How to win lane as Nautilus against Brand · 52.86% win rate over 3,479 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Brand | Brand wins level 1 with early W-Q poke that out-ranges your engage. |
| Level 2 | Brand | Brand wins level 2 as his Pillar-into-stun combo punishes any step-up. |
| Level 3 | Brand | Brand keeps level 3 by stacking passive burn to zone you off CS. |
| Levels 4-5 | Nautilus | You take 4-5 once your durability lets you survive and threaten Q engages. |
| Level 6 | Nautilus | You win level 6 because unstoppable R kills the mobility-less Brand before he retaliates. |
| First item | Nautilus | Your first-item tankiness soaks his DoT so you Q-in and delete him. |
| Two+ items | Nautilus | You dominate 2+ items: single-target CC shuts his channels and he folds to your engage. |
Levels 1-3 are Brand's: his W-Q combo and passive burn out-poke your gap-closer kit, and if you're ablazed his Q stuns you mid-engage. Play safe behind minions, use Titan's Wrath to soak poke, and farm rather than force bad trades.
The full Nautilus vs Brand 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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