How to win lane as Nautilus against Sejuani · 25% win rate over 16 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | Both of you are weak level 1 with no engage online — your passive root edges the auto-trade, but she stacks permafrost back on you, so it is genuinely even. |
| Level 2 | Even / skill | Your W shield and splash burn give you the better short trade here, but her E frost is already building toward a stun — call it even and trade in bursts. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | Q-pull into passive-root is your cleanest all-in window before her permafrost shatters, but she answers with E stun and percent-W — a coin-flip, not a win. |
| Levels 4-5 | Sejuani | Her E only needs a few frost stacks to hard-stun you, and her W percent-HP punishes the exact tank stats you build to survive her. |
| Level 6 | Sejuani | Her R is a wide point-click AOE stun with more range and reliability than your single-target Depth Charge — she wins the level-6 all-in and the gank setup. |
| First item | Sejuani | Her W shreds a percent of your max HP every cast, so your first tank item makes her trades stronger while your base damage can't punish back. |
| Two+ items | Sejuani | Two immobile tanks, but her permafrost shatter, E stun, percent-W, and AOE R make her the superior engage and peel — your kit becomes the redundant one. |
Two tanks staring at each other, and you actually have the better Level 1-3: your passive root plus Q-pull lets you win short autos before she has anything online. The catch is she does not care — her permafrost passive stacks on you every time you trade, and the moment it shatters (her E, or a jungler tag) you eat a free stun. So trade in quick bursts: Q-pull, land your passive root and W splash burn, then E-slow and walk out before she stacks frost on you. Do not sit in extended autos; that is her game, not yours.
The full Nautilus vs Sejuani 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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