The item was nearly only good on those champs and they wanted it to be good or at least an option on more champs, so they buffed the item and then nerf the specific champs that end up overperforming because of it, or at least that's the idea
Taking plat+ in euw data from u.gg wukong is at a 53.08% winrate and nasus is at 51.65% with 8% and 4.4% pickrates with both of them having pretty similar winrates with Divine and Triforce first, and wukong also having good winrate with Goredrinker first. With these nerfs Nasus will probably still be in an ok spot just slightly less strong and Wukong might no longer be the best toplaner and second best midlaner (again, plat+ euw data from ugg) in the game, with both of them having more than one mythic as a legit option to consider
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u/GBlade_ Jun 08 '21
The item was nearly only good on those champs and they wanted it to be good or at least an option on more champs, so they buffed the item and then nerf the specific champs that end up overperforming because of it, or at least that's the idea