How to win lane as Alistar against Nautilus · 52.72% win rate over 6,684 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Nautilus | Nautilus's L1 hook-and-root chain out-engages your melee combo, keeping him ahead. |
| Level 2 | Nautilus | At L2 his Q plus passive root lock you before your knockup, favouring him. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | By L3 the lane is hook-dependent and even, a skill matchup. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | Through L4-5 whoever lands their engage first wins, so it stays skill-based. |
| Level 6 | Even / skill | At L6 both ults trade evenly and it comes down to who engages second, still skill. |
| First item | Even / skill | First-item, the hook-versus-punish gamble keeps the lane even. |
| Two+ items | Alistar | Late, your scaling CC and tankiness out-value his cooldown-gated hook, favouring you. |
L1-2 Nautilus out-engages you: his Q hook plus passive root chain-locks you before your knockup lands, so keep distance, don't face-check, and only step up after his Dredge Line misses.
The full Alistar vs Nautilus report continues with the mid-game plan, the late-game and teamfight plan, every power spike to play around, and the win conditions for both sides — plus cooldown tracking and the live enemy-jungle tracker inside the app.
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