Nasus has been an underdog for some time now so we're looking to throw him a bone with some changes that will make him a bit more durable in lane and powering up his Q for more effective stacking (because who hasn't missed a cannon minion by 5 health before).

Nasus got hit too hard from his last nerf along with losing some power this season and we’d like to return some of his passive sustain which should help him function throughout the game.

Nasus has been quite strong since patch 14.19’s reduction in gold value, so it’s time for his nerf. His early sustain is quite high considering how well he scales, so we’re targeting his sustain and early damage to give his opponents more of a counterplay window before he stacks up.

Somehow, Nasus has returned. As a… mid laner? Huh. In truth, Nasus is performing a bit too well in lower MMRs and his laning pattern in Pro play is… a thing. As such, we’re making changes to hopefully solve both of these issues. By nerfing his conventional last-max ability, he’ll have less reliable late game damage, especially in lower MMRs where games go longer. As this is also his first max as a mid laner in Pro play, we can meaningfully weaken his current zero-counterplay poke pattern.

Nasus is not having a good time right now. So we're increasing his attack damage growth which should be potent due to how frequently he casts Q with Trinity Force. We're also lowering the mana cost of his E and buffing its armor shred, to increase Sundered Sky's popularity and strength as a second item compared to Frozen Heart (since it's already competitive) and to give him access to more of the shred before level 14+.

Nasus hasn’t been performing so well in Solo Queue. We feel that he scales really well but struggles in lane, as he's able to be punished harshly. We'd like to reduce some of that harshness by increasing his Q damage to help him stack and trade better when using it on his opponent early. We’re also pairing this with an increase to his passive as we nerfed it when Divine Sunderer was still around and it’s no longer necessary to keep it lower.

Nasus has been on a tight leash in solo queue recently. We're buffing up his passive to help in matchups where he's able to stay on the minion wave and life steal without affecting counter matchups where he can't attack and Q as often. We're also reducing the cooldown on his ultimate in later stages of the game, where he especially relies on it due to the durability and range it gives in teamfights.

Nasus has historically found success in lower skill brackets. Similar to the Yi changes in patch 12.13, we’re looking to give Nasus some high skill skewed buffs to make him stronger in higher levels of play.

With the patch 11.11 buff to Divine Sunderer, Nasus has been a top dog (literally) in Average play, where he’s able to stay in lane and farm until the cows come home. We’re targeting this by reducing the amount of life steal he can get when he has easier access to minions.