User blog comment:RoznosicielCiast/Is Siphoning Strike too strong?/@comment-3308937-20131105140413

I don't think Siphoning Strike is the biggest issue with Nasus's kit, it's his superfluous invisible power. I'm actually shocked Nasus didn't get a small rework with his VU due to Riot not liking invisible power.

Now, you may be wondering what I mean when I say invisible power. The best example of invisible power was old Sona, she didn't look like she was doing much other than some small damage here and some small heals there but the sheer strength of her auras made sure that her team won every fight, even if no one noticed it. Another good example is Janna's passive, Janna has been at the top of the ranked win rate chart for quite a while and a huge part of it is that she gives her entire team movespeed quints at level 1, she stacks the deck for her lanes without most people even realizing it.

Nasus has this in his passive, his E, and his R. If you ask someone why Nasus is strong they'll tell you because of his Q's stacking and his W's ability to shut down carries. While they are partially true they miss out on a lot of stuff Nasus does that most people don't even realize.

Nasus's passive gives him 14% lifesteal at level 1, that's more than an unstacked BT, and gives him 17% at level 6, 1% less than a fully stacked BT. Not only does this significantly increase his laning strength it increases his dueling potential by so much when combined with super AA reset Q.

Nasus's E, kind of like Morg's W before it got changed, is a huge amount of invisible power. It's an AoE LW for his team against targets with 100 armor, stronger than a LW for targets with less than that. This is disregarding the fact that it also is an AoE sunfire at max rank, something a lot of people don't realize. When combined with Wither's massive slow it can be pretty difficult to get out of it before you get bursted down.

Nasus's R is just a mess imo, especially when compared to Renekton's. It's an AoE magic damage max health shred that gives Nasus bonus AD, extra range and comes with a 300-600 self-heal. Against a target with 2000 health and R at max rank Nasus is going to deal 100 damage a second and gains 6 AD (2 Q stacks) a second for 15 seconds. As with his E people don't really see or notice how much pure damage he's putting out in addition to the side effects that make him stronger.

Siphoning Strike is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to Nasus's strength as a champion.