Frontline anchor build: Nautilus creates less value through surprise than through certainty. The build must give his team a readable entry, a body that holds the central corridor of the fight, and enough utility for initial control to become a truly winning exchange.
Standard build maximizing damage output. Use on neutral matchups or when ahead.
10,600 total cost
Nothing dominates on the other side: the standard build maximizes your damage.
Open this draft in the tool →Protection build, prioritizes peel tools for your carry.
10,650 total cost +50gDefensive build against enemy dives/engages.
10,850 total cost +250g
Share of the roster this champion outclasses, at each stage of the game.
50% = average for the roster at that point of the game, 90% = among the strongest. The three phases come from the site's editorial tempo grid (early/mid/late, rated across 142 champions); the level-by-level curve adds this build's computed spikes — ultimate, completed items — never by more than ±8 points.
Your hardest matchups in this role, and the item from your situational list that answers each one.
Standard build maximizing damage output. Use on neutral matchups or when ahead.
13,450 total cost
Nothing dominates on the other side: the standard build maximizes your damage.
Open this draft in the tool →Resistance build geared against physical damage (AD) compositions.
14,250 total cost +800g
Physical-damage enemy team: Darius, Lee Sin, Lucian.
Open this draft in the tool →Resistance build geared against magic damage (AP) compositions.
14,400 total cost +950gShare of the roster this champion outclasses, at each stage of the game.
50% = average for the roster at that point of the game, 90% = among the strongest. The three phases come from the site's editorial tempo grid (early/mid/late, rated across 142 champions); the level-by-level curve adds this build's computed spikes — ultimate, completed items — never by more than ±8 points.
Your hardest matchups in this role, and the item from your situational list that answers each one.
Standard build maximizing damage output. Use on neutral matchups or when ahead.
13,050 total costNothing dominates on the other side: the standard build maximizes your damage.
Open this draft in the tool →Resistance build geared against physical damage (AD) compositions.
14,450 total cost +1400gPhysical-damage enemy team: Darius, Lee Sin, Lucian.
Open this draft in the tool →Resistance build geared against magic damage (AP) compositions.
14,600 total cost +1550g
Share of the roster this champion outclasses, at each stage of the game.
50% = average for the roster at that point of the game, 90% = among the strongest. The three phases come from the site's editorial tempo grid (early/mid/late, rated across 142 champions); the level-by-level curve adds this build's computed spikes — ultimate, completed items — never by more than ±8 points.
Your hardest matchups in this role, and the item from your situational list that answers each one.
Same advisor in the Draft (the MVP sheet applies it to your real draft) and in Ask Nexus, which explains the choice. On counters pages: the variant to take against each counter-pick.
Skill leveling order and rune choices explained, from our in-depth kit analysis (patch 7.0e). Ability numbers are from patch 7.3; up-to-date items are in the section above.
The core build works because it perfectly matches Nautilus’s pattern: go in first, pin down a target, absorb the first impact, then stay alive long enough for the rest of his kit to keep disrupting the enemy.
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Tap an ability for its per-rank numbers. Source: official Tencent data (Chinese server), patch 7.3 — may lead or lag the global server by a sub-patch.
Hook, passive root, R knock-up — your whole kit immobilizes; the freeze zone doubles every engage.
Active after Q Dredge Line hook for a shield massive during the engage.
Reduces incoming damage in return during his engages in melee.
Accumulated HP to be a tank indestructible that absorbs the focus enemy.
Charged flash to a hook Q from unexpected angles impossible to anticiper.
Bone Plating
Second Wind
Overgrowth
Perseverance
Coup De Grace
Giant Slayer
Second Wind
Bone Plating
Overgrowth
Perseverance
