Nautilus

Overview

Nautilus is a tank support who excels at starting fights, locking down priority targets, and creating guaranteed engage opportunities for his team. With multiple crowd control abilities and strong frontline durability, he is one of the most reliable engage supports in the game.

Strengths

• Very reliable engage tools
• Multiple crowd control abilities
• Excellent pick potential
• Strong frontline durability
• Great synergy with aggressive bot lanes

Weaknesses

• Very slow movement speed
• Hook missing can punish him heavily
• Low personal damage
• Relies on team follow-up
• Can be kited by high mobility champions

Early Game

In the early game Nautilus should look for strong engage opportunities in the bot lane using his hook and passive root. Coordinating with his ADC can create very high kill pressure early.

Mid Game

Mid game is where Nautilus becomes extremely valuable around roams and objective fights. His ability to instantly lock down a carry can decide skirmishes quickly.

Late Game

In late game fights Nautilus should focus on engaging the correct target and disrupting enemy carries. Even if he does not deal much damage, his crowd control can completely decide fights.

Tips & Tricks

• Your ultimate guarantees engage on priority targets.
• Do not hook blindly without team follow-up.
• Roaming mid after pushing bot can create huge pressure.
• Vision control makes hooks much more dangerous.
• Your job is to control enemies, not deal damage.

For official ability details and lore, visit the official Nautilus page and the Nautilus Wiki.