How to win lane as Kled against Nautilus · 53.48% win rate (948 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
Dodge his hook — Q-pull and out-aggro him.
Track: Nautilus's Q — Dredge Line (14–10s cooldown). His only engage. Dodge it.
Read from Kled's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Nautilus.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | You both have weak level 1s and you want Skaarl's mount health preserved — last-hit and don't bite on a hook trade yet. |
| Level 2 | Kled | Your W on-hit shots come online and his single-target tank body can't out-trade the on-hit damage. |
| Level 3 | Kled | Full re-E (E-W-E) plus Q percent-HP shred melts his big HP bar before his Q hook is back up. |
| Levels 4-5 | Kled | You stack W procs and your remount sustain heals through his auto-root chip — you out-trade him here. |
| Level 6 | Kled | R (Chaaaaaaaaarge!!!) lets you re-engage, knock him back, or extend ganks, beating his single hook engage. |
| First item | Kled | Eclipse/Trinity sheen-proc plus W Jousting Procs and percent-HP Q is your peak versus his stacked HP — force every all-in. |
| Two+ items | Even / skill | A fed Nautilus with MR survives your burst, and his Q-hook into E-AoE into R knockup chain-CCs you — group and don't solo-dive his hook. |
Level 1 is your soft window — keep Skaarl's mount health topped and don't walk into his Q (Dredge Line) hook range to throw a pointless trade. Once you hit level 2 your W on-hit shots come online, and at 3 you have the full re-E: E through him, fire your W Jousting Procs, E back, then Q-pull for percent-max-HP damage that shreds his fat HP bar. Bait his hook first — if his Q misses it's on a long cooldown and his only engage is gone, so step in and all-in him while he's defenseless.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Kled's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Kled 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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Kled, slightly — a 53.48% win rate edge over 948 games; execution can flip it.
Mostly — Kled has a small statistical edge (53.48% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.
Not a hard counter — Kled has a slight edge (53.48% win rate), and play quality decides the rest.
Kled takes Conqueror on the Precision tree with Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Last Stand, and Resolve secondary (Bone Plating and Unflinching) vs Nautilus.
Start Doran's Blade + Health Potion and back for Core component + boots (≈1300g). Build Eclipse (burst + all-in sustain) first, then Sterak's Gage, with Plated Steelcaps.
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