Talk:Nasus/@comment-9132387-20140329032600/@comment-4636093-20140516154610

^How do you stay out of range as a Xin or Rengar or... any melee at all?

And it does actually stop auto attacks, that's how larger attack speed slows work, especially Nasus' due to the growing mechanic on it.

As you auto attack someone the slow applies to your attacks after your first auto attack is finished, the speed of your attack is calculated at the start of every attack. So the weaker part of Nasus' slow is already consumed by the time it took to use that, then your attack speed for the remainder of the Wither suddenly goes down to about 0.4 - 0.3 attacks per second for the next ~3 seconds... and because your attack speed is so low that your attack animation takes 0.7 seconds at the end of the Wither, your NEXT attack will also be slowed, even after the wither has worn off.

To get MORE DPS out when you're withered, it's easier to run away and wait it out.

Also applies to Malphite's ground slam. However Lee Sin's cripple decays over the duration instead of enhances like Nasus', so most of the duration of the slow will be consumed by the target's first auto attack (which is still at normal speed), before they start attacking with the lesser slow.

This mechanic, (and abuse of it) also applies to attack speed increases. See Jinx switching to Fishbones, the first attack will still have the increased attack speed from Pow Pow. And Tristana's Rapid Fire, to get the most out of the duration you need to hit Q when you're not attacking.