Nasus is a powerful juggernaut champion in League of Legends who excels at stacking infinite power through his Q ability, Siphoning Strike. He was released in 2009 and primarily plays in the top lane.

Key Abilities:

Soul Eater (Passive)

• Grants 12/18/24% lifesteal based on level

Siphoning Strike (Q)

• Empowers next basic attack to deal bonus physical damage
• Permanently gains stacks when killing units (3 stacks per kill, 12 for large units)
• Stacks infinitely to increase damage

Wither (W)

• Slows and cripples target enemy champion
• Effects increase over 5 seconds
• Reduces movement and attack speed

Spirit Fire (E)

• Creates an area that deals magic damage
• Reduces enemy armor
• Grants vision of the area

Fury of the Sands (Ultimate)

• Gains bonus health, armor, magic resistance and size
• Deals magic damage to nearby enemies
• Reduces Siphoning Strike cooldown by 50%

Key Features:

• Infinite scaling through Q stacking
• Strong duelist and split pusher
• Excellent late game scaling
• Weak early game that requires farming

Playing as Nasus:

• Focus on safely farming Q stacks early game
• Use Wither to escape ganks or chase enemies
• Time ultimate for teamfights and tower sieges
• Split push to draw pressure and stack Q
• Build tanky to survive while stacking damage

Base Stats:

• Health: 631 (+104 per level)
• Mana: 325.6 (+42 per level)
• Attack Damage: 67 (+3.5 per level)
• Armor: 34 (+4.7 per level)

Cost: 1350 BE or 585 RP

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