Nasus (League of Legends)

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Nasus
the Curator of the Sands
Release date	2009-10-01
Last changed	V12.1
Class(es)	Juggernaut
Legacy	Fighter Tank
Position(s)	Top
Resource	Mana
Range type	Melee
Adaptive type	Physical
Store price	1350 | 585
Crafting	+ 810
Ratings
Damage 2 Toughness 3 Control 2 Mobility 1 Utility 1
Style
Difficulty

Nasus is a champion in League of Legends.

Base statisticsNasusEdit
Health 561+90
Health 561+90
Mana 326+62
Mana 326+62
Health regen. (per 5s) 9+0.9
Health regen. (per 5s) 9+0.9
Mana regen. (per 5s) 7.44+0.5
Mana regen. (per 5s) 7.44+0.5
Armor 34+3.5
Armor 34+3.5
Attack damage 67+3.5
Attack damage 67+3.5
Magic resist. 32+1.25
Magic resist. 32+1.25
Crit. damage 175%
Crit. damage 175%
Move. speed 350
Move. speed 350
Attack range 125
Attack range 125
Attack speed
Base AS 0.638
Base AS 0.638
Attack windup 20.14%
Attack windup 20.14%
AS ratio N/A
AS ratio N/A
Bonus AS +3.48%
Bonus AS +3.48%
Unit radius
Gameplay radius 80
Gameplay radius 80
Selection radius 135
Selection radius 135
Pathing radius 50
Pathing radius 50
Acq. radius 350
Acq. radius 350
Special statistics
Dmg. Dealt +0%
Dmg. Dealt +0%
Dmg. Taken +5%
Dmg. Taken +5%
Healing +0%
Healing +0%
Shielding +0%
Shielding +0%
Dmg. Dealt +0%
Dmg. Dealt +0%
Dmg. Taken +0%
Dmg. Taken +0%
Healing +0%
Healing +0%
Shielding +0%
Shielding +0%
Dmg. Dealt +0%
Dmg. Dealt +0%
Dmg. Taken +0%
Dmg. Taken +0%
Healing +0%
Healing +0%
Shielding +0%
Shielding +0%
Dmg. Dealt +0%
Dmg. Dealt +0%
Dmg. Taken +0%
Dmg. Taken +0%
Healing +0%
Healing +0%
Shielding +0%
Shielding +0%
Dmg. Dealt +0%
Dmg. Dealt +0%
Dmg. Taken -5%
Dmg. Taken -5%
Healing +0%
Healing +0%
Shielding +0%
Shielding +0%

Abilities

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Soul Eater

Soul Eater

Innate: Nasus gains  10 / 16 / 22% (based on level) life steal.

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Targeting input	Passive

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Siphoning Strike

Siphoning Strike
CAST TIME:	none
COST:	20 Mana
COOLDOWN:	7.5 / 6.5 / 5.5 / 4.5 / 3.5

Active: Nasus' next basic attack within 10 seconds has an uncancelable windup, gains  25 bonus range, and deals bonus physical damage.

Bonus Physical Damage: 30 / 50 / 70 / 90 / 110 (+ Siphoning Strike stacks)

If Siphoning Strike kills its target, Nasus permanently gains 3 stacks, increased to 12 if its target is a champion, large minion, or large monster.

Siphoning Strike resets Nasus' basic attack timer.

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Info

Targeting input	Auto
Damage type
Type	Spell damage
Type	Spell damage
Sub-type	Physical
Sub-type	Physical
Counters
Spell shield	Not Blocked
Spell shield	Not Blocked
Parries	Blocked
Parries	Blocked

• Nasus can gain Siphoning Strike stacks by killing any enemy unit, this includes champions, minions, monsters, wards, turrets, and pets.
  • Jungle plants and structures that are not turrets (e.g. inhibitors) will not grant stacks.
• Siphoning Strike will not generate stacks from secondary units killed by other effects (e.g. Tiamat).
•  Life steal applies to the entire damage of Siphoning Strike
• Siphoning Strike can critically strike, but only the 100% AD and flat bonus damage from ranks are increased. The bonus damage from stacks does not factor into its critical damage.
• Siphoning Strike will trigger Tear of the Goddess' Mana Charge.
• Plated Steelcaps' passive reduces Siphoning Strike's damage, including the bonus damage.

Map-Specific Differences

Howling Abyss differences ^edit

• Per-kill stacks increased to 6.
• Per-large-kill stacks increased to 24.

Nexus Blitz differences ^edit

• On-kill stacks changed to 6.
• On-large-kill stacks changed to 24.

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Wither

Wither
TARGET RANGE:	700
CAST TIME:	0.25
COST:	80 Mana
COOLDOWN:	15 / 14 / 13 / 12 / 11

Active: Nasus ages the target enemy champion for 5 seconds, slowing them by 35% and crippling them by「 half that amount 」「 17.5% 」, both increasing over the duration.

Maximum Slow: 47 / 59 / 71 / 83 / 95% Additional Slow Per Second: 3 / 6 / 9 / 12 / 15% Maximum Cripple: 23.5 / 29.5 / 35.5 / 41.5 / 47.5% Additional Cripple Per Second: 1.5 / 3 / 4.5 / 6 / 7.5%

 

   "Become dust."

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Targeting input	Unit
Target out-of-range override	Walk in range of the target
Damage type
Aggro	True
Aggro	True
Counters
Spell shield	Blocked
Spell shield	Blocked

• If Wither's duration is affected by Tenacity the effects will apply slower (negative tenacity percentage) or faster (positive tenacity percentage) so the maximum values are still reached when the modified duration ends.
• Both slow and cripple from Wither are considered to be a single debuff. ^(bug)
  • Therefore, slow immunity will prevent both, even without technical cripple immunity.
• Wither is cancelled if Nasus loses sight of the target during the cast time.
• If the target becomes untargetable, dies, or is too far away or no longer in sight during the cast time, this ability will cancel but does not go on  cooldown nor pay its cost (if applicable).

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Spirit Fire

Spirit Fire
TARGET RANGE:	650
EFFECT RADIUS:	400 / 200
CAST TIME:	0.25
COST:	70 / 85 / 100 / 115 / 130 Mana
COOLDOWN:	12

Active: Nasus unleashes a spirit flame at the target location, revealing its center for 2.5 seconds and, after a 0.264 seconds delay, dealing magic damage to all enemies within the area.

Magic Damage: 55 / 95 / 135 / 175 / 215 (+ 60% AP)

The flame then remains for 5 seconds, dealing magic damage each second to all enemies within the area and  reducing their armor while they are inside, lingering for 1 second.

Magic Damage Per Tick: 11 / 19 / 27 / 35 / 43 (+ 12% AP) Total Magic Damage: 110 / 190 / 270 / 350 / 430 (+ 120% AP) Armor Reduction: 25 / 30 / 35 / 40 / 45% of target's armor

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Targeting input	Location
Damage type
Type	AOE DOT damage
Type	AOE DOT damage
Sub-type	Magic
Sub-type	Magic
Counters
Spell shield	Not Blocked
Spell shield	Not Blocked

• The sight is granted when the cast time completes, the damage happens after an additional delay.

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Fury of the Sands

Fury of the Sands
EFFECT RADIUS:	400
CAST TIME:	0.2
COST:	100 Mana
COOLDOWN:	120

Active: Nasus empowers himself for 15 seconds, gaining  bonus health,  bonus armor,  bonus magic resistance, 30% increased size, and  50 bonus attack range for the duration.

Bonus Health: 300 / 450 / 600 Bonus Resistances: 40 / 55 / 70

While Nasus is empowered, he deals magic damage to nearby enemies each second, capped at 240 per second, and Siphoning Strike's  cooldown is halved.

Magic Damage Per Tick: 3 / 4 / 5% (+ 1% per 100 AP) of target's maximum health Total Magic Damage: 45 / 60 / 75% (+ 15% per 100 AP) of target's maximum health

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Targeting input	Auto
Damage type
Type	AOE DOT damage
Type	AOE DOT damage
Sub-type	Magic
Sub-type	Magic

• Fury of the Sands' bonus health is not affected by Grievous Wounds and Nasus retains it once the duration ends.

Champion skins

This article section only contains champion skins. For all associated collection items, see Nasus (Collection).

Original

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585

30.09.2009

Nasus is an imposing, jackal-headed Ascended being from ancient Shurima, a heroic figure regarded as a demigod by the people of the desert. Fiercely intelligent, he was a guardian of knowledge and peerless strategist whose wisdom guided the ancient empire of Shurima to greatness for many centuries. After the fall of the empire, he went into self-imposed exile, becoming little more than a legend. Now that the ancient city of Shurima has risen once more, he has returned, determined to ensure it never falls again.

Erik Todd Dellums

Christian Fell

Loot eligible

Galactic

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520

13.07.2010

Erik Todd Dellums

Unknown artist

Galactic

Loot eligible

Pharaoh

View in 3D

520

02.11.2010

Immortal beast of the northern lands, Nasus wanders the expanse of the Great Desert in search of his once-green kingdom. He conjures vast sandstorms to cover his tracks, hiding his existence from the world.

Erik Todd Dellums

Unknown artist

Pharaoh

Loot eligible

Dreadknight

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975

26.04.2011

Dreadknight Nasus serves as keeper of the forgotten texts deep within the catacombs of his Master's labyrinthine library. It is said that within lies the secret of the Dreadknights' undoing, but no living soul has yet verified whether this is truth or fable.

Erik Todd Dellums

Unknown artist

Dreadknights

Loot eligible

Chromas

Dreadknight Nasus Chromas

Blight

Burn

Frostbite

Riot K-9

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975

16.08.2011

A Riot Games skin obtained by either meeting a Rioter or attending an official Riot event in 2011 or 2012.

Erik Todd Dellums

Kienan 'Knockwurst' Lafferty

Riot

Loot eligible

Legacy

Infernal

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1820

20.11.2013

The greater Infernals are somehow even more cruel and hateful than their lesser counterparts, and Nasus is no exception. A three-headed monstrosity raised from some far-flung, hellish abyss, he withers life with his merest touch… then burns it away.

Erik Todd Dellums

Bo Lu

Infernal

Loot eligible

New voiceover

New SFX/VFX

New Animations/Recall

Archduke

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750

31.03.2015

In primary school, Nasus was told an old dog couldn't learn new tricks. Now, in his older years as an accomplished statesman, painter, and composer, he wonders if there is truth in those words. After all, he simply cannot seem to get his chamber orchestra to listen to his directions.

Erik Todd Dellums

Unknown artist

High Society

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Worldbreaker

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750

10.11.2016

The last of four titans prophesied to shatter the world, Nasus is the true end of all things. A monstrous abomination of smoke and flame, he will emerge from the bottom of the earth in a column of hungry fire, devouring all of existence.

Erik Todd Dellums

Esben Lash Rasmussen

Worldbreaker

Loot eligible

New SFX/VFX

Lunar Guardian

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1350

08.02.2018

A gift to the young Lunar Empress, Nasus was raised alongside her to guard the immortal realm from an ancient darkness. Stoic but powerful, he stands watch in the north, annihilating all who would threaten the land.

Erik Todd Dellums

Kelly Aleshire

Lunar Revel

Loot eligible

Legacy

New SFX/VFX

New Animations/Recall

Chromas

Lunar Guardian Nasus Chromas

Meteorite

Pearl

Ruby

Turquoise

Battlecast

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1350

12.11.2020

The latest monstrosity constructed by Viktor, Battlecast Nasus units specialize in the targeted retrieval of high-priority targets. As they hunt for their quarry, their machinery is programmed to learn and adapt, increasing their destructive capacity and empowering them to obliterate all that would stand in their way.

Erik Todd Dellums

Malex Zhang, Kudos Productions

Battlecast

Loot eligible

Voice filter

New SFX/VFX

New Animations/Recall

Chromas

Battlecast Nasus Chromas

Aquamarine

Catseye

Emerald

Obsidian

Pearl

Ruby

Sapphire

Tanzanite

Space Groove

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1350

01.04.2021

A storied disc jockey, music librarian, and leader of the Dog Planet, Nasus was once under Lissandra's thrall—seizing all his people's grooviest records and hiding them away, never to be heard again. Yet now, with his heart opened to the power of disco, he leads his people in rebellion against the deadly shock troopers Blitz & Crank.

Erik Todd Dellums

West Studio

Space Groove

Loot eligible

Voice filter

New SFX/VFX

New Animations/Recall

Chromas

Space Groove Nasus Chromas

Amethyst

Catseye

Disco

Emerald

Obsidian

Pearl

Rose Quartz

Ruby

Tanzanite

Patch history

For the expanded patch notes, see here.

V12.1

• Siphoning Strike
  • Tooltip now includes bonus damage gained by stacks.

V11.21

• Siphoning Strike
  • Bug Fix: Fixed a bug where it did not deal damage to traps (such as Teemo's Noxious Trap and Nidalee's Bushwhack).

V11.19

• Siphoning Strike
  • New Effect: Empowered attack's damage now triggers spell effects.

V11.12

• Soul Eater
  • Life steal reduced to 10 / 16 / 22% (based on level) from 12 / 18 / 24% (based on level).

V11.1

• Stats
  • Base magic resistance reduced to 32 from 32.1.
  • Base health reduced to 561 from 561.2.

V10.25

• Siphoning Strike
  • Cooldown reduced to 7.5 / 6.5 / 5.5 / 4.5 / 3.5 seconds from 8 / 7 / 6 / 5 / 4.

V10.23

• Stats
  • Mana growth increased to 62 from 42.

V10.22

• Fury of the Sands
  • Initial resistances increased to 40 / 55 / 70 from 15 / 35 / 55.
  • Removed: No longer gains 1 / 2 / 3 resistances each second.

V10.7

• Wither
  • Cast range increased to 700 units from 600.
• Spirit Fire
  • Armor reduction increased to 25 / 30 / 35 / 40 / 45% from 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 35%.

V9.6

• Fury of the Sands
  • New Effect: Now triggers effects that are triggered by DoT AoE abilities.

V9.1

• Siphoning Strike
  • Per-large-kill stacks increased to 12 from 6.
  • Howling Abyss
    • Per-large-kill stacks increased to 24 from 12.
  • New Effect: Can now ping the current amount of stacks.
  • New Effect: Ability icon border now shows the remaining time for the empowered attack.
• Fury of the Sands
  • New Effect: Ability icon HUD now shows the remaining duration of the ability.

V8.14

• Soul Eater
  • Bonus lifesteal increased to 12% / 18% / 24% (based on level) from 10% / 15% / 20% (based on level).

V8.7

• Worldbreaker Nasus
  • Bug Fix: Seam lines have been minimized.

V8.6

• Infernal Nasus
  • Siphoning Strike
    • Bug Fix: Special stack count interaction VOs have been restored.

V8.3

• Stats
  • Base health regeneration reduced to 9 from 9.012.

V7.22

• Stats
  • Base attack damage increased to 67 from 59.18.
  • Base armor increased to 34 from 24.88.

V7.15

• Spirit Fire
  • Armor reduction changed to 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 35% armor from 20 / 25 / 30 / 35 / 40 flat.
• Fury of the Sands
  • New Effect: While active, the cooldown of Siphoning Strike is reduced by 50%. This stacks with cooldown reduction.

V7.4

• Fury of the Sands
  • Bug Fix: No longer plays the SFX for the whole duration if he is dead.

V6.21

• Siphoning Strike
  • New Effect: Bonus range now stack with the bonus range from Fury of the Sands.
    • Total range while under the effects of both Siphoning Strike and Fury of the Sands increased to 200 from 175.
• Fury of the Sands
  • Removed: Converting damage dealt into bonus AD.
  • New Effect: Now instantly grants 15 / 35 / 55 armor and magic resistance, which increases by 1 / 2 / 3 per second, for a maximum of 30 / 65 / 100 total bonus resistances.

V6.17

• Siphoning Strike
  • New Effect: Grants stacks when destroying a Powder Keg.

V6.12

• Howling Abyss
  • Siphoning Strike
    • Per-kill stacks increased to 6 from 3.
    • Per-large-kill stacks increased to 12 from 6.

V5.22

• Stats
  • Mana increased to 325.6 from 275.6.
  • Mana growth reduced to 42 from 45.

V5.16

• Siphoning Strike
  • New Effect: Enhanced basic attack gains 25 bonus range (does not stack with Fury of the Sands' bonus 50).

V5.9

• Fury of the Sands
  • Bug Fix: Bonus health being granted up to 0.25 seconds after activation.

V4.13

• General
  • Splash artwork for Pharaoh Nasus updated to the Chinese art.

V4.5

• Stats
  • Armor increased to 19 from 15.

V4.1

• Wither
  • Cast range reduced to 600 from 700.
• Fury of the Sands
  • Removed: Granting 100 bonus cast range while active.

V3.14

• Visual Update
  • New models and textures for all skins.
  • New splash artwork for Original Nasus.
  • New voiceover.
• Soul Eater
  • Bonus Life Steal changed to 10 / 15 / 20 (based on level)% from 14 / 17 / 20 (based on level).

V3.13

• Siphoning Strike
  • New Effect: Is blocked by spell shields.

V3.6

• Wither
  • Attack speed slow reduced by 50%.

V3.02

• Siphoning Strike
  • Bug Fix: Critical strikes damaging for more than intended.
  • Mana cost reduced to 20 at all ranks from 20 / 25 / 30 / 35 / 40.
• Fury of the Sands
  • New Effect: Grants 50 bonus attack range and 100 bonus cast range while active.
  • Mana cost reduced to 100 from 150.

V3.01

• Siphoning Strike
  • New Effect: Nasus gains double stacks (6) from large kills (champions, large minions, large monsters).

V1.0.0.152

• Stats
  • Movement speed increased to 350 from 325.

V1.0.0.123

• Stats
  • Attack range increased to 125 from 110.
• Soul Eater
  • Bonus Life Steal changed to 14 / 17 / 20 (based on level)% from 10 / 15 / 20 (based on level).
• Siphoning Strike
  • Bug Fix: Sometimes gaining extra Life Steal.
• Wither
  • Cooldown reduced to 15 / 14 / 13 / 12 / 11 seconds from 15 at all ranks.
  • Mana cost reduced to 80 from 100.
  • New Effect: Slow will reach maximum value even if duration is reduced by Tenacity.
• Spirit Fire
  • Removed: 0.5 seconds delay before area of effect spawns (cast time unchanged).
  • Duration reduced to 5 seconds from 6.
  • Damage changed to 55 / 95 / 135 / 175 / 215 (+ 60% AP) on-cast and 11 / 19 / 27 / 35 / 43 (+ 12% AP) per second for the duration from 20 / 34 / 48 / 62 / 76 (+ 20% AP) per second.

V1.0.0.114

• Spirit Fire
  • Particle updated.

V1.0.0.111

• Fury of the Sands
  • New Effect: Tooltip updates itself to display bonus attack damage.
  • Bug Fix: Bonus attack damage not being added to Nasus' total AD in HUD counter.

V1.0.0.109

• Stats
  • Movement speed increased to 325 from 320.
• Siphoning Strike
  • Per-kill stacks increased to 3 from 2.

V1.0.0.103

• Siphoning Strike
  • New Effect: Resets Nasus' basic attack timer.

V1.0.0.100

• Fury of the Sands
  • Tooltip updated.

V1.0.0.99

• Siphoning Strike
  • Removed: Interaction with dodge chance.

V1.0.0.98

• Siphoning Strike
  • Tooltip updated.

V1.0.0.87

• Siphoning Strike
  • Tooltip updated.
• Fury of the Sands
  • Tooltip updated.

V1.0.0.83

• General
  • Recommended items updated.

V1.0.0.61

• Siphoning Strike
  • New Effect: Tooltip displays bonus damage from stacks.

V1.0.0.52

• Spirit Fire
  • Cooldown increased to 12 seconds from 11.
  • Mana cost increased to 70 / 85 / 100 / 115 / 130 from 60 / 75 / 90 / 105 / 120.

V0.9.25.34

• General
  • Recommended items updated.
• Soul Eater
  • New Effect: Icon will persist through death.
  • Bug Fix: Calculating Siphoning Strike healing with maximum Life Steal value at all levels.
• Siphoning Strike
  • Per-kill stacks changed to 2 at all ranks from 1 / 1.5 / 2 / 2.5 / 3.
• Wither
  • Slow increased to 35% from 32.
  • Slow per second reduced to 3 / 6 / 9 / 12 / 15% from 4 / 8 / 12 / 16 / 20.
• Spirit Fire
  • New Effect: Damage cancels enemy Recall.
• Fury of the Sands
  • New Effect: Nasus gains 300 / 450 / 600 bonus health upon activation.
  • AP ratio reduced to (+ 1% per 100 AP) from 5 per 100.

V0.9.25.24

• Added

Trivia

Original Nasus

• Nasus literally means "nose" in Latin - referencing his golden wolf head's long nose.
  • During development he was simply called Anubis Head or 'Ammon' "hidden, unseen".
• He was voiced by Gene McDaniels.
• In the now-removed official League of Legends forums, the original icon of Fury of the Sands was used to represent the "Player Concepts" and "Champion Feedback" sections.

Nasus, The Curator of the Sands

• Following the death of his original voice actor, he is voiced by Erik Todd Dellums in both League of Legends and Legends of Runeterra.
  • Dellums also voices Nasus in Shurima: Descent into the Tomb and Rise of the Ascended.
  • Infernal Nasus is voiced by the same voice actor.
• Nasus is one of 11 champions that have an ability that infinitely stacks an effect: Bard,  Cho'Gath,  Kindred,  Senna,  Shyvana,  Sion,  Swain,  Sylas,  Thresh, and  Veigar.
  • In Nasus' case, Siphoning Strike infinitely stacks the bonus physical damage of itself.
• Nasus - Renekton is one of six pairs of sibling champions (the others being Cassiopeia - Katarina, Kayle - Morgana, Garen - Lux, Yasuo - Yone, and Darius - Draven).
  • Though not a pair, Anivia, Ornn, and Volibear are also siblings.
• Nasus' Japanese voice actor is Jouji Nakata.
• Nasus is one of a few champions to have multiple textures in one skin. When he uses Fury of the Sands.
  • Four other champions with this feature are LeBlanc (via Mirror Image), Shaco's (via Hallucinate), Wukong (via Warrior Trickster) and Malphite (via Granite Shield and Thunderclap).

See also

League of Legends Wiki | Champions