League of Legends: Essential Guide to Nasus, the Curator of the Sands

League of Legends: Essential Guide to Nasus, the Curator of the Sands

By Marcus Chen

November 24, 2024 at 06:22 PM

Nasus is a juggernaut champion in League of Legends who excels at farming and scaling into late game. Known for his infinite scaling ability through Siphoning Strike (Q), he becomes increasingly powerful as the game progresses.

Key Abilities:

  • Passive (Soul Eater): Gains 12-24% life steal based on level
  • Q (Siphoning Strike): Empowered attack that permanently gains stacks when killing units
  • W (Wither): Slows and cripples target enemy champion
  • E (Spirit Fire): Area damage and armor reduction
  • R (Fury of the Sands): Gains bonus health, resistances, size, and deals AoE damage

Core Strengths:

  • Infinite scaling potential
  • Strong split pushing
  • Tank-busting capabilities
  • High sustain through life steal
  • Late game power fantasy

Notable Characteristics:

  • One of few champions with infinite scaling abilities
  • Strong duelist when farmed
  • Weak early game but extremely powerful late game
  • Counter pick against tanks and immobile champions
  • Sister champion to Renekton
  • Voice acted by Erik Todd Dellums

Core Items:

  • Divine Sunderer/Trinity Force
  • Tank items (Spirit Visage, Dead Man's Plate)
  • Ability Haste items for more Q stacks

Best played in top lane as a farming champion who focuses on stacking Q and scaling into late game. Requires good wave management and farming skills to reach full potential.

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