Talk:Nasus/@comment-4525580-20111115154939/@comment-94.172.19.195-20111116031754

If you're solo top (which you should be to maximize his potential) you would like to start with Cloth armor+ 5 pots or Regrowth Pendant into Philo stone depending on your lane opponent and his harassing potential.

Most of the time I go with the armor. Chalice is a safety net for bad mana usage and I don't recommend it. Don't spam his E in lane and you'll be fine. Just focus on last hitting with Q and the occasional E when you're lane is pushed and your tower is taking damage.

You should be taking TP on Nasus about 90% of the time anyhow so you have that map presence even while you farm lanes with your Q. It also allows you to get back into lane instantly after shop so your tower is not compromised.

Regarding the rest of his build. You should be aiming for items like Glacial Shroud and Kindlegem lane phase for the CDR which in turn allows you to spam more Q in lane and get faster stacks.

DO NOT RUSH SHEEN! You're useless if you don't have much survivability in early team fights. Sheen gives NO defense, just makes your Q hit like a truck which is nice but pointless if you're getting insta gibbed.

For MR a negatron into a FoN is optimal. Health regen, huge chunk of MR and MS which is amazing on Nasus.

Trinity is a late game item IMO. Just too many other good options which help your survivability in team fights like like GA, FoN and Frozen Heart.