The RIOT Act

[Mr. Zhu]

I usually get rid of Philo stone if the game lasts that long.
And Nope I'll keep my CDR boots. Its my choice, and I will continue to choose to use them. As a matter of a fact I know someone told that 1 or 2 others up in the top tend to use them.

And err.... Yeah I get chewed slap the fuck out if I dont build Triforce... so I say you are wrong=D

Of course it is your decision. You mentioned that 1 or 2 top players use them, I would like to know who. And you're taking one or two players out of like, what...? A player base of around 3000 players and 1 or 2 uses it? There's something wrong with that math.

It's undisputed, Merc Treads is THE boots to get on any Tank, Tanky DPS sometimes even Jungle (Unless in case of a 0 CC, all AD team). Of course, if you don't that's entirely your choice. I'm just saying, I shun CDR boots when you can get just as much CDR if not more and not waste the utility of tenacity unless you want to build cloak and dagger which TOTALLY scales into late game... rofl.

Slapped the fuck out by people that have around the same amount of games as you? Meh, I know and have had in-depth conversations with competitive players about the tri-force as an item overall, and while I agree it's an item that synergizes well with Nasus apparently many high level players don't enjoy as much as lower level players. And I'm talking like... Top top players, like Xpecial from TSM, Dan Dinh and Westrice from Epik, and HotshotGG who just hates tri-force for some reason. I don't see it, but apparently they do. (I have hookups to EpikGamers vent through complete coincidence, and yes I have talked to some of those LoL celebs through ventrilo, lolol.)

I don't build Philo on Nasus and I like running the CDR boots.

Philo > Shurelia's isn't bad, definitely, but I think it's wasted gold on Nasus. I don't really worry about the gold-per because I farm like a baws anyway, which is what you should be doing. For sustain, just hitting with Q should get you enough health with your passive it deal with any harass.

I do appreciate, though, that you start off with "there's no set build" and then immediately transition to "Ninja Tabi or Mercs only."

=P

While I won't come out and say "I FARM BETTER THAN YOU," I can say with high confidence that no matter how well you farm e.g top elo players (again using high elo players as example for metagame and mainstream) they still opt for Philo Stone because of the g/5 passive but also for Shurylia's Reverie. I don't know, as a Nasus that's played about anywhere from 100-200 games (yes, more games than Mal's wins alone with just one champion) besides proving that I'm a lifeless nerd, I would also like to point out that I take good pride in the fact that I farm very well with Nasus top lane and I still like the Philo Stone + HoG combo. Sometimes I find myself stuck in games where I'm farming for 20 minutes at top and Philo + HoG really makes a difference in a lane that has a reputation to be "the farm lane."

I would argue to the end of the world that Shuryelia's is not a waste of gold on Nasus and obviously I would change it into something else if a game gets into the late late, but for mid-late game teamfighting engage/disengage, reverie is an amazing item. Having one on both your support and on Nasus means you can engage + disengage in ONE fight. That makes a lot of difference.

Also, Ninja Tabi and Merc Treads is a choice in itself, and therefore supports my argument that there is no set build, but Tabi and Treads are your best bets .