League of Legends · v16.13.1

Standard build

Matchup plan

Against Malphite, take Second Wind and double MR shards, with Doran's Shield start to avoid being solo killed. Against Malphite, Nasus can take Lethal Tempo to ignore Malphite's W attack speed reduction, making early trades favorable. Heartsteel Nasus is a fun build but not strong; even with high stacks, it's mediocre because you need HP items like Titanic Hydra and Warmog's, which don't scale well on Nasus. Heartsteel Nasus fears percent true damage and percent HP items like BotRK and Divine Sunderer. Consider it only if the enemy lacks these. Starting Tear of the Goddess and building Fimbulwinter is very aggressive and lacks defensive stats. Against a smart Malphite with Arcane Comet, Ignite, and max Q, you can't survive the poke. Don't blindly copy this.

Rune variants

Against Malphite, take Second Wind and double MR shards, with Doran's Shield start to avoid being solo killed.
Against Malphite, Nasus can take Lethal Tempo to ignore Malphite's W attack speed reduction, making early trades favorable.

Nasus vs Malphite · Top lane matchup

01

Core game plan

If Malphite doesn't want to die, Nasus can't solo kill him, but Nasus can farm safely and stack Q. Neither can do much to the other; it depends on who makes a mistake first.

02

Strength by game time

Lv 1–3LaningLevel 6Mid gameTeamfights

4:6.

4:6.

5:5.

6:4.

6:4.

Lv1-3: Play safe, stack Q, avoid Malphite's pokeLaning: Farm safely, Malphite can't solo kill youPost-6: Stack Q faster, can try to trade backMid game: More useful than Malphite in teamfights, focus on picking off enemiesLate game: Use Heartsteel and Q stacks for sustained damage

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Detailed breakdown

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