How to win lane as Nautilus against Yasuo · 49.41% win rate (3,649 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
Q-hook him — he can’t Wind Wall a hook, chain CC.
Track: Yasuo's Q — Steel Tempest. Hook — Wind Wall can’t block it; pulls you to him.
Read from Nautilus's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Yasuo.
This is Nautilus's own plan; across 3,649 pooled games the lane is even.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | Even start — he can E-dash off minions and your Q is your only engage, which his Windwall can eat if he reads it. |
| Level 2 | Nautilus | Your W or E comes online and your passive-root-into-autos wins every short trade before he has his combo. |
| Level 3 | Nautilus | Q pull plus passive root plus E slow lets you pin an escape-reliant Yasuo who only has one E dash to answer. |
| Levels 4-5 | Nautilus | Your W shield eats his crit autos and your chain CC out-trades him before his items spike. |
| Level 6 | Nautilus | Depth Charge is an undodgeable knockup that chains your whole CC combo — bait the Windwall, then R for the kill. |
| First item | Even / skill | Even — his first crit item closes the gap on your engage while your tank damage starts to plateau. |
| Two+ items | Yasuo | He out-scales hard: two crit items, Windwall on your Q and R, and his own R let him kite and burst you down. |
Level 1 is even — he can E-dash around and your only engage is Q, which his Windwall flat-out eats if he times it, so don't gift him a free wall by throwing a desperate anchor. From level 2-3 you take over: land Dredge Line, the pull triggers your passive root, then W-charged autos burn and E slows so he can't dash free. Bait the wall with an E poke first, then commit the real Q. His early damage is squishy and his only escape is an E off a minion or you — deny him those angles.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Nautilus's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Nautilus vs Yasuo 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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Nobody on paper — a 49.41% win rate over 3,649 games makes this a coin flip decided by play, not champion select.
Yes — Nautilus vs Yasuo is a genuine skill matchup: 49.41% win rate, and the favour swings window to window rather than being set at champion select.
No hard counter either way — the Nautilus vs Yasuo win rate is 49.41%, an even lane decided by execution.
Nautilus takes Grasp of the Undying on the Resolve tree with Demolish, Second Wind and Overgrowth, and Precision secondary (Triumph and Legend: Haste) vs Yasuo.
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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