Talk:Nasus/@comment-178.166.24.118-20120705174933/@comment-178.166.24.118-20120706123851

^^ Are you insane? With magic resist runes, masteries and an early null-magic mantle Malphite's harass is barely noticeable, even if he builds some AP items (which are expensive early game). That combo of 3x AA + Q and E takes about 30-35% of total health. Pop a potion and together with lifesteal and Philo you recover it all back in seconds. At the same time Malphite keeps depleting his mana bar and pushing the lane... He can't really harass a Nasus keeping the lane freezed slightly beyond tower range and if he's that much trouble just buy a Negatron after Merc Threads.

Malphite has NO WAY to burst Nasus down in one or even two combos and he has NO WAY to throw a consistent harass without pushing the lane or running OOM quickly. If things get rough (say a tower dive) Nasus has his ult with the HP bonus and Wither to negate Malphite's movement speed from Q.

This lane is as passive as it's gonna get with Nasus. Not dying while keeping cs on par with enemy lane is a huge victory.