How to win lane as Nautilus against Wukong · 35.29% win rate over 17 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | Neither of us has an all-in at level 1, but my passive root on the first auto makes a quick walk-up trade favorable if he steps up to farm. |
| Level 2 | Nautilus | With Q anchor, W shield-burn, and E slow online I can land a guaranteed pull-into-root short trade before his E dash is a reliable escape. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | He hits his power tools too — his E dash and Q armor-shred let him reset autos and trade back, neutralizing my pull window. |
| Levels 4-5 | Wukong | His E dash and emerging clone start dodging and baiting my single-target Q, and his Q shred eats the armor my kit relies on. |
| Level 6 | Wukong | His Cyclone knockup out-all-ins my engage — he clone-baits my Depth Charge, dashes on the real me, and spins me up. |
| First item | Wukong | His Trinity/Eclipse plus Q shred spike outpaces my flat base damage while I plateau into a pure CC tank. |
| Two+ items | Wukong | His clone makes my Q pull and R lock the wrong unit and he out-scales my tank-only build — I'm a utility bot he kites and bursts. |
Level 1 is roughly even — neither of us has an all-in, but my passive root on the first auto makes a quick walk-up favorable if he steps to last-hit. My real moment is levels 2-3: once Q (the anchor pull) plus W (shield and splash-burn autos) plus E (the slow) are online, I can land Q into passive-root and stack W-charged autos before his E dash is a reliable escape. Do NOT throw Q at his clone or into the dash — if I miss the anchor I have no follow-up and he resets autos on me with his Q armor-shred. Force the short trade only when his E is on cooldown.
The full Nautilus vs Wukong 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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