How to beat Nautilus

Common role: Support

A tanky hook support who chains CC and roots your carry into a knock-up ult.

What makes Nautilus dangerous

Nautilus hooks himself to a target (Q), roots with his passive on every ability, knocks up with his E, and his ultimate homes onto a champion, knocking them up from anywhere. He chains so much hard CC that a caught target is locked down for the whole fight, and he's durable enough to dive the backline.

How to play against Nautilus

• 1Dodge his hook (Q) — it's his main engage. Stand behind minions; a Nautilus who misses hooks has far less pick pressure.
• 2His ult (R) is a homing knock-up on a single champion — it can't be dodged, but tenacity/QSS shortens it and you can position to eat it on a tank.
• 3Buy tenacity/QSS on your carry — his whole threat is chained CC. Cut the chain and your carry survives the dive.
• 4He's low damage on his own — kite him and focus his carries once his hook and ult are used.

Weaknesses to exploit

• ✓Relies on landing his hook to engage.
• ✓Low personal damage — a peel/engage tank.
• ✓Tenacity/QSS shortens his cc chain.
• ✓Kiteable once his hook and ult are down.

Abilities & how to counter them

What each of Nautilus's abilities does — and how to play around it.

• P
  Wuchtiger Hieb

  Nautilus' erster Angriff gegen ein Ziel verursacht erhöhten normalen Schaden und hält das Ziel kurz fest.

• Q
  Schlepphaken

  Nautilus wirft seinen Anker nach vorne. Trifft er einen Gegner, werden dieser und Nautilus zusammengezogen und der Gegner erleidet magischen Schaden. Trifft Nautilus Terrain, wird er zu diesem herangezogen.

  Strong: hooks himself to a target — his main engage. Weak: dodge it behind minions; a Nautilus who misses hooks has little pick pressure.

• W
  Zorn des Titanen

  Nautilus erhält vorübergehend einen Schild. Während er abgeschirmt wird, fügen seine Angriffe dem Ziel und umstehenden Gegnern Schaden über Zeit zu.

• E
  Reißende Flut

  Nautilus erzeugt drei explodierende Wellen um sich herum. Jede Explosion fügt Gegnern Schaden zu und verlangsamt sie.

• R
  Tiefenladung

  Nautilus entsendet eine Schockwelle in die Erde, die einen Gegner verfolgt. Diese reißt die darüber liegende Erde auf und stößt Gegner in die Luft. Erreicht sie ihr Ziel, bricht sie hervor, schleudert sein Ziel in die Luft und betäubt es.

  Strong: a homing knock-up on a champion from anywhere — can't be dodged. Weak: tenacity/QSS shortens it, and you can position to eat it on a tank.

Itemization

Nautilus is a tanky engage support. Dodge his hook, bring tenacity/QSS for his cc chain, and % health/magic damage beat his armor. Kite him and kill his carries.

This guide covers Nautilus's core kit and playstyle — advice that holds up across patches.