How to win lane as Nautilus against Yasuo · 51.28% win rate over 39 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| 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.
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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