User blog comment:Accrepower/Some Champions are left behind./@comment-109.121.21.30-20130208000317

Well I am playing Nasus from time to time. I mostly play him in normal games but I think I found a new role for him. Jungle.

Since his Siphoning strike will gain +6 if you kill big monsters in the jungle, you can pretty much farm more intensive. Also farming in jungle is far easier since nobody is harrasing you all the time, if enemy jungler pops out, just use wither and run.

He can be played at top, but with the new uber junglers that can jump from one end of the map to another in just 2 seconds, Nasus is pretty much screwed. Also many tend to end games in less than 20 minutes, Nasus is mostly a late game monster, once 40+ minutes tick he will transform in an unstopabble juggernaut and all those jungler will just bounc off him.

Renekton is just in bad shape now. All he does is go in, use Q with full rage bar, use ultimate and gain fury, use E or W and then everybody focuses him turning him in crocodile shoes and bags. Instead of having the fury system similar to Shyvana, he is mad from rage in one moment and in other moment his rage is 0 and he is calm. Pretty awkward if you ask me.

Last but not least, Xerath, 1 vs 1 he is puny, once teamfight errupts he can anchor dowh and bomb enemies to the stone age. But you need a good team coordination and team setup which is very rare, also champions like Diana, Katarina or Ahri do less damage but they all have over the top mobility spells that simply makes them easier to play. And who would bother to break his spine over Xerath when he can break enemies with Katarina and Diana.

One place that I find Xerath trully dominating is proving grounds. On that map Diana and Katarina are not that great while Xerath can sometimes go 1 vs 5.

Generally I don't like the direction of new champion designs. Too much dashes and flashy Tons Of Damage TM spells. Thresh was a nice addition but nobody plays him in this League of Dashes, Flashy junglers, Giant breasts and slutty (I am looking at you Ahri) champions.