How to win lane as Nautilus against Quinn · 33.33% win rate over 6 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Quinn | Quinn vaults and blinds with E plus Harrier move speed, so she sidesteps my Q and pokes my passive-root range for free at level 1. |
| Level 2 | Quinn | With E up she kites every step I take; my W splash burn needs me in melee and I never get there. |
| Level 3 | Quinn | Even with Q+W+E online she dodges my only gap-close and chunks me — my CC chain can't start if Q whiffs. |
| Levels 4-5 | Quinn | Levels 4-5 she scales her poke and keeps vaulting; my durability doesn't matter when I can't land a pull. |
| Level 6 | Nautilus | Depth Charge is homing and undodgeable — it ignores her E knockback and chains into my passive-root and R for my one kill window. |
| First item | Quinn | Her first lethality/crit item lets her burst me from Harrier range before my Q cooldown is even up. |
| Two+ items | Quinn | She out-scales hard: permanent kite, roam, and splitpush versus my flat tank-only damage — I become a CC-bot she ignores. |
Levels 1-3 are miserable: Quinn's whole kit exists to beat mine. Her E vaults her backward and blinds while her Harrier passive gives a burst of move speed, so the moment I step up to throw Q Dredge Line she sidesteps it — and Q is my ONLY gap-close, so a whiffed one leaves me naked for her empowered-auto poke. Don't chase the Q. Last-hit at max range, eat the chip, and accept that my passive root and W splash burn mean nothing if I can never touch her.
The full Nautilus vs Quinn 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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