Janna
- Support is also this pick's lane, so the two meet head-on in lane.
- This pick's 2 TITAN'S WRATH shields or heals, so trade while it is on cooldown.
- The reviewed build opens with: Harmonic Echo
- The reviewed rune page includes: Aery
Kit notes are keyword matches over Riot's ability text and the reviewed builds of both champions. They are guidance, not win rates.
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Every count on this page is a count of documented links, not a win rate or a strength score.
In the matchup data documented in Rift Lab, these are the harder matchups for Nautilus: Janna (Support), Morgana (Support), Braum (Support), Alistar (Support), Rakan (Support), Lulu (Support), Fiora (Baron / Top), Gwen (Baron / Top). This is a documented matchup list, not a win rate: TheNexus does not publish win-rate or pick-rate figures it cannot source.
Riot's ability text for Nautilus describes crowd control (a stun, root, knock-up, pull or similar) in DREDGE LINE (ability 1), DEPTH CHARGE (ultimate); a shield in TITAN'S WRATH (ability 2). Plan around those abilities before a trade or a fight. These notes are keyword matches over the ability text only, not a rating of how strong Nautilus is, so read the full descriptions on this page.
The Nexus-reviewed core build for Nautilus, in purchase order: Warmog's Armor then Force of Nature then Frozen Heart then Plated Steelcaps. Runes: Ice Overlord, Courage of the Colossus, Second Wind, Perseverance, Hextech Flashtraption. Situational swaps: against enemy healing: Thornmail; against enemy crowd control: Mercury's Treads; against enemy burst: Bone Plating. This is a reviewed snapshot (patch 7.2b), not a build ranked by win rate.
Nautilus is a Tank and Support by Riot's classification and is played in Support. Riot rates the difficulty Medium. On our tier-list snapshot (patch 7.2b) it shows A tier from its external source, which is a snapshot letter and not a TheNexus win rate.
Every answer here is built from Rift Lab data and Riot's own ability text. Where the data is missing we say so instead of guessing.