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
  鉄の錨

  対象に最初に行う通常攻撃は与える物理ダメージが増加し、短時間スネア効果を与える。

• Q
  錨投げ

  前方に錨を投げる。敵に命中すると自身と対象を同時に引き寄せ、魔法ダメージを与える。錨が地形に命中した場合、自身を錨の地点まで引き寄せる。

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

• W
  大海の激憤

  一時的にシールドを獲得する。シールドが持続している間は通常攻撃が対象と周囲の敵に継続ダメージを与える。

• E
  粉砕水

  自身の周囲に3回爆発する衝撃波を発生させる。爆発のたびに敵にダメージとスロウ効果を与える。

• R
  爆雷発射

  錨を地面にたたきつけ、狙った敵チャンピオンを追尾する爆雷を発射する。爆雷は対象を追尾しながら、通った場所に衝撃波を引き起こし、巻き込んだ敵ユニットに魔法ダメージとノックアップを与える。爆雷が対象に命中すると爆発がおき、対象にノックアップとスタンを付与する。

  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.