I was only able to play one more game with Nasus, mostly because I don’t think it’s fair to the champ of the week to play him/her when it will hurt the team comp in a serious way. When my teammates pick three physical champions, two of which are already melee, Nasus probably isn’t the right choice. When I did pick Nasus, though, I was able to have another very solid game with him.

My impressions remain mostly unchanged – Nasus is really missing that key gap-closing skill. Wither is close, but not enough in a lot of cases. He also gets good move speed once he has a Trinity, but as has been mentioned, that requires a nice farm if you’re planning to have any defensive stats.

If I could change on thing about Nasus, it would be to lower the cooldown on Wither. Though it retains a flat mana rate and 15 second cooldown, I really think it needs a little buff. Wither gets hard-countered by Mercury Treads. Without it, Nasus is just a big dog, waiting to be kited. I don’t think this would tip him over the edge into OP status, just make him a bit more competitive with characters like Renekton (9 second CD stun at rank 5), Jarvan (12 second Standard CD), and Rumble (10 second CD stacking slow).

Stay tuned for next week’s champ of the week.