Talk:Nasus/@comment-23838403-20150501062127/@comment-24036535-20150501192711

I've always found that I can only legitimize not going full tank as Nasus, during a few, uncommon situations:

Enemy team is one damage type, in which case 4 items to counter that damage type, then usually a Triforce.

The enemy team has only one or two damage sources, and generally those are the ADC and some assassin type champion, then I usually go 3 tank items to counter the ADC, and a Triforce/LW.

I've always found that, especially because of Nasus' weakness to kiting, he needs as much tanking power as he can get, A Randuin's help him solve that problem, but doesn't provide any CDR, meaning he needs at least one other item and CDR boots to get that. And then a LW makes effectively negates most of his tank.

I don't think it works, because to get half decent armor penetration out of hit, Nasus needs to hit the target several times, something which he won't be doing much due to his Q CD, and fairly low attack speed.The health and CDR are nice, but Nasus has his E for armor pen, and really isn't going to be focusing on anybody tanky enough for BC's armorpen to outdo his E.