You won't be tanking very much or very well with only about 100 armor. Also please consider changing the Ninja Tabi and leave boots to be situational. If they're mainly AD, Tabi. If they're mainly magic or have tons of CC, get Merc treads.

Thanks for all the comments guys! :)

To Khair ad Din- I read you guide just before posting mine! XD

yes, i do build him more tanky, i feel that he can afford to with his amazing Q ability. combined with his ult i find that he really makes an amazing tank, while still having decent DPS. I just found that it works best for me. As for sunfire cape, i just dont like it. i already have the HP i need, and i could get more armor elsewhere. the only thing that makes me want it even slightly is the unique passive, which does low damage, especially to someone with any MR. in short, i have already tested sunfire out, and found that it just didnt work with my playstyle, or with the rest of the build, sorry bra, but thanks for the advice!

purpleges- nice pic!

with a magic resist of 100 i get 50% magic reduction, meaning that bloodrazor can only shred 2% of my HP per hit, and with its high cost i dont think may people will build it who werent already planning on doing so. The armor penn marks may be usefull, but as it is im still purchasing my last HP quint, so ill get them and test them as soon as i have my quints done. ALSO, the extra AS is usefull, because your Q does have a cooldown, and being able to hit quicker while it resets is more usefull than armor pen IMO, but like i said, i haven't tested armor pen marks yet, so ill post an edit when i grab them from the shop and let you know how it went!

GoD Kenshin- nice name! :)

the reason i took tiamats is pretty simple. as you can probably tell i favor a tanky nasus over a DPS nasus, and i definatly focus on HP regen and HP first. tiamats gives regen on BOTH HP and mana, as well as some AD, and splash damage. Im hoping that one day soon riot will make it so that you can earn multiple "stacks" on nasus Q at once with tiamats splash damage, but untill then i'll settle for the massive bonus it grants during teamfights. trust me, when you tank nasus like i do nothing is better than tiamats, especially when its charged with bonus damage from your ult.

As for the surelias... i respect the fact that you dont like it, but i gotta back it up. it seems underated to me, but it has done nothing but good, so ill stick with it. like i said in the guide it grants an extra 2000+ gold in the first 30 min of gameplay, the equivilant of 7 champion kills. Thats alot more cash than you would think, and with it upgrading later i have to stick to it. It, once again, is like the tiamats. whi8le it doesn't do the massive boosts that things like IE or Thornmail do it gives you small boosts to everything, and helps to round your champ out nicely. it, combined with all the other items actually shines really well.

As for MT over tabi... like i said, the boots are interchangable i found that with tabi you break 100 to both resistances, with MT your armor suffers, HOWEVER this build doesn't get much MR until the end, so treads may help if their are lots of AP champs, with that said, boots are negotiable, use what you like best.




LONG STORY SHORT GUYS???

thanks for the fast responses, and im working to hone this guide even more than i already have, and with the advice you gave i may make it even better than it already is. thanks for the advice, and keep on rocking nasus!

Rly nice and detailed guide. But im not a fan of tiamat on Nasus. Shurelyas is allright but I'd exchange Tiamat for Atmas Impaler and Shurelyas for Guardian Angel or smth like that. Id prefer Mercury Treats instead of Ninja Tabis but thats just my opinion^^ But i got to say youd have much ad with that items too and got a higher amount of mres and armor. And I've got to agree with purpleges. You should grab armorpen, because that will enable you to deal far more damage.

Your magic resist is barely over 100. This means someone with a bloodrazor can just destroy you. Your q also resets your auto attack, making the as marks less useful. Get armor pen, it scales better into the game.

I put together an off-tank/DPS Nasus build recently if you would like to check mine out: http://www.mobafire.com/league-of-legends/build/nasus-using-the-beat-stick-123666 .I feel the way you chose to go about building Nasus is leaned heavily toward straight tank and might want to add in some additional DPS finishing items. Sunfire Aegis perhaps because it will help tanking and give radius damage. Just my thoughts, overall a very well thought out and detailed build, fantastic job.