Nasus·Top Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Nasus Top build, you should take Ghost and Teleport as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Fleet Footwork as your keystone, followed by Triumph, Legend: Haste and Last Stand in the primary tree, as well as Second Wind and Unflinching in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Ability Haste in offense, Health Scaling in flex and Health Scaling in defense, though it depends on the matchup. Finally, for your items, you should build Trinity Force as your first item, followed by Ionian Boots of Lucidity and Frozen Heart. For your last 3 items, you should build Spirit Visage, Thornmail and finish with Jak'Sho, The Protean. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - W - E. Right now, this build has 52.2% winrate over 816 matches played.

Optional

Your second option for Nasus Top build would be to take Ghost and Teleport as your Summoner Spells. The runes that this build takes advantage of are Phase Rush as your keystone, Manaflow Band, Transcendence and Scorch in the primary tree, and Approach Velocity with Biscuit Delivery in the secondary tree. The shards used in this build are Adaptive Force in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense. The items for the build are Trinity Force, which you should build first, followed by Ionian Boots of Lucidity as your second item and Frozen Heart as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Spirit Visage, Thornmail and Force of Nature. The skill order for this build is Q - W - E. In the current patch, this build has a 57.5% win rate over 193 matches.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Ghost and Teleport as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Fleet Footwork as your keystone, Triumph, Legend: Haste and Last Stand in the primary tree, and Second Wind with Unflinching in the secondary tree, as well as Ability Haste, Health Scaling, and Health Scaling as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are Frozen Heart as your first item, then Ionian Boots of Lucidity as a second item and Trinity Force as a third item. You want to finish the build with Spirit Visage, Thornmail and Dead Man's Plate. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - W - E. This build is currently sitting at a 58.4% win rate across 101 matches played.

Off-Meta

If you want to try an Off-Meta Nasus Top build in the current patch, try Ghost and Teleport as your Summoner Spells, Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence and Scorch as your primary rune tree, and Approach Velocity with Biscuit Delivery as your secondary tree. Use Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force and Health Scaling as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Trinity Force as your first item, then finish Ionian Boots of Lucidity as your second item, and Frozen Heart as third item. The last 3 options are Spirit Visage, Thornmail and Sterak's Gage. The ability order for this build is Q - W - E. As of the current patch, this build has a 58.1% win rate over 74 matches played.

Situational Nasus Runes and Items

Depending on the context of your game, your matchup, and enemy champions, you might want to consider building some situational items or take specific runes. Carefully examine your team, enemy team, game state , and your matchup to plan your Nasus build accordingly! For example, when it comes to rune shards, you might want to take either Armor or Magic Resist, depending on which champion you are about to lane against.