How to win lane as Yone against Nautilus · 50.89% win rate (7,942 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
Dodge his hook — Q3-W poke, avoid chain-CC.
Track: Nautilus's Q — Dredge Line (14–10s cooldown). His only engage. Dodge it.
Read from Yone's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Nautilus.
This is Yone's own plan; across 7,942 pooled games the lane is leaning Yone.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Yone | Level 1 is yours — Nautilus has no real damage, only an auto-attack root, so your Q trades win freely. |
| Level 2 | Yone | Level 2 is his: Titan's Wrath shields the trade and Riptide slows you out of it. |
| Level 3 | Yone | Level 3 stays his — Riptide on 7s plus the passive root chains every step-up you take. |
| Levels 4-5 | Yone | Levels 4-5 stay his — Riptide's slow drops to 5s and his shield covers each trade. |
| Level 6 | Yone | At 6 you spike — Fate Sealed kills through his low-damage Depth Charge that he can't trade back against. |
| First item | Yone | First item is yours as your DPS shreds his pure-tank build while he can only try to peel. |
| Two+ items | Yone | Late you stay ahead — you kite and cleave down a tank whose only threat is a single, dodgeable hook. |
You own levels 1-3 outright: Nautilus brings passive-root autos and a hook but no sustained damage or waveclear, so poke him with Q and shield trades with W. As long as you sidestep his Dredge Line, he cannot punish you.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Yone's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Yone 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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Yone, slightly — a 50.89% win rate edge over 7,942 games; execution can flip it.
Mostly — Yone has a small statistical edge (50.89% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.
Not a hard counter — Yone has a slight edge (50.89% win rate), and play quality decides the rest.
Yone takes Lethal Tempo on the Precision tree with Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Last Stand, and Resolve secondary (Bone Plating and Unflinching) vs Nautilus.
Start Doran's Blade + Health Potion and back for Core component + boots (≈1300g). Build Blade of the Ruined King (mixed-damage spike) first, then Infinity Edge, with Plated Steelcaps.
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