How to win lane as Lulu against Nautilus · 48.18% win rate (22,611 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
The catch needs a follow-up your W deletes — stand off the lines and squirrel the chain.
Track: Nautilus's Q — Dredge Line (14–10s cooldown). His only real engage — dodge it and the lane is free.
Read from Lulu's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Nautilus.
This is Lulu's own plan; across 22,611 pooled games the lane is leaning Nautilus.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Lulu | At Level 1 you poke a melee engage tank who can't reach you. |
| Level 2 | Lulu | Your Level 2 spike chunks Nautilus while he has no answer. |
| Level 3 | Lulu | At Level 3 you keep poking and only respect one dodgeable hook. |
| Levels 4-5 | Lulu | Levels 4-5 favour you as Polymorph neuters every engage attempt. |
| Level 6 | Lulu | Level 6 Wild Growth hard-counters his Depth Charge all-in. |
| First item | Lulu | With one item Polymorph and shields fully shut down his pick. |
| Two+ items | Lulu | Two items in your peel outscales his hook, flipping fights to you. |
You dominate Levels 1-3: Nautilus is a melee engage tank with no poke, so you shield-poke him freely and only ever have to respect a single telegraphed Dredge Line, which good warding neutralizes. He is melee with no poke at all, so shield the chip and punish every approach he makes. Keep the familiar attached to your ADC at all times. Hold the polymorph for the moment his hook lands rather than while it is airborne, and push the wave while his engage is unavailable.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Lulu's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Lulu 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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Nautilus, slightly — Lulu wins 48.18% of 22,611 games; winnable with the right plan.
Mostly — Nautilus has a small statistical edge (51.82% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.
No — if anything Nautilus has the slight edge (Lulu wins 48.18%), though it stays close.
Lulu takes Summon Aery on the Sorcery tree with Manaflow Band, Transcendence and Scorch, and Inspiration secondary (Biscuit Delivery and Cosmic Insight) vs Nautilus.
Start World Atlas + potions and back for Boots + wards (≈700g). Build Moonstone / Helia first, then Mikael's / Redemption, with Mercury's / Swiftness.
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