter how well you know your strengths but how well you know your enemies strengths. looking at your stats im gonna have to say your champion pool isn't that big, and in many cases your experience with different champions help you play a certain champion well. if you actually consider playing Darius maybe you'll find out how to play against him.

in other words ; you play a lot of Nasus, now when you have to lane vs a Nasus you'll probably know how to exploit his weaknesses.

Only Play DariusApr 27, 20151 votes

Well I haven't played ranked in months, but my normal mmr has increased significantly since then so i'm sure if I got back into ranked I would be climbing up quite fast.

And Darius is the one lane I just can't win as Nasus. If I build armor, his magic damage and armor penetration get to me. If I build health, he wins trades anyway because he just has better stats (at least early game). And if i try to stack under turret he pulls me and then lets loose his combo and I have no way of harassing him from a distance.