How to win lane as Nautilus against Nami · 52.18% win rate over 9,392 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Nami | You lose level 1 because Nami's bubble and W heal blunt your first walk-up. |
| Level 2 | Nautilus | You take level 2 first as your Q into W-auto-Riptide all-in beats her single bubble. |
| Level 3 | Nautilus | At level 3 your P slow and burst out-trade her poke-and-heal pattern. |
| Levels 4-5 | Nautilus | Through 4-5 your Q engage starts fights she has no dash to disengage. |
| Level 6 | Nautilus | At 6 unstoppable Depth Charge locks a target before her reactive peel responds. |
| First item | Nautilus | On first item you remain the engage threat that forces her bubble reactively. |
| Two+ items | Nami | Into 2+ items Nami's R knock-up and W-E peel out-scale and reclaim the fight. |
Level 1 leans Nami: her Aqua Prison can interrupt your first walk-up and her W heal blunts early poke. But the moment you hit 2 you take over — your Q into W-auto-Riptide plus P is a real kill threat, and if her single bubble misses she has no dash to escape your slow. Trade aggressively while your engage is up.
The full Nautilus vs Nami 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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