Is Nasus a good Tanky DPS?

[quote=Aidenmbdaly]Basically, what the title says. Is Nasus a good tanky DPS? A lot of guides I see eitehr get the damage item too late for him to be a Tanky DPSS for most of the game (nothing wrong if he is the main tank), but as a secondary tank, or a tanky DPS, rushing trinity and getting tank items doesnt come up in many guides. Is it a good build for him, and is he a good tanky DPS?[/quote]

[quote=Illuvitarian]He's one of my mains, and he's very snowbally if you have a decent jungler and you can start good early ( usually you'll be solo top ) you can rush trinity force starting with sheen and then pick up your tank items because his farming is easy he can be great. If things don't go well early or you get zoned out a lot you can be pretty much worthless till very late game in which case you usually lose. So if I were you id rush sheen then pick up frozen heart and then finish trin force after that get the rest of you tank items. Basically I'm saying yes he's a great dps/tank if you can use his potential and play well yourself. Nasus has no get out of death free card so it's on you bro.[/quote]

[quote=Melarith]Nasus is a godly tanky DPS, in my opinion - but very easy to kite, so keep that in mind if you plan on playing him in draftmode. As for itemization, you usually just get Sheen, and then focus on tank items for the most part, the reason is that your Q gets more damage as you last hit, and if you're soloing top (Nasus is *kind* of solo-top dependent), you'll get lots of last-hits - ergo, lots of damage on your Q, making most DPS items kind of meh, in compared to Sheen + Durability. And when you feel that you do have enough survivability, you can just go ahead and make it into a Trinity Force.[/quote]

[quote=TheJohn]He gets a lot strong if you last hit with his skill.[/quote]

[quote=Eihn]If you can build siphon strike all game he is almost unbeatable end game. I lived it.. /ff[/quote]

[quote=Dante Rebellion]Tanky DPS is the only viable way to blame him... imo.[/quote]

[quote=jhoijhoi]The only DPS item I ever build with [[nasus]] is [[trinity force]]. As others have said before me, his [[siphoning strike]] is his main source of damage, and it is his only ability that scales with physical damage. While it's amusing to buy [[tiamat]]s, or [[infinity edge]] to amp up his damage, I believe [[trinity force]] is sufficient damage for an off-tank Nasus build. If you're going pure DPS, go ahead and buy what you like, but tank/off-tank Nasus shouldn't be focusing on damage. Is he a good Tanky DPS champion? Yes and no. You have to consider that his only disable is [[wither]]. Other Tanky DPS immediately become preferance over him because they have hard cc, like [[renekton]]. But Nasus, in a teamfight with [[fury of the sands]] makes him God-like.[/quote]

[quote=Joobieo#41288]In team fights hes a beast with tanky dps.[/quote]