Taric vs Nautilus — Support Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Taric against Nautilus · 58.35% win rate over 2,221 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27

Verdict: Winnable despite the lane — Nautilus owns 4 of the 7 game windows to Taric's 2, yet the win rate favours Taric: survive their windows and the game is yours. Taric wins 58.35% of games vs Nautilus in support (2,221 Emerald+ games analysed).

Favour timeline — who owns each window

StageFavouredWhy
Level 1NautilusNautilus's level-1 hook plus root threat beats your melee heal range.
Level 2NautilusAt 2 Dredge Line into passive root enables a chain-CC all-in.
Level 3NautilusThrough 3 his shield and CC keep out-trading your sustain.
Levels 4-5NautilusAt 4 his engage threat still outpaces your mana-limited heals.
Level 6Even / skillAt 5-6 your R invuln answers his Depth Charge, making the ult trade even.
First itemTaricFirst item sustain plus E peel tilt lane to you once he misses Q.
Two+ itemsTaricLate, a whiffed hook leaves him helpless against your R+E lockdown.

Early game (levels 1–5)

Nautilus wins levels 1-4: his Dredge Line hook plus auto-attack root and W shield give a chain-CC all-in that your short melee Q heal can't out-trade, so play from behind minions and never get hooked off-position.

Read the rest of this matchup

The full Taric 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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