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LoL Classic

LoL Classic - Nasus Build

Nasus

By Mobalytics

Updated on Jul 20, 2026

Jul 20, 2026

Ability Order + Summoner Spells

Ability Order

First three = Q>E>W
Then, prioritize maxing:
- Siphoning Strike > Spirit Fire > Wither

Summoner Spells

Flash + Teleport

Build

Starting Items

Full Build

Runes

Marks
- Greater Mark of Armor Penetration x9
Seals
- Greater Seal of Armor x9
Glyphs
- Greater Glyph of Scaling Magic Resist x9
Quintessences
- Greater Quintessence of Life Steal x3

runes nasus

For runes, Lifesteal Quintessences are a great choice since we already stack a lot of damage on Q, allowing the extra sustain to keep us healthy during the laning phase and fights. Armor Penetration Marks help make his Q hit even harder by cutting through enemy defenses. For Seals and Glyphs, we want to focus on defensive stats, taking Armor Seals and Scaling Magic Resist Glyphs to help him survive as the game goes on. If you're against an AP heavy lane, you can swap to Flat Magic Resist Glyphs for stronger early protection.

Masteries

masteries

While playing Nasus, your main goal is to stay in lane for as long as possible and build up as many stacks as you can. The Defense tree is extremely useful for this, giving you extra health, resistances, and damage reduction to help you survive longer in lane and farm safely. For the remaining points, put them into the Offense tree to increase your damage output. The extra Cooldown Reduction allows you to use Siphoning Strike more often, while the penetration helps your abilities and attacks hit harder throughout the game.

Changes for Classic

Fury of the Sands (R) magic damage temporarily converts a percentage into attack damage

1. Ability Order + Summoner Spells 2. Build 3. Runes 4. Masteries 5. Changes for Classic

Overview

Our experts are currently testing LoL Classic builds for Nasus on the PBE.

Check back often as we make updates based on PBE changes and as the Classic meta develops!

How to Play

Your entire laning phase revolves around stacking Q. Don't sacrifice large amounts of health just to secure stacks, missing a few is better than dying.You can always farm with E but the only downside is it pushes the wave. Against aggressive lanes, allow the wave to come towards your tower where you can farm more safely. Use W defensively to escape ganks or stop enemy all ins. Once you've built some armor and have core items like Iceborn Gauntlet, you'll naturally become stronger and can begin to start winning 1v1s.