Talk:Nasus/@comment-33536623-20150121133956/@comment-4068613-20150211060935

The public is fickle and irrational, and I do not understand many of their decisions, up to and including the resurgence in Nasus' popularity. Maybe it has to do with item changes. Maybe metagame changes. Maybe the newest wave of players just really like dogs. I don't know or care.

I do, however, know that player interest in a champion is not directly proportional to that champion's power level. Only the general player base's perception of the champion affects that.

Changing his Q scaling is a valid option to balancing him. I'm informing you that the double stacks on jungle mobs, champions, and large minions is only a nominal buff. Every three minion waves you completely farm, you have 3 more damage on your Q than you otherwise would have. Again, it is technically a buff, but its effect on his power level is absolutely trivial compared to its effect on player psychology.