Talk:Nasus/Strategy/@comment-25015115-20140618151124

I just changed this in the wiki above but feel free to change it/tell me I'm wrong, but from experience as Nasus jungle vs Nasus top, I feel like jungling is more reliable in order to get high numbers on my Q stacks. In top lane, there are far too many factors that may limit your farming capabilities.

Whether or not your lane opponent:

1) Has a strong early game

2) Gets a successful early gank (you have to leave lane)

3) Is a strong lane bully/zoner

4) Is skilled in freezing the lane

For #4 I've witnessed plenty of people just blatenently not farm when the minions are close enough to their tower. In trade they just look to punish Nasus as soon as he goes in for a last hit with his Q. Granted the denier would miss out on decent farm, he would sacrifice this gold at the expense of denying Nasus early farm. While it is only worth it if they succeed in preventing a decent amount of Q damage, it is still a considerable strategy.

Otherwise, of course the jungle could still be just as risky if you team falls behind and EVERY lane needs a gank. Or if someone gets countered/behind early, it could lessen your time spent in the jungle. As jungle Nasus though I enjoy not killing any of the monsters unless I kill them with a Q last hit. I haven't tried the LCS Udyr strat of Spirit Stone + Madred's, but I manage to gather around 250-300 farm by 20 minutes.

Also on that note, can someone tell me what are good incriments for his farm? I know it is rather exponential as cooldowns allow and damage increases later game, but I usually figured early game around 10-15 Q farm per minute was good. Allowing for around 100-150 farm at 10 minutes, roughly 250-300 by 20 minutes, etc. Granted I've seen plenty of people stack up to 330 by 20 minutes, but thats when the Nasus got ahead by pushing his lane opponent out of lane. If he gets prevented or placed in a relatively even laning phase, he won't be able to free farm as easily and get the 6 stacks every 30 seconds.