General
- Nasus' production name was 'Ammon' "hidden, unseen" [1].
- Nasus literally means "nose" in Latin - referencing his jackal head's long nose & keen sense of smell, with possible influences from Greek γνῶσις gnosis /ɡnɔ̂ː.sis/ "knowledge", referencing his scholarly nature, & Ancient Egyptian morpheme nsw "king of Upper Egypt" [2] .
- Nasus is one of a few champions to have multiple textures in one skin (another one for when is active)
- , , , , , and are the only in-game abilities that can theoretically increase a stat infinitely.
Quotes
- His joke references Who Let the Dogs Out? by Baha Men.
- In Brazilian localization he instead references Só as Cachorras by Bonde do Tigrão.
- In Italian localization he says "Belli còni, ti piacciono i còni?" ("Good dags. D'ya like dags?") referencing Snatch.
- In Polish localization he says "Wy nie wiecie, a ja wiem, jak rozmawiać trzeba z psem" ("You don't know, but I do know how to talk with dogs") referencing Akademia Pana Kleksa.
- "There, for grace, I go" might be referencing"There, but for the grace of God, go I".
- "Your soul will be measured" references Anubis from Egyptian mythology.
- "Hope is the opiate of the frail" references Karl Marx's quote "Religion... is the opiate of the masses".
- "By references be purged!"Kael'thas Sunstrider and Ragnaros, both from Warcraft.
Skins
- He references Anubis from Egyptian mythology.
- His Was. resembles a
- He references Stargate.
- He shares this theme with , , , and .
- He shares this theme with and .
- He becomes an anthropomorphic police dog.
- He was only obtainable by attending Gamescom 2011 or through the store during subsequent ones.
- He shares this theme with , , , and .
- He shares this theme with .
- His dance references Drop It Like It's Hot by Snoop Dogg.
- When he uses Cerberus. his shoulder pads spring to life, referencing
- He shares this theme with , , , , and .
- He celebrates April Fools' Day 2015.
- He shares this theme with , , and .
- His outfit and the background reference Pre-Columbian civilizations in Meso- and South America, e.g. Maya, Aztec, Inca, etc.
- He shares this theme with , , , and .
Relations
- Nasus was a warrior scholar who spearheaded the military and cultural uprising of Ancient Shurima, but arrogance led to the empire's downfall, costing him his own brother .
- Nasus hopes he can cure of his madness, so that the brothers united might defeat and restore Shurima to greatness.
- The Nasus and used to imprison was first used to contain a beast of living fire (likely ) the Magus Ascendant himself freed to keep the brothers away from the capital while he stole 's Ascension.