Senna vs Nautilus — Support Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Senna against Nautilus · 52.44% win rate over 11,323 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27

Verdict: Winnable despite the lane — Nautilus owns 3 of the 7 game windows, yet the win rate favours Senna: survive their windows and the game is yours. Senna wins 52.44% of games vs Nautilus in support (11,323 Emerald+ games analysed).

Favour timeline — who owns each window

StageFavouredWhy
Level 1Even / skillLevel 1 is even as his hook is dodgeable behind minions and you out-auto him otherwise.
Level 2Even / skillLevel 2 is a skill trade around his Q hook cooldown.
Level 3Even / skillLevel 3 stays even as you punish whiffed hooks and he threatens landed ones.
Levels 4-5Even / skillLevels 4-5 are even as neither of you can force a clean kill yet.
Level 6NautilusNautilus wins level 6 because R guarantees an unstoppable lockup chain you can't outrange.
First itemNautilusNautilus keeps first item as hook range plus tank stats convert any Q into a kill.
Two+ itemsNautilusNautilus wins 2+ items because his homing R and tankiness beat your poke, forcing you to only peel.

Early game (levels 1–5)

Levels 1-4 are a skill matchup decided by his Q: stand behind minions so his Dredge Line catches a creep, and when it whiffs, E-auto and Q-poke him during the cooldown to stay even.

Read the rest of this matchup

The full Senna 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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