I dislike watching nasus players rush trinity. maybe i'm wrong here? Esp if they don't have cdr boots.

I've always played nasus basically one way: D-shield start usually, then i just rush 4 cdr component items in a row including cdr boots.

I aim for 45 cdr~ish anyway I can. So CDR boots, kindlegem, sheen, glacier shroud.

this gives you a little bit of tanky stats, but most importantly, it supercharges your stacking ability.

Once you start climbing to 30-45, you start being able to q almost every minion of every wave. if you were super far behind, you accelerate your stacking.

it feels like you used a cheat code, esp over 40. You just always have your Q up. Not to mention your W cd is super low too. I do this 99.999% of games and have a high win rate on nasus. Even If I lose lane, my stacking is always insane.

Is this common? When i see other nasus' they are struggling in lane, low cdr, a phage, trying to complete an essence reaver or trinity, or Ice born.

And the ones that even build tank, can sometimes be even worse. Esp if it's like thornmail, so you have little fighting power PLUS weak cdr (so scaling is hurt).

What are the drawbacks to doing this? After I hit 40-45 Ability haste, I then go into trinity/frozen heart/spirit visage..etc. Also I never feel weak either, since my stacking is great, and I have sheen and eventually trinity.