How to win lane as Morgana against Nautilus · 53.91% win rate over 7,614 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | Level 1 even — both are positioning for the hook window with no spike yet. |
| Level 2 | Even / skill | Level 2 is skill-based: his hook all-in versus your body-block and shield is a pure execution coin flip. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | Level 3 stays even as it remains a hook-dodging standoff. |
| Levels 4-5 | Morgana | By 4-5 Black Shield starts reliably denying his Dredge Line, tilting it your way. |
| Level 6 | Morgana | At 6 you can single-handedly negate his full engage chain with shield plus your own R threat. |
| First item | Morgana | First item's lower shield cooldown near-permanently locks out his hook and ult. |
| Two+ items | Morgana | Late, Black Shield hard-counters his entire kit, making the matchup yours. |
Levels 1-3 are skill-based: Nautilus lives for the level-2 hook all-in, so hug your minions and keep Black Shield ready — if his Dredge Line grabs a caster, the trade is his; if it whiffs or you shield it, it's yours.
The full Morgana 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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