How to win lane as Nautilus against Kled · 46.52% win rate (948 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
Q-peel his pull — chain CC, W-shield his autos.
Track: Kled's Q — Bear Trap on a Rope (11–7s cooldown). His engage hook. Q-peel it.
Read from Nautilus's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Kled.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | Level 1 is even — I have no W/E all-in yet, but my passive root keeps auto-trades favorable against his mounted Q poke. |
| Level 2 | Kled | At 2 my W shield-splash or E slow comes online and I start winning short trades his Q-grab poke can't sustain. |
| Level 3 | Kled | With Q + W + E up I pull him into passive root and E-slow so he can't reposition to remount — one chain wins the trade. |
| Levels 4-5 | Kled | My W shield and E scale up and zone him off farm; he can't dismount-escape my Q pull, so I keep controlling the wave. |
| Level 6 | Kled | Depth Charge is undodgeable lockdown that catches him mid-Q-grab or mid-charge and chains into a kill — my hardest spike. |
| First item | Kled | My tanky engage item makes Q gank setups and W trades lethal while his base damage still hasn't out-scaled mine. |
| Two+ items | Even / skill | Kled out-scales hard — his courage stacking and remount sustain shred my tank stats while my low base damage flatlines. |
Level 1 is roughly even — I have no all-in without W/E, and Kled's mounted Q poke is real, so I just last-hit and trade autos where my passive root gives me the edge. The lane flips at 2-3: once my Q pull, W shield-splash and E slow are online I own every short trade. Bait his mounted Q, then Q-pull him into my passive root and E-slow him — he can't reposition to remount Skaarl mid-chain, and my shield eats his poke.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Nautilus's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Nautilus vs Kled 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 — Nautilus wins 46.52% of 948 games; winnable with the right plan.
Mostly — Kled has a small statistical edge (53.48% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.
No — if anything Kled has the slight edge (Nautilus wins 46.52%), though it stays close.
Nautilus takes Grasp of the Undying on the Resolve tree with Demolish, Second Wind and Overgrowth, and Precision secondary (Triumph and Legend: Haste) vs Kled.
Start Doran's Shield + Health Potion and back for Executioner's Calling (≈800g) — cuts his healing. Build Iceborn Gauntlet (perma-slow chains) first, then Sunfire Aegis, with Plated Steelcaps.
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