Talk:Nasus/@comment-26020575-20150126190729/@comment-24191440-20150131182950

i really like going top lane because you literally cant kill him if he grabs some lifesteal quints

Nasus' starting build really depends on the opposing enemy champ. If theyre skill shot poke dependent, i start boots and 4 (kennen, jayce) if they poke without skillshots, i start flask and 3 (vayne, vlad, gp) if theyre all inners i begin dorans shield and pot (fiora, jax)

Regardless of the matchup, however, my first item is always, ALWAYS randuins omen, because: 1) in some matchups the armor is wasted but the health is not. health is never not useful. 2) since nasus doesnt have gap closers the active works perfectly when his wither is on cd 3) assuming the enemy top laner is ad, the armor mitigates even more damage

then you get boots. treads of course because the death of nasus is cc after this i check whos winning lane. if its me i rush trinity, beginning with sheen, and then zeal

if the ad toplaner is winning frozen heart is on the list, starting with shroud if the ap toplaner is winning, spirit visage is on. i dont have a specific thing to build first, theyre all good midgame items.

after building whichever, i just build the others depending on the situation

now the build should be randuins, mercurys, trinity force, visage, and frozen heart

and now the sixth item might not make sense, but bear with me: bloodthirster.

late game, your 20% passive ls and the 4.5% from quints, plus the bt passive is 44.5% ls, almost half of your damage. assuming you have 700-800 stacks, lets say 760, your base ad plus sheen proc plus 760 stacks plus bt ad plus the damage from your ult... you will literally never die