Talk:Nasus/@comment-2248060-20120927204930/@comment-50.53.139.17-20120929031416

Triforce is fantastic on Nasus. Synergizes with pretty much everything he does.

However, I don't agree with it being rushed. In fact, I don't agree that it should even be the first major item.

Keep in mind that Nasus doesn't need any additional AP or AD to be a monster. You just need sustain and the ability to farm. A lot of people don't realize how utility tanky he is. Why do you think he has one of the best slows in the game? Nasus' role is not to unload some combo on his opponents, but to become an invulnerable initiator that slows enemy champs for your allies to pounce on. That being said, Glacial Shroud is a much better item to rush on him and it should be builit into a Frozen Heart as fast as possible.

At this point, once you have that kind of armor and limited auto-attacking from your opponents, you should have a relatively dangerous Q. This is when you can begin focusing on Trinity Force.

The best Nasus I ever played with had a Frozen Heart, Trinity Force and Frozen Mallet. By the time he got his Glacial Shroud, his top lane opponent couldn't touch him. He basically had free farm. He was careful enough to avoid their jungler (despite how much they tried to get him) and when he finally got his Frozen Heart and Trinity Force, he was invincible. The enemy team tried to avoid him in team fights but it was irrelevant - he initiated every team fight without hesitation because he couldn't get hurt. If his health got low, he popped his ult and that didn't really happen much because we all saw who he slowed and jumped them. And by the time we were pushing into their base, his Q was so ridiculous (he had farmed 250 CS by this point I believe) it didn't even matter if they protected their turrets. A single hit knocked out so much health that it only took a couple pushes.

A lot of people play Nasus completely wrong and that's why he's considered not viable. He is totally viable, even in high elo. The reason people think otherwise is because if he's zoned, he loses his desperately needed farm. Keep in mind that a Philosopher Stone and a Heart of Gold are not bad items on him if this happens, but a good Nasus will react to being zoned by allowing the minions to come to the turret just to farm. A player MUST be patient when playing Nasus, but it does pay off. Just don't ever forget that he is a utility initiator, first and foremost.