How to win lane as Singed against Nautilus · 53.33% win rate over 3,197 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | Nautilus's passive roots you on his very first auto if he walks up — neither of you has kill threat at level 1, so farm with Poison Trail at max range and do not let him touch you. |
| Level 2 | Nautilus | Dredge Line is now live and roots you in place before his passive-root autos; he out-trades any melee exchange you try to take — dodge the hook or give the trade up entirely. |
| Level 3 | Nautilus | Full hook-root-E combo online and he is tanky enough to absorb your Fling-Mega Adhesive punish before hooking you back — the lane is his until you can proxy past him. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | Neither of you wants the fight: you are proxying behind his wave and he cannot chase you down without burning Dredge Line as a gap-closer, making both sides play for positioning over trading. |
| Level 6 | Nautilus | His Depth Charge interrupts Insanity Potion momentum exactly when you want to run at him — respect the R cooldown and do not commit your ghost-proxy until it is burned. |
| First item | Singed | Rylai's Crystal Scepter means your Poison Trail slows him to a crawl and Fling keeps him inside the cloud; with no dash, Nautilus is the ideal victim for your attrition pattern. |
| Two+ items | Singed | Two items in, your Liandry's burn ignores how much tank itemization Nautilus builds — run through him repeatedly and his HP depletes faster than his team can rotate to peel him. |
Levels 1 through 3 are genuinely rough — Nautilus auto-roots you with his passive every time he touches you, and if he lands Dredge Line you are stuck eating the full melee combo while your Poison Trail does nothing because you are not moving. Do not run at him; instead, push the wave hard at level 1, get the minion bounces, and look to proxy behind the wave by level 4 rather than proving anything in lane. The moment Mega Adhesive comes online you have the fling-root combo, but Nautilus is tanky enough to absorb it at these levels and hook you on the way out — only use it if he overextends without his Q up.
The full Singed 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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