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GhandiEAGLE
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States20754 Posts
September 10 2013 16:28 GMT
#321
I'm probably just making an ass of myself, but I would still give Zed the advantage vs Nasus, if just because he can still punish Nasus under turret, but more importantly can escape ganks when pushing the lane past 6, and also is a hurricane through the enemy jungle when Nasus can't push fast enough to take advantage of your location. And junglers can't even gank Zed when at half-health in the first place, so I wouldn't say he's pretty bad unless you just camp Nasus under turret and hope to accomplish things.
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Slayer91
Profile Joined February 2006
Ireland23335 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-09-10 17:33:12
September 10 2013 17:28 GMT
#322
Zeds harass under tower is pretty light, and definitely dodgeable. His escape really isnt that good he just has his shadow and what jungler ganks people at half health

he can roam well sure but zed can do that anyway, zed is pretty bullshit in that he can easily farm well defensively and push hard and roam offensively but nasus is automatically stronger if you pick zed because he excels against squishy melees in teamfights and zed's teamfighting falls off and he relies on split pushing, but nasus can counter it with TP.

I wonder if zed with LW/BC/Botrk would be able to burst down a nasus really fast, the thing is his W and R make him deceptively tanky. Nasus might have to get warmogs instead of spirit visage after his armour item. (or maybe qss i guess)

Darius is really strong against any melee, I think nasus is well equipped to turtle aginst him, darius probably wins eaisly 1v1 but darius is such an easy gank target because he always pushes and has no escape or innate tankiness.

Wukong doesnt seem like a great idea, he gets stomped by irelia and nasus is even stronger 1v1, and has no sustain for trades. I don't fancy his all in potential either since its about enough to burst down a squishy champion but doesnt have much after that.

Overall the best thing is to pick ranged champs because they are stronger vs him in teamfights.
trollbone
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
France1905 Posts
September 10 2013 17:47 GMT
#323
On September 11 2013 01:03 zer0das wrote:
Wukong can work pretty reasonably.

I don't consider Vlad a counterpick. Yes, Vlad is annoying as hell, but Nasus is better equipped to deal with his BS than most top laners thanks to his sustain and desire to stack resists. Vlad's weak early, so it's not like he even really takes advantage of when Nasus is really weak. Wither also makes the distance troll pool covers quite short, which makes it quite easy to gank for Nasus. Worst case scenario as Nasus tends to be your tower drops first, which makes killing Vlad a lot easier. Fringe worst case is your jungler forces 2v2s off of your tower when you're not strong enough yet, which is the only situation I feel like Vlad has an advantage.

You're going to run out of mana on Swain before you even get close to killing Nasus. If you have blue buff the entire game, it might work.

I haven't had problems with a Pantheon in ages. Renekton can do well early, but actually securing kills can be difficult- I hate seeing Nasus top when I pick Renekton because their jungler is always sitting there so I can't finish him off, while my jungler is off having tea.

I generally rush icebourne gauntlet, but depending on the team comps, I might make a FH.


vlad weak early but nasus cant do shit so he is very freely to harass.
Just after my post i played against vlad top as nasus (lol karma) and he picked a kill on me before lvl 6 ( (i was dumb entirely my fault) and came back with revolver, i had to max spirit fire but at lvl 9 with just my negatron cloak and a ruby Crystal i all-in him and got the kill then he couldn't do shit because i had ghost (short CD) and he had flash (long CD) and i just all in him whenever i could. You just have to go balls deep, u cant out sustain a vlad.

I dont talk about the presence of the jungler here. In my game we were on a island.
trollbone
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
France1905 Posts
September 10 2013 17:52 GMT
#324
assassin are not great vs nasus because anyway you are going to stack defenses so they cant one shot you and you can regen all back, u dont get spirit visage first against ad, better glacial shroud first then kindlegem

Bruiser nidalee can be a problem like kennen also at early levels poke poke and poke
Slayer91
Profile Joined February 2006
Ireland23335 Posts
September 10 2013 21:13 GMT
#325
i dont think ive ever maxed spirit fire in a 1v1 lane
trollbone
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
France1905 Posts
September 10 2013 21:27 GMT
#326
well sometimes you have to do it, its not wrong and at lvl 5 it clears back minion instantly, it hurts also like a truck, u can harass a teemo like that, chalice + max spirit fire he wont be able to do anyting about that
Slayer91
Profile Joined February 2006
Ireland23335 Posts
September 10 2013 23:54 GMT
#327
he can just buy a few pots and be fine
iCanada
Profile Joined August 2010
Canada10660 Posts
September 11 2013 00:18 GMT
#328
I must eat some crow, a Nasus that plays right and runes right shouldn't have a problem against Pantheon.

Misconception I carried through from when I only played Pantheon, saw Nasus regularly (like mid S1), and was (who am I kidding, I still am) an awful baddy.

<3 I apologize for misinforming the masses.
zer0das
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
United States8519 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-09-11 01:03:52
September 11 2013 01:03 GMT
#329
That was a long time ago. Panth kind of wrecked Nasus at the start of the season with the super OP blackcleaver (I made a post about stacking 250 armor against Pantheon and still not being able to 1v1 him effectively- my team did win that game hilariously enough), but all the item changes/buffs to Nasus have changed it quite a bit. It's still possible to beat him with Panth, but it's only bound to happen if your jungler pitches a tent early and shoves a 2v2 down the dog's throat. I think that qualifies as animal abuse too. :>
Lylat
Profile Joined August 2009
France8575 Posts
September 11 2013 10:02 GMT
#330
Nasus is soooo strong I actually feel bad playing him in ranked.. Was he buffed recently or.. ?
I often die early because the jungler usually camps me since Nasus is weak early but np since I just teleport immediately..
But once he's farmed, god such a beast, being able to tank a whole team and 2 shot their carry.. Such a great feeling
ZERG_RUSSIAN
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
10417 Posts
September 11 2013 10:18 GMT
#331
No, he wasn't buffed, but Spirit Visage was. He's just weak to kite which you can semi-mitigate with defensive masteries in slow reduction and tenacity.
I'm on GOLD CHAIN
Slayer91
Profile Joined February 2006
Ireland23335 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-09-11 10:37:32
September 11 2013 10:30 GMT
#332
just need either good initiate or better poke than their team on your team and that isn't a huge problem

jungler camp shouldn't really be a problem if you're playing properly you should almost never push past the half way line in your lane until like 6. Getting dived is a real concern though, so the key is to make sure you stay full hp, a few early creeps isnt worth 150-200 hp

i mean about the pantheon thing, i used to think riven raped nasus, renek raped nasus garen raped nasus etc, but when i started playing properly none of those were problems at all, similar story with panth, even if you rush LW and shit nasus does so much damage if you didnt snowball you still won't be able to 1v1 because of how much hp/damage he has (hardto burst him down and cant win in sustained damage war because of his W)

nasus was buffed quite a lot. His lvl 5 Q got its mana cost reduced by half, his ult costs 50 less mana, and gives him more attack range, but his w attack speed slow got nerfed by half, which is a big nerf but not that huge a deal for his laning phase. Then you have the mastery and item changes making dorans shield, glacial shroud cheaper, spirit visage buff, introduction of iceborn gauntlet. Nerfs to thinngs liek top lane udyr elise rumble etc
Fyrewolf
Profile Joined January 2010
United States1533 Posts
September 11 2013 16:56 GMT
#333
Ah forgot about Singed. He can be pretty good against Nasus, he shouldn't lose unless he's messes up somehow. Good to know about Panth just not being strong enough, since I never get to play that matchup. All of the item buffs have been so good to Nasus lately. I love Nasus because he has so few real hard counters, and those champions that do have a soft counter advantage against him can still be dealt with by just staying safe until you get huge.

I definitely still go glacial shroud>fh/iceborne with the first chainmail, or spirit visage vs ap. I haven't tried the new trinity force yet on him, just been sticking to my standard stuff. Has anyone had any success with it?
Obviously not as a first item I mean, the changes are just intriguing and I'm wondering how well it actually plays out.
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Amui
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
Canada10567 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-09-11 17:07:16
September 11 2013 17:06 GMT
#334
Honestly, I think the only matchup where nasus gets hard countered is teemo. Almost every other lane if you play it well, you might get pooped on in the first few levels, but you won't die, and with the buffs to nasus's favourite items and his mana costs, he'll come back, farm, and just become unstoppable.

New triforce is really nice, but it's a luxury item. I mean it's nice being like a +400 triforce nasus who can 2 shot a squishy with ultimate&spirit fire up, but I'd take becoming invincible over being able to oneshot every creep in the game.

I think Singed is a good matchup for nasus. Singed pretty much will always push the lane, proxying doesn't hurt you too much, and you can rush SV in this matchup.
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Slayer91
Profile Joined February 2006
Ireland23335 Posts
September 11 2013 18:32 GMT
#335
i dont see what the problem is with teemo, any melee who doesnt beat teemo bascially loses even harder because they have less sutain, and who really outright beats teemo lolo
zer0das
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
United States8519 Posts
September 11 2013 18:44 GMT
#336
I've never really had a problem with Teemo as Nasus either. As long as you don't get super pissed off and chase him over 6 shrooms, he can't really kill you that easily. Plus if he's super aggressive, he's just begging to get ganked, and with wither, he can't really get away that easily. I mean sure, its sort of miserable a while. But its Teemo.
trollbone
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
France1905 Posts
September 11 2013 19:32 GMT
#337
he won't kill you but he will take your tower, he will punish you for every minions and after 6 he is going to be safe from ganks cause you are going to be low and he is going to have all mushrooms of the world. It's possible to beat him yeah i already did it numerous times but he is a pain in the ass.
he is like kennen but kennen has a skillshot and teemo a point clik harass.

Against singed its a farm lane, singed might be proxiing but it's at your advantage cause you will getting the same amount of farm but with your Q, it's really good
Some are very aggressive at the start but it falls off drastically when you get spirit visage. After some farming with your Q u can kill him he cant kill you
ZERG_RUSSIAN
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
10417 Posts
September 11 2013 19:32 GMT
#338
Teemo just rushes BotRK and what do you do?
I'm on GOLD CHAIN
trollbone
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
France1905 Posts
September 11 2013 19:39 GMT
#339
CDR is the way to go but trinity force as a 4th item maybe yeah why not, it depends if you really lack damage or you splitpush hard.

the renek matchup is ok, you're going to be a little down in farm comparable to him but after a certain point you can't kill each other so just farm

Slayer91
Profile Joined February 2006
Ireland23335 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-09-11 19:49:38
September 11 2013 19:47 GMT
#340
On September 12 2013 04:32 ZERG_RUSSIAN wrote:
Teemo just rushes BotRK and what do you do?


just farm like usual? Laning phase is pretty much over by the time he has that and boots anyway, you probably wont be laning against him anymore, just farming lanes when they push and sticking with the team or w/e
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