General
- Nasus literally means "nose" in Latin - referencing his golden wolf head's long nose.
- 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 the Baha Men.
- A side-by-side comparison can be seen here.
- 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.
- "Run, cowards!" references the eponymous boss from the arcade game Sinistar.
Skins
- The scene depicted has him using .
- He used to have red eyes and a fiercer demeanor in the first version of his post-rework art.
- He references Anubis from Egyptian mythology.
- His Ancient Egyptian army[2] and the Was-sceptre. combines battle axes used by
- He references Stargate.
- He shares this theme with:
- Along with the other Riot skins, he was obtainable by either meeting a Rioter, attending an official Riot event or through purchase in the store during events in the year of release.[3]
- For him in particular, he was only obtainable in 2011 and 2012 events, such as Gamescom 2011 and through the store in subsequent ones.[4]
- He is an anthropomorphic K-9 unit, otherwise known as a police dog and his is replaced with a baton, a weapon used for riot control.
- His canine features resemble a Dobermann's, which is fitting due to the breed being commonly trained for police work to take advantage of their large and intimidating builds and aggression.
- This skin shares the Riot theme with:
- He shares this theme with:
- .
- He was released along with Nasus' visual update.
- His dance references Drop It Like It's Hot by Snoop Dogg.
- A side-by-side comparison can be seen here.
- When he uses Cerberus. his shoulder pads spring to life, referencing
- This skin shares the Infernal theme with:
- ...and others
- He was released in celebration of April Fools' Day 2015 along with:
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- He got locked out of his own party.
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- He is striking a pose while is taking a group selfie, but his smartphone can't detect .
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- He can be seen on the April Fools' Day 2019 login screen on the Dogs side.
- This skin shares the High Society theme with:
- His outfit and the background reference Pre-Columbian Mesoamerican civilizations, e.g. Maya, Aztec, etc.
- This skin shares the Worldbreaker theme with:
- He was released in celebration of Lunar Revel 2018 (Year of the Dog) along with:
- He's possibly based on the Heavenly Dog who eats the Sun and Moon during eclipses in Chinese mythology.
- When activating Super Saiyan transformations from the Dragon Ball franchise. , his hair turns yellow as well as having a yellow aura around him. This is a reference to the
- This skin shares the Lunar Revel theme with:
- ...and others
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.