How to win lane as Nautilus against Neeko · 53.85% win rate over 13 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | You have no all-in without W or E yet, and her Blooming Burst (Q) bounces poke you — last-hit and wait for your combo. |
| Level 2 | Nautilus | Your W or E comes online and her squishy frame folds to splash burn the moment you connect a basic. |
| Level 3 | Nautilus | Q-pull procs your passive root into E slow — a full short-trade chain a no-dash Neeko cannot answer or escape. |
| Levels 4-5 | Nautilus | Your W shield and E scale up while she stays a brittle poke mage with no way to disengage your anchor. |
| Level 6 | Nautilus | Depth Charge homes through her clone disguise and Pop Blossom flicker, knocking her up for a guaranteed kill. |
| First item | Nautilus | Your engage tank component plus W burn still deletes her squishy health bar the instant a Q connects. |
| Two+ items | Neeko | Once she has Ludens or Liandry's plus a clone, she AOE-stuns and bursts you from range before your Q ever lands. |
Neeko is a squishy AP mage with no dash and no escape — exactly what your kit eats. Level 1 is roughly even since you have no all-in without W or E and she can poke with Blooming Burst (Q), so just farm and respect her root range. The second your Q + W + E are online you own it: land Dredge Line, the pull procs your passive root, then W splash burn and E slow chunk her so hard her squishy frame can't trade back. Watch for her E root from brush — if it lands she can follow with poke, but it doesn't kill you and your shield eats it.
The full Nautilus vs Neeko 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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