How to win lane as Zyra against Nautilus · 50.53% win rate over 2,715 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Zyra | You win level 1 body-blocking his single hook with plants. |
| Level 2 | Zyra | Level 2 every missed Q is a free plant all-in for you. |
| Level 3 | Zyra | Level 3 he can't reach you through your pre-planted zoning. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | Levels 4-5 it evens out — you out-poke him but a single landed Q or Dredge Line hook trades back your whole zoning lead, so it comes down to who lands their skillshot. |
| Level 6 | Even / skill | At 6 it stays a coinflip: your ranged R can peel his all-in, but his point-blank R plus a hook chain can still lock you down before you cast, so positioning decides it. |
| First item | Even / skill | On first item neither pulls ahead — your plant zoning walls his engage, but his tank stats and CC chain mean one mistake steps into a kill either way. |
| Two+ items | Even / skill | Into 2+ items it is even: your AoE plants and R punish grouped engages, but his front-to-back CC still threatens to catch you out, so the fight hinges on whether he lands his hook. |
Levels 1-2 you win by neutralizing his one tool: the Q hook. Stand behind minions, plant on his hook line, and each whiffed Dredge Line is a free E root into plant combo on his ADC while he's on a long cooldown.
The full Zyra 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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