CORE ITEMS

A core item on Nasus but against rare team comps that do not have any CC then Ninja Tabi's is a better choice.


It's a Core Item the active gives Nasus an escape or chasing mechanism (another gap closer), while making you a little tankier and giving you reduced Cool Downs. It also upgrades from your philosopher's stone.

zeke's herald
The main reason you'll be getting this is the 15% cdr, the Health and Lifesteal also make Nasus tank very well.


The 5% cool down brings my Cool Down reduction to 40% (max). It has health and armor which makes him very Tanky and it builds from heart of gold. Make sure you also use Randuin's omen active while you use your Fury of the Sands so your enemies have a hard time running away from your AOE. Chain your slows with randiun's wither someone, then when you catch up to them also slow them with randiun's and then wither again this combo is so evil. Take Randiun's for Balanced or AD heavy teams.


This item gives Nasus Movespeed and Magic Resist not to mention health regain. Movespeed is so important to Nasus and this item gives you both Movement speed and Tankyness.

OTHER TANK ITEMS

The stats of this item benefit Nasus so much it gives him 20% Cool Down reduction while letting him be tanky and giving the enemy team an attack speed debuff. Get this if you don't want to get zeke's herald.

aegis of legion
It's a toss up between aegis or warmogs for nasus, both items make him very tanky. I usually get this item but not always.


love it or hate it. Warmogs gives Nasus the highest effective HP than any other item. But generally needs to be rushed early to take full advantage of it. But when rushed it delays you from building your Cool Down Reduction items. Avoid getting Warmog's if enemy has items or abilities that damage based on % of health. A thing to consider is having Armor and Magic resistance is better on Nasus than having health, he gains health from his passive so having armor and magic resistance allows that health to be more effective, he also gain's health from his . But having Warmog's means he won't get bursted down. Take Warmog's for teams with a lot of Burst.


A great last item on Nasus as respawn times are very long in late games. Make sure you stay with your team mates other wise you'll still die.


This item is so great on many champions it's under appreciated but this item gives any Champion temporarily 100% tenacity. My favorite combination is to use QSS with Ninja Tabi's.

OFFENSIVE ITEMS

A core item on Nasus duh... It's in virtually every Nasus build. But why is it? lets examine the item. I makes him tanky with the 250 health and gives him 250 mana for his spells, the sheen proc gives about 175 bonus damage, it gives 30 AD 30 AP, It gives 30% attack speed 15% crit chance. It has a slow and most importantly it gives 12% movement speed.


It's viable if the team consist of 2 or more champions that have over 200 armor.


The best if your team has a total of 2 or more Physical Damage champions that benefit from life steal. It also provides you with much needed armor penetration. Also it makes Nasus more tanky through life steal.


You can switch out Shurelia's Reverie in favor for a Ghostblade to get more damage output at the cost of lower health and mana regain. The cool down reduction is the same and the active is very similar. The down side is that it cost more and doesn't upgrade from a philostone. An early brutalizer with sheen makes Nasus hurt a lot.


This great off tank item is great on Nasus. Armor, Crit and Damage makes this item a very cost effective late game item, combine it with Warmog's Armor for better synergy.

SUB OPTIMAL ITEMS

Banshee's Veil where is it? Generally FoN + Warmog's Armor provides a lot more effective Magic HP than FoN + Banshee. once you get a Warmog's you won't get bursted down.

Where is Thornmail? Generally Thornmail is a bad item in my build. Because I don't have magic penetration to take full advantage of the magic damage return. 30% damage return becomes 15% or less when factoring in magic resistance. Also grabing a thornmail makes your enemies attack you less which means you won't be returning a lot of damage, which defeats the purpose of being a tank and getting Thornmail. Though Nasus is a special type of tank he hurts a lot in some situations it's very useful on him, like dodge thornmail only works with auto attacks. Thornmail + Archaic Knowledge mastery makes thornmail more viable also grabing an Abysal Scepter will make Thornmails hurt a lot while giving you magic resistance and a little bit of AP.

What about Sunfire Cape? I prefer Randiun's Omen over sunfire capes it stats are not good enough and 35 hp per second damage is actually a lot lower its around 15-25 damage because of Magic Resistances and since Nasus has no Magic Penetration it's not an effective item to deal damage with and Randiun's Omen makes Nasus tankier than a Sunfire Cape.