Nasus is supposed to have a weak early game

LechintanTudor··2 votes·1,253 views

Then why can he solo kill me after he buys Sheen and remain with 2/3 of his HP?

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RenownedWheat423 votes

Darius should FUCK Nasus UP. Him winning that fight is a mess-up on your part.

Milton Fletcher1 votes

darius fucks most melees up, its not a valid counter

JustMonika132 votes

Buying Sheen in itself is a massive power spike that you need to respect regardless of the nature of the champion’s kit.

GP too is a late game scaler yet he can poke you out of lane or even get kills with Sheen.

Fizz, Yorick, Irelia (old and new), Cami, and at times Jax, (last two being scalers like Nasus and GP) they all demand respect once they get Sheen.

Edit: The fuck? You lost to Nasus as Darius? That sounds like a you problem.

ZaneShadow2 votes

So it’s a really big trick fighting Nasus. Beat the living tar out of him when he first comes to lane. Look to all in him level 3 or lower depending on your champ (really try it lv 1-2 Since after that he’ll have his slow and make it hard to punish him fully). Treat him like the trash he is early, before he even gets even enough gold for sheen. Try and freeze the wave as long as possible, he can’t fix it. He’ll eventually get sheen, but you’ll already be so ahead he’s going to be around where he’s suppose to be balance wise

I made the mistake playing as Yorick once. I thought, ya know, he’s missing a ton of cas because I’m lightly pressuring him. But I wasn’t denying stacks or enough gold. He got sheen and I had what you described happen. Stopping Nasus is about denying stacks, which also denies gold and if done great, experience. Nasus scales in all three of those ways and he only needs two to be successful. It makes him a monster in the late game, but proper knowledge on how to stop him can change the course of the game.

I played him again later and chunked him for 3/4 of his health at level 2, not backing out of the all in until I knew that even the return fire of his cursed earth wouldn’t set the trade in his favor. It took a ton of courage to do it with the risk involved, but that one play pretty much ended the game for Nasus. He was farm food for me after that point, only ever being spared if I spotted a jungler on the deep wards I got whenever he backed for health. I gave him no respect early cause he didn’t have any. He only gets any when people give it to him early, and he never gives it back.

Hope that helps

SEKAI1 votes

He first killed you at 8 min mark, that's about reaching level 6?

Nasus's ulti denies Darus's ulti to some extent if used correctly, but only to some extent as it's probably not going to mean much against a full stack Darius ulti. Maybe using it badly is why you lost the fight.

That said, outside of ulti, Darius should win against Nasus pretty easily by literally just run after him and stat-check him to death.

EDIT: Yeah, according to OPGG, Darius has a 52% win rate against Nasus.

Baron Barian1 votes

You let him farm. He's going to harm.

Edit: Also, practice Darius more.

Sona Ping1 votes

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Nasus is supposed to have a weak early game

He does.

Then why can he solo kill me after he buys Sheen and remain with 2/3 of his HP?

Because "weak" means weaker relative to other champions when played correctly; "weak early game" does not mean "This champion is incapable of soundly beating you to death if you terribly misplay in lane" as is commonly believed.

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