How to win lane as Nautilus against Lulu · 53.18% win rate over 11,289 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Lulu | Lulu's Polymorph cancels your level-1 engage before you can threaten a hook. |
| Level 2 | Lulu | At level 2 her W turns you mid-combo, wasting your power-spike all-in. |
| Level 3 | Lulu | By 3 every hook risks a Polymorph while Pix shields blunt your trades. |
| Levels 4-5 | Lulu | Through 4-5 she peels with Whimsy and E, keeping her ADC out of your lock. |
| Level 6 | Lulu | Wild Growth hard-counters Depth Charge, shielding and knocking up your R target at 6. |
| First item | Lulu | Even with your engage item one Polymorph strips your whole combo. |
| Two+ items | Lulu | Late she is the premier anti-dive enchanter whose peel negates your flank picks. |
Lulu is a rough lane because Polymorph (W) is a hard cancel on your entire engage — she can turn you while your Q is travelling or the moment you dash, deleting your Titan's Wrath and Riptide follow-up. Don't commit while her W is up; bait it out on a feint or wait for her to spend it on a poke. She also shields with E (Help, Pix!) to soak your trades, so raw poke goes her way. Play safe, farm your gap-close item, and only threaten engage in the brief window after her Polymorph is on cooldown.
The full Nautilus vs Lulu 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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