How to win lane as Pantheon against Nautilus · 52.23% win rate over 3,123 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Pantheon | Your level-1 point-and-click Shield Vault (W) stun damage beats his single-target Dredge Line (Q) hook outright. |
| Level 2 | Pantheon | Your level-2 W+Q all-in lands before he has E to shove minions off you, and his hook alone can't win that trade. |
| Level 3 | Pantheon | With Q, W and E online you out-trade him — Aegis Assault (E) blocks his hook line and his E AoE while you burst. |
| Levels 4-5 | Pantheon | Empowered-Q poke chips his thin tank base and your E eats his trades; he can't fight back without his hook up. |
| Level 6 | Nautilus | His Depth Charge (R) is an undodgeable knockup that chains with his passive root into a free jungle gank — back off when his ult is up. |
| First item | Pantheon | Your first-item spike still out-damages a tank Nautilus, so cash your accumulated lead into kills and objectives now. |
| Two+ items | Pantheon | You stay ahead one-on-one but his CC scales for teamfights — convert your tempo with R roams and end before he outscales. |
Levels 1-3 are yours. Your point-and-click Shield Vault (W) stun out-damages his Dredge Line (Q) hook at level 1, and once you hit your W+Q level-2 spike you can all-in before his E is up to peel minions off you. Hold Aegis Assault (E) for his Q — block the hook line and his E AoE while you tap-Q reset autos. His only real answer is landing a raw hook, so sidestep it and the lane is one-sided.
The full Pantheon vs Nautilus 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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