Nasus Patch History, Builds & Abilities

Nasus is the top dog of top lane and it's by a lot. Thankfully, we've got some substantial bugfixes that should put his bark and his bite on more equal footing. First, we're fixing a bug where his Q stacks could crit, which means for all you Trinity Force enjoyers, that's a big hit to Q damage about 10% of the time. For Wither, there are two bugs worth noting and a single change for period-accuracy. The slow now updates every 1 second (affected by tenacity) instead of every 0.5 seconds, unaffected. So now Tenacity won't cut off the top-end of his slow. However, it was also bugged to use the per-second update every 0.5 seconds, meaning the maximum slow was much higher than it should have been. Fixing both bugs should net out to an appropriate nerf for the ability.

Nasus is performing better than he ought to, even for a champion with a shallow learning curve and a playstyle that hasn't changed much over the years. We still want his infinitely-stacking late game bonking to be his biggest strength, which means pulling out power elsewhere. We're reverting a few buffs from the Skarner launch patch in 2011, making his early game weaker and making him think more carefully about using Wither. Passive - Soul Eater

Nasus added to League Classic

Added to League Classic at launch.