Nasus/Strategy

Skill usage

 * Paying attention to last hitting with will have a large impact at the end of a game. This ability should be your main concern if you are planning on building DPS.
 * If you are laning against one or two ranged champions, they will often keep you away from last hitting minions with . If this becomes too much of a problem, request a lane change or set up a gank to gain a leveling advantage.
 * is one of the few champion abilities that works on a turret. Use it to deal extra damage in a short time.
 * is a good way to keep your enemies away from farming.
 * Be careful using when tower hugging. It may cause the creeps to go too far away for you to safely last hit with.
 * Remember that in the laning phase will usually keep your enemies away from farming, so be sure you have the mana to use it often.
 * Nasus's ultimate should be used at the start of team fights as you will be doing constant AoE damage to enemies while gaining attack damage for big hits.
 * It can also be saved for the end of a fight to bait enemies with the health boost.
 * can be used offensively or defensiviely, use it to catch or escape enemies, as it also gives a massive health boost.
 * A team with can kill  earlier because his  and passive Life Steal from  lets him tank and kill it much easier.
 * Due to free lifesteal from his,  can jungle well.

Build usage

 * The free lifesteal given by his passive allows him to buy health first, use this to your advantage.
 * can be built as a melee DPS, as a tank or as an off-tank. See what your allies are building to decide which path to build.
 * can take and deal huge AoE damage with, however it will not gain bonus damage from the kills caused by the splash.
 * Smart items to buy on are  and, due to their proc on  they will greatly increase your damage output.
 * synergizes well when farming and will make your autoattacks stronger when your skills are on cooldown.
 * greatly benefits from CDR, so he can use his more often.  is an excellent choice, as it doesn't only provide some CDR, but also some armor penetration and an excellent attack speed active. Other good items are  or
 * AP Nasus is a viable build which relies heavily on farming your and the proc from . The advantage of playing AP Nasus is it's massive AoE damage potential as his ultimate does a percentile amount of their health.