Nasus

Stacks on Stacks on Stacks… of Gold

Lane harassment and consistent damage output.

Inspiration

Creative tools and rule bending

Unsealed Spellbook

Swap Summoner Spells while out of combat. Swapping to unique Summoner Spells will increase the rate at which you can make future swaps.
Magical Footwear

You get free boots at 12 min but you cannot buy boots before then. Each takedown you get makes your boots come 45s sooner.
Biscuit Delivery

Gain a free Biscuit every 2 min, until 6 min. Consuming or selling a Biscuit permanently increases your max health and restores health.
Approach Velocity

Bonus MS towards nearby enemy champions that are movement impaired, increased for enemy champions that you impair.

Resolve

Durability and crowd control

Conditioning

After 12 min gain +8 Armor and +8 Magic Resist and increase your Armor and Magic Resist by 3%.
Revitalize

Gain 5% Heal and Shield Power.

Heals and shields you cast or receive are 10% stronger on targets below 40% health.

Adaptive Force

+9 Adaptive Force

Why Unsealed Spellbook

Unsealed Spellbook's overall utility grants you the ability to adapt to situations where you need more damage for a kill, or defensive power from being killed.

Why Magical Footwear

Magical Footwear allows you to double-down on that gold you're earning from Klepto and Coin by saving you a bunch of gold so that you're able to invest it into **combat stats for the mid game**.

Why Biscuit Delivery

Biscuit Delivery further empowers your ability to out-sustain your lane opponent and helps you survive in machups where you may take a lot of early game damage (Gnar/Rumble).

Why Approach Velocity

Approach Velocity synergizes incredibly well with Nasus' [W] to chase down and stick to your target.

WhyConditioning

Conditioning makes you into a massive mid game front line tank as it will scale well with any defensive items you buy and continuing scaling into the late game with your infinite scaling damage.

WhyRevitalize

Nasus is a champion who lives and dies by his ability to sustain with his passive. Revitalize massively empower that healing in the mid game where you'll be able to out-duel most other champions.

Breach the Gates

Lane harassment and consistent damage output.

Sorcery

Empowered abilities and resource manipulation

Phase Rush

Hitting an enemy champion with 3 separate attacks or abilities grants a burst of MS and Slow Resist.
Nimbus Cloak

After casting a Summoner Spell, gain a short Move Speed increase that allows you to pass through units.
Transcendence

Gain bonuses upon reaching the following levels:
Level 5: +5 Ability Haste
Level 8: +5 Ability Haste
Level 11: On Champion takedown, reduce the remaining cooldown of basic abilities by 20%.
Gathering Storm

Gain increasing amounts of AD or AP, adaptive over the course of the game.

Resolve

Durability and crowd control

Demolish

Charge up a powerful attack against a tower while near it.
Second Wind

After taking damage from an enemy champion heal back some missing health over time.

Adaptive Force

+9 Adaptive Force

Why Phase Rush

Non-damaging spells count toward proccing Phase rush so a simple **[W]->[E]->Auto** will let you hunt down your target and resist slows.

Why Nimbus Cloak

Nimbus Cloak's added mobility when casting [R] empowering you to chase down your target for repeated [Q] procs. If you're playing into a number of AP threats, Nullifying Orb is also a great option to keep you alive in close fights.

Why Transcendence

More stacks ASAP. Nasus loves every CDR defensive item and with transcendence you don't have to worry about over-capping.

Why Gathering Storm

Usually when playing Nasus you're looking to come online in the mid to late game. Gathering Storm scales incredibly well along side you while you stack away. Scorch is a solid alternative if you're looking to harass a bit in the laning phase.

WhyDemolish

Nasus is all about opening the gates. Demolish + [Q] means you're shredding towers in no-time.

WhySecond Wind

Second Wind is a great sustain rune when **playing into difficult match-ups**. Like Doran's Shield, it allows you to mitigate a lot of the chip damage you might take. In easy lanes you can take Revitalize to empower you late game [Q] healing.