If Nasus gets reworked is he keeping his infinite Q stacking?

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Nasus has inbuilt lifesteal, on top of the strongest attack speed slow in the game. Significantly increasing his sustain when trading early with enemy champions could encourage him to interact with them more and get rewarded for it.

In built Life steal that works with only one ability and doesn't see any return until around 100 stacks... How is this a defensive steroid to encourage early trading? Again he would need a massive AD steroid early or defensive steroid to make his life steal more advantageous early game.

There are many examples of this even now. Kalista, for example, is balanced but not healthy, as she does so many things that her power has been diluted across all of them. When Kassadin received massive damage nerfs prior to his mini-rework, he was balanced around his previous unhealthy state. Rek'Sai was unwittingly balanced around being a tank when she was too strong as a diver. The list goes on.

His whole kit is balances around his Q. that is his main source of damage. Wither is single Target and Spirit Fire reduces Flat armor and his ult just empowers him to use more Q strikes to fight. His whole kit is buitl around his Q which is balanced.

Kassadin was a problem b/c of his silence, AOE Slow and hyper mobility all at once. His power was all over the place. Rek Sai again had power all over the place. Damage, resource less, mobility, CC. Kalista I can't really speak to b/c I took a break around the time she was released and nerfed.

Evidence suggests that he isn't entirely as healthy as he could be. Again, the rationale behind making him stack against enemy champions in the first place is because his current stacking fantasy encourages him to a) not interact with the enemy laner, which isn't fun, and b) ignore his team, which is frustrating, and redirecting his attention towards the enemy team, rather than just hard-farming all the time, would help address those issues.

If Player ignores his team all game to stack then he's a bad Nasus. It's like player who dives constantly to get hunts on Kindred. They over value the stack and make a needless risk at the expense of their team. I stated this before. People put too much emphases on stacking. Why does he have to be interactive? Where exactly is it stated he has to be X amount of interactive by X time? I personally build Nasus to team fight but he was designed, again, as a split pusher. Split pusher by definition stay in a solo lane most of the game. It's kind of their designed purpose. You continually ignore this point.

So what is the truth? Are you saying that ignoring the enemy laner and lifestealing through all their harass constitutes a healthy laning scenario?

It is because that was the intended pattern of his play style. To be patient and slowly wear down his opponent. Vlad, Mundo and Garen all can passively nullify damage through sustain. My intention is not to pick any champion to make the lane fun for my opponent it is because I enjoy the champion. There are plenty of champions I do not enjoy laning against but I don't sit on the boards asking for changes to them.

As I mentioned before, there are many ways to compensate for this, none of which need to be particularly drastic, and I gave no specifics as to how many stacks he'd gain from enemy champions either, so you assuming it's a nerf that will ruin him forever is entirely on you. Again, as I said in several posts higher up in this exchange, if his issue is with not being durable enough to trade early on, he could receive buffs to his early health and resists; if he needs some amount of consistent Q damage, he could be allowed to stack against specific minions, or against all minions and be adjusted from there, or even have max health damage; if he specifically needs to better recover from trades, then increasing his life steal against enemy champions when trading with them early on could also help him.

You should have mentioned all this before then. It doesn't help to be vague when suggesting a change.

This is patently false, as many players have complained over the years that Nasus's stacking is uninteractive, and Riot have mentioned the same. Subtly trying to dismiss players by implying their opinion doesn't matter below a certain competitive tier does not make your assertion any more convincing.

Many players? I think mostly bronze players are those new to the game. Again most of the community doesn't believe Nasus is a problem or needs a change. Most think he's balanced. I am not subtly saying anything. I resolutely stated it is a low elo mentality and weak minded mentality that one complains about a champion and demands changes/nerfs because it is easier to ask for a hand out then put in the work to learn how to play better.

So you're saying that the only thing preventing Nasus from being completely generic is that he completely refuses to interact with other players for a large part of the game? If that were truly the case, then he would be in dire need of a complete overhaul, not just the minor tweak I'm suggesting.

He's not generic at all. He is one of the few Hyper Carry Bruiser Melee's in the game. He get's stronger with ever kill. He absorbs the power of his fallen prey and then unleashes it upon his enemies. I think that is pretty unique. But by your extension you could say every champion is generic. ADC just poke all game until their support lands some spiffy CC then they exhaust and get the kill. Or mages just poke and spam magic aoe abilities. Mobile fighters like Fiora and Renekton just dash around and chunk you with aoe or true damage. That's all generic too if you want to get literal about it. Explain why does Nasus have to interact? why does he have to be something similar to the rest of the roster? Why can't his focus be on patience and not fighting early? you have never stated why he has to be more interactive. Stating your opinion that it's not fun for you is hardly evidence.

It's also worth discussing what you truly mean by "like 90% of the rest of the roster": if by that you mean giving a champion something like a whole bunch of dashes and knockups (coughGaliocough), thereby giving them mechanics seen many times before already, then yeah, I'd totally oppose that, because every champion should be distinct in their contributions and fantasy, but if by that you mean making a champion interact with the enemy team and their own, then I think that is something exactly 100% of the roster should follow, because player interaction is the core of healthy gameplay in League.

This is an overgeneralized opinion from you and is not in anyway fact. Interaction is a broad term and can mean different things. If Nasus takes 2 towers solo then he's interacting. He's created map pressure and given his team global gold. If he solo's a dragon again he's creating pressure and giving his team buffs. It's a subjective point you are playing upon. It's entirely circumstantial on the player as well. If the Nasus has 500 stacks but died 8 times refuses to group yeah he's being a potato and not interacting. But if he's forcing the enemy top and doesn't die and you are winning team fights then he is interacting. It's just a different approach to the 5 v 5 fights.

That's a particularly disingenuous ultimatum, because your phrasing gives you full license to dismiss any "real data" or description I present to you at your leisure. Moreover, no matter how hard you pretend, you are not the only person here who gets a say on what Nasus should be, and the popularity of my suggestion on this thread suggests there are several more players who agree with what I'm saying. So far, your main opposition to my idea has been you catastrophizing the mere idea of allowing Nasus to benefit from interacting with enemy champions, by automatically presuming any change of that type will irreversibly destroy him. You have provided no justification for this other than the assumption that somehow this would equate to a significant net decrease in power, while outright ignoring all the possibilities I have suggested to let him retain a level of consistency, and allow him to better survive trades early on. It is utterly hypocritical of you to place the burden of proof on me to somehow conjure up statistical data in favor of my suggestion when none of your own statements are backed up by evidence or sound reasoning. It is clear you are completely opposed to change of any kind on Nasus, and while this argument may never convince you or generate constructive discussion from you, perhaps it might still interest players looking for an opportunity to make Nasus healthier and more fun overall.

It's not really an ultimatum as much as it is put up or shut up. Sorry if that wasn't the most courteous way of putting it but there it is. You need facts to prove your point. I know I am not the only one who gets a say and I never once said I was the authority. I have just disagreed with you and your opinion. I gave you OPGG as a source and stated his current pick rate and win rate. If a champion has over a 20% pick rate with a 53-60% win rate then guess what? They are not balanced or healthy for the game because it means anyone regardless of skill level can pick them up and win consistently. Give me concrete statistics to back up your purported claim that he's unhealthy and not balanced outside of the bronze message boards on here crying for nerfs or your own opinion and I will gladly rescind my stance. Also your +6 popularity is nothing to go one about. You have 5 people who liked your original statement hardly a trove of support and there is nothing remotely hypocritical in my statement. I gave you a site and the numbers. He is neither out of line or abused. 4% of players play him daily and he has a 51% win rate. Where is the hypocrisy?Again I am opposed to change when it is clearly not well thought out.