Nasus should really be reworked to require literally any non-zero skill to play

Yenn··2 votes·869 views

This type of binary outcome, single strategy champion is absolute shit game design and should not exist, because it completely removes any and all skill component from the match up.

Once he has Sheen, he pops Ghost and runs you down. Either you kill him first or he kills you first; for Nasus, there is no skill component. For the vast majority of champions, there is also no outplay potential. The outcome of him Ghosting and running you down is completely black and white, because he doesn't have the capacity to make mistakes.

I just had a normal game as Kayle vs. a low gold Nasus. I could predict the exact moment he would Ghost/Flash and kill me, every single time, but there was literally nothing I could do but accept the death or completely leave the lane.

In a high MMR game, this would have been a non-issue because the jungle would play around Nasus's Ghost and countered him, but this jungle wasn't good enough to do that. The end result is that I'm repeatedly run down by an unskilled player right clicking me, with literally zero counter play and having made no mistakes.

If anything, he should be one of the top priorities for a rework. This type of play style has no place in the game.

3 Comments

FioraWillCarry3 votes

If you didn't know that you should ban Nasus when your intention is to pick Kayle then maybe you're the one who is unskilled, not him.

Xavanic1 votes

it's called learn wave control, im in low gold and from what i've seen, very few people understand this concept, they just want to attack you and push, freeze wave outside your tower and zone him early, if your playing kayle the reason you lost tbh is your weak as shit early, just like him, meaning it gives him a significant amount of breathing room, try counter picking with someone with a better early game, like darius, renekton, jax, olaf, etc.

Akenero1 votes

If you were kayle you should have waited for him to e and then freeze the lane, scale up, and win because your q is enough of a slow to screw him over. Yes, he's big spoopy doggo but it ain't that bad.

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