How to win lane as Nautilus against Hwei · 49.07% win rate over 6,236 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Hwei | Hwei's long-range QQ poke chunks you at level 1 before Titan's Wrath and your gap-close come online. |
| Level 2 | Nautilus | Your level-2 spike off two waves lets Q plus E slow all-in the dashless mage before he stacks poke. |
| Level 3 | Nautilus | At 3 you out-trade because every Q connection is near-lethal on Hwei and he has no self-peel. |
| Levels 4-5 | Nautilus | Levels 4-5 you keep the engage initiative and punish any step-up, forcing him off the wave. |
| Level 6 | Nautilus | Depth Charge is an unstoppable point-and-click chase that his immobile frame can't survive. |
| First item | Nautilus | Your first engage item turns one Q into a kill while his EW is his only, easily-baited escape. |
| Two+ items | Nautilus | In teamfights you flank from fog and delete a stationary Hwei who can't kite a tank. |
Hwei out-ranges you at level 1 — his Q barrages chunk you before you have Titan's Wrath uptime, so respect the poke and don't face-check his walls. The moment you hit level 2 off the second wave the lane flips: Q Dredge Line into an E Riptide slow lets you and your ADC dive an immobile mage who has no dash. Bait his EW pool/stun by feinting your engage, then commit Q once it's down.
The full Nautilus vs Hwei 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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