How to win lane as Nautilus against Trundle · 49.22% win rate (642 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
His bite shreds your HP — anti-heal, hook him out.
Track: Trundle's R — Subjugate (120–80s cooldown). Steals your stats. Respect it.
Read from Nautilus's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Trundle.
This is Nautilus's own plan; across 642 pooled games the lane is leaning Trundle.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | No all-in without W or E yet, so it's even — but your passive root makes the first auto-trade tilt your way if he steps up to last-hit. |
| Level 2 | Nautilus | Your W shield and splash burn come online and out-trade his bite; bait his E Pillar before you commit the Q hook. |
| Level 3 | Nautilus | Q pull into passive root and E slow wins the short trade — but a Pillar between you is terrain, and the hook drags you into it. |
| Levels 4-5 | Nautilus | Your W shield and E scaling let you zone him off the wave while his sustain doesn't matter yet without items. |
| Level 6 | Nautilus | Depth Charge is undodgeable and he has no dash to break the knock-up — R into your CC chain is a guaranteed kill window. |
| First item | Nautilus | Your first tanky engage item keeps him pinned, so all-in now before his Subjugate stacks and lifesteal come online. |
| Two+ items | Even / skill | His R steals your resists and Q starves your AD; with 2+ items he out-sustains your flat tank damage, so the late game is his. |
Level 1 is roughly even — you have no all-in without W or E, but your passive root makes any auto-trade favor you. From Level 2-3 you take over: land Q to pull, the passive roots him on your first auto, then E slows and W's splash burn out-damages anything he does back. Watch his E Pillar — he'll try to drop it between you to block your Q hook or wall off the trade, so bait it or hook from an angle. Don't waste Q chasing; it's your only gap-close.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Nautilus's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Nautilus vs Trundle 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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Trundle, slightly — Nautilus wins 49.22% of 642 games; winnable with the right plan.
Mostly — Trundle has a small statistical edge (50.78% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.
No — if anything Trundle has the slight edge (Nautilus wins 49.22%), 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 Trundle.
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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