Nautilus

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Comp identity — Support

Leans Catch — its strongest of the five comp axes.

Plays like — nearest pentagon

Ranked by how close their five-axis heatmap looks — role-agnostic.

Where it thrives (5-comp fit)

Catchnatural · 70%
Attackworkable · 40%
Protectforced · 20%
Nautilus creates the picks that turn games into 4v5s. Enough Attack and Protect sits in the kit to fight front-to-back when the enemy forces it. Passive Staggering Blow adds level-scaling bonus physical damage and a 0.75-1.5s root to autos, letting him chain CC without spending cooldowns.

Kit quirks

Passive Staggering Blow adds level-scaling bonus physical damage and a 0.75-1.5s root to autos, letting him chain CC without spending cooldowns
Q Dredge Line hooks and stuns for 1s while dragging both Nautilus and the target together, making it a self-engage as much as a pick tool
R Depth Charge is a long-duration chasing projectile dealing heavy bonus damage plus a 1-2s stun to the first target hit, ideal for guaranteeing a lockdown on a priority target
Q (Dredge Line) hides a second, near-zero-width hitbox for terrain underneath its 180-unit champion-collision zone, so it can hook someone hugging a thin wall instead of catching the wall first.

How Nautilus actually performs in ranked solo queue · 320 weighted games

Solo queue strength

Support51% WR · 319.1 games
Top50% WR · 0.3 games
Mid50% WR · 0.3 games
Jungle50% WR · 0.2 games
Bot50% WR · 0.1 games

Strongest duos

Best matchups

Hardest matchups

Dragons & win rate

Win rate when Nautilus's team secured at least one of each drake, next to the all-champion rate in that same state. Teams that take dragons are usually already ahead, so every champ wins more with them — the honest read is the gap, i.e. whether Nautilus beats the average team that also has the drake. Single-drake samples are thin; treat small counts as suggestive.

Cloud57%vs 60% avg-3pp99g

Ocean62%vs 63% avg0pp93g

Infernal58%vs 60% avg-2pp88g

Hextech58%vs 62% avg-4pp86g

Mountain (Earth)53%vs 59% avg-6pp86g

Chemtech64%vs 62% avg+2pp67g

Duo playbook

+ Lux (Support/Bot)
Nautilus's point-and-click R turns Lux's Q into a guaranteed hit rather than a skillshot, so the duo doesn't need to land a single skillshot to start its chain-CC — R into a full Lux combo chunks most enemy ADCs to under 25% health from level 6 on.
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Champion reference

Base stats and every ability with its per-rank values and ratios. Search all champions →

Nautilus — The Titan of the Depths

Class: Vanguard
Resource: Mana
Range type: Melee
Adaptive type: Magic
Positions: Support
Released: 2012-02-14 (V1.0.0.134)
Last changed: V26.18
Price: 2,400 BE · 880 RP

Damage

Toughness

Control

Mobility

Utility

Difficulty

Base stats

Stat	Base	Per level	Level 18
Health	646	+100	2346
Health regen (per 5s)	8.5	+0.55	17.85
Mana	400	+47	1199
Mana regen (per 5s)	8.65	+0.5	17.15
Armor	39	+4.95	123.15
Magic resist	32	+2.05	66.85
Attack damage	58	+3.3	114.1
Attack speed	0.706	+1%	0.81
Attack speed ratio	0.612
Attack range	175
Movement speed	325

Level 18 uses League's growth curve (base + 17 × per-level); attack speed grows as bonus % scaled by the attack speed ratio.

Advanced stats & game-mode balance

Acquisition radius: 400
Selection height: 180
Selection radius: 125
Pathing radius: 50
Gameplay radius: 80
Attack delay offset: 0.0064

ARAM: damage dealt ×0.95 · damage taken ×1.1

Abilities

Passive

Staggering Blow

Target immunity: 6

Innate: Nautilus' basic attacks are empowered to deal 14 – 128 (based on level) bonus physical damage and root the target for 0.75 – 1.5 (based on level) seconds.

This effect cannot occur on the same target more than once every few seconds.

Targeting input: PassiveAffects: EnemiesDamage type: Proc damageDamage sub-types: PhysicalSpell shield: See NotesParries: Blocked

Notes (4)

Spell shield will block the root but not the bonus damage.
Staggering Blow's enhanced attack can be blocked and dodged (the on-target cooldown will still be applied).
It will fail to trigger while he is blinded.
The empowered attack will not trigger against structures.

Map-specific differences (1)

On-target cooldown changed to 5 seconds.

Dredge Line

Cost: 60 ManaCooldown: 14 / 13 / 12 / 11 / 10Cast time: 0.25Range: 1122Width: 180 • 0Speed: 2000

Active: Nautilus hurls his anchor in the target direction that stops on the first enemy or terrain hit.

If the anchor hits an enemy, it deals magic damage, reveals them for 1.15 seconds, stuns them for 1 second, and drags them toward Nautilus while he also dashes toward them, both over 0.9 seconds.

Magic Damage: 85 / 125 / 165 / 205 / 245 (+ 90% AP)

If the anchor hits terrain, Nautilus dashes to that location and 50% of Dredge Line's cooldown and mana cost are refunded.

Nautilus is unable to move or attack while Dredge Line is in flight. He can cast any of his abilities during the dash.

Targeting input: DirectionAffects: Self, EnemiesDamage type: Ability damageDamage sub-types: MagicSpell shield: See NotesProjectile: BlockedGrounded: DisabledKnockdown: Interrupted

Notes (11)

Dredge Line has two hitboxes. The outer hitbox, shown by a visual effect on the ground, will hit champions edge-to-edge. The inner hitbox, shown by the anchor, can hit terrain. Near thinner walls, this can cause the ability to hit a champion on the other side.
Dredge Line turns Nautilus' facing direction accordingly upon hitting a valid target.
Dredge Line can interact with player-generated terrain.
Nautilus will dash all the way to the target's location if Dredge Line executed them or they negated the displacement.
Dredge Line will not interrupt any movement commands Nautilus was issued pre-cast so long as their directions somewhat correlate (this is intentional to smooth out traveling/escaping).
Spell shield will block the ability but Nautilus will still dash partway to the target.
The anchor projectile will stop if Nautilus dies while the projectile is traveling. Enemies hit will still be dealt damage. The drag and root are not applied if Nautilus did not initiate the dash.
Displacement immunity will not resist the application of the stun.
This ability will cast from wherever the caster is at the start of the cast time.
The following table refers for interactions during Dredge Line's cast time.
Death, unless protected by Resurrection

Titan's Wrath

Cost: 60 ManaCooldown: 12Cast time: noneEffect radius: 250

Active: Nautilus grants himself a shield for 6 seconds, and while it holds, his basic attacks are empowered to apply Pain of Wrath to the target and enemies near them.

Shield Strength: 50 / 60 / 70 / 80 / 90 (+ 8 / 9 / 10 / 11 / 12% maximum health)

Pain of Wrath: The target takes magic damage over time, half dealt immediately and the other half dealt after 1.25 seconds.

Total Magic Damage: 30 / 40 / 50 / 60 / 70 (+ 40% AP)
Magic Damage per Instance: 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 35 (+ 20% AP)

Titan's Wrath resets Nautilus' basic attack timer.

Targeting input: AutoAffects: Self, EnemiesDamage type: See NotesDamage sub-types: MagicSpell shield: See NotesParries: See Notes

Notes (7)

Pain of Wrath's first damage instance is tagged as spell damage, while the second damage instance is tagged as persistent damage.
Pain of Wrath damage over time debuff gains another stack when reapplied to the target, but doesn't restart its tick timer. Additional stacks of Pain of Wrath expire when the original debuff does and do not deal any additional damage.
Pain of Wrath's debuff can last up to 0.25 seconds after dealing the second instance of damage.(bug)
Pain of Wrath will be applied by Nautilus's basic attack if he is affected by Titan's Wrath at the start of the attack windup, even if Titan's Wrath expires during the windup.
Pain of Wrath will not be applied if the basic attack is dodged or blocked, but will be applied if it is missed.
Spell shield will block the ability (but only a single application).
The empowered attack does not apply Pain of Wrath to structures.

Map-specific differences (4)

Base damage changed to 40 / 55 / 70 / 85 / 100.
Damage AP ratio changed to 55% AP.
Base shield changed to 80 / 100 / 120 / 140 / 160.
Shield health ratio changed to 9 / 10 / 11 / 12 / 13% of maximum health.

Riptide

Cost: 50 / 60 / 70 / 80 / 90 ManaCooldown: 7 / 6.5 / 6 / 5.5 / 5Cast time: 0.25Effect radius: 0 - 350 • 215 - 465 • 350 - 590

Active: Nautilus sends three waves of explosions that radiate from him over 0.561 seconds. Each wave deals magic damage to enemies hit, reduced to 50% against those hit by subsequent waves beyond the first, and slows them by an amount that decays over 1.5 seconds.

Magic Damage: 55 / 90 / 125 / 160 / 195 (+ 50% AP)
Reduced Damage: 27.5 / 45 / 62.5 / 80 / 97.5 (+ 25% AP)
Maximum Total Damage: 110 / 180 / 250 / 320 / 390 (+ 100% AP)
Slow: 30 / 35 / 40 / 45 / 50%

The first hit against monsters deals bonus magic damage.

Monster Bonus Damage: 125 / 165 / 205 / 245 / 285 (+ 50% AP)

Targeting input: AutoAffects: EnemiesDamage type: Area damageDamage sub-types: MagicSpell shield: Blocked

Notes (6)

This ability will cast from wherever the caster is at the end of the cast time.
The first wave is centered around Nautilus, while the second and third wave are centered at an offset of 25 units in front of Nautilus at the original cast location.
Because of this, there is a zone each in which you can be hit by only 1 wave, or all 3 waves, respectively, without moving.
The first wave happens at 0 seconds after the cast time ends, the second wave at 0.297 seconds and the third wave at 0.561 seconds.
The intended timing may be 0.25 seconds for each delay, however these are the measured, effective times.
The explosions are only a visual effect. The first wave has 8, the seconds has 9, and the third wave has 10 explosions, equally distributed around the rings, starting with one explosion directly in Nautilus' facing direction on each.

Depth Charge

Cost: 100 ManaCooldown: 120 / 100 / 80Cast time: 0.46Target range: 825Effect radius: 225 • 300 • 750Speed: 275 + 466.67 per second

Active: Nautilus sends out a Depth Charge that chases the target enemy champion, accelerating over time and creating eruptions every 0.264 seconds in its wake that also briefly grant sight of the area. Enemies hit by the eruptions are dealt magic damage, knocked up for 1 second, and stunned for a duration.

Magic Damage: 125 / 175 / 225 (+ 40% AP)
Stun Duration: 1 / 1.5 / 2 seconds

Upon reaching the primary target, the Depth Charge erupts a final time at their location. The primary target takes increased damage, is stunned for the same duration, and knocked up for a modified duration.

Increased Damage: 150 / 275 / 400 (+ 80% AP)
Knock Up Duration: 1 / 1.5 / 2 seconds

Targeting input: UnitTarget out-of-range override: Walk in range of the target unit to castAffects: EnemiesDamage type: Area damageDamage sub-types: MagicSpell shield: BlockedProjectile: Not Blocked

Notes (8)

Depth Charge starts in an offset from whichever direction Nautilus is facing at the end of the cast time.
Since Dredge Line's causes Nautilus to change his facing direction upon hitting a valid target, Depth Charge's starting point can be changed with a quick Dredge Line + Depth Charge combo.
Enemies a certain distance away from the charge / eruption are instead knocked back.
Depth Charge's final eruption will occur prematurely if the primary target moves more than 3000 units away from it.
Depth Charge will not stop chasing if the target dies or becomes untargetable.
Dredge Line will not override Depth Charge's knock up.
Displacement immunity will not resist the application of the stun.
If the target becomes untargetable, dies, or is too far away or no longer in sight during the cast time, this ability will cancel but does not go on cooldown nor pay its cost (if applicable).