Talk:Nasus/@comment-27084999-20151228191340/@comment-1905446-20160201140728

I think Rylai's, Zhonya's, and Abyssal would be my core items on AP bruiser Nasus. The other two items and boots would probably be more heavily defensive and geared toward the enemy team's composition. My base assumption for a normal enemy comp would be Iceborn Gauntlet for the Q synergy, Spirit Visage for more healing, and Mercury's Treads since you'll almost certainly be CC'd in fights.

With this build, you can lay down huge slowing zones as well as focus slowing people as you see fit and dealing ~8% max HP damage with 20 resistance shredded to anyone around you. These people will also be slowed. The Zhonya's is a nice way to deal damage and keep the slows coming just a little longer when you're about to die.

I see the more AP-focused build being useful if you're allowed to lay down your E for poke without being engaged on, but I think Rylai's really should be core if you're building any sort of AP on Nasus. Even the reduced value slows are a huge deal.

For support, I definitely prefer Relic Shield. 4.5 stacks a minute on average before upgrades and 9 per minute after the upgrade should allow you to get at least 200 stacks by 30 minutes. Giving up 200 damage every 4 seconds before cooldown reduction doesn't seem worth the AP and active of FQC to me.