How to win lane as Nautilus against Master Yi · 50.07% win rate over 765 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Nautilus | Your level-1 root passive and shielded trades punish him hard out of the gate — take every exchange. |
| Level 2 | Nautilus | Dredge Line into Staggering Blow chain-CC bursts him before his scaling exists — level 2 is free bullying. |
| Level 3 | Nautilus | At 3 your shield and layered CC keep every early trade firmly yours — deny him farm and XP. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | By 4-5 it turns skill-based — he can dodge Dredge Line with Alpha Strike, and that answer neutralizes your whole threat. |
| Level 6 | Even / skill | At 6 your Depth Charge interrupts his combos, keeping the fight even until his scaling arrives. |
| First item | Master Yi | At his first item he out-DPSes your tank frame and dodges the telegraphed hook — the duel is now his. |
| Two+ items | Master Yi | Late his Highlander and true damage kill straight through Titan's Wrath and he out-splits you — never chase him alone. |
This is your window and it is short, so spend it hard: root-shield trades win level 1, hook-into-root chains chunk him at 2-3, and he has no tools to answer any of it. Zone him off the wave, call for dives and stack a lead — you are building the deficit he has to spend the whole game climbing out of.
The full Nautilus vs Master Yi 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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