Champion sheet · Support

Nautilus

Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · NA

Tournament presence · pick + ban

33.9%#6 of 173 champions

Pick: 20.2%picked in 533 of 2,644 games
Ban: 13.7%268 bans over 1,958 games, against 10.9% in soloQ

Win rate as Support53.7% between 50.1% and 57.3% over 516 gamesSoloQ 48.6%: clear gap

Median length29.5 minsoloQ 27.7 min

Amateur: 2,664 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, NA. SoloQ Master+: 215,636 games on the same patches. An amateur figure in gold clearly differs from soloQ.

At a glance

Four answers, each one opens its chapter.

What changes in tournaments4 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Support.Win rateDraftLength
How to play itAftershock, then Kaenic Rookern, Unending Despair, and Force of Nature: the most played build in soloQ.
In a compAbsorbs damage first: absorbs more than 97% of supports.FrontlineTeamfightCC
With / againstNo opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.
In draftPriority pick: taken in G1, burned afterwards.

01 — What changes in tournaments

What changes in tournaments?

4 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Support.

Win rateWins more in amateur play
Amateur
53.7%
SoloQ
48.6%
53.7% win rate in amateur play over 516 games, against 48.6% in soloQ over 25,502 games.
DraftPicked more often in amateur play
Amateur
10.2%
SoloQ
5.0%
10.2% of the role's picks in amateur play, against 5.0% in soloQ.
DraftBanned more often in amateur play
Amateur
14.5%
SoloQ
10.9%
14.5% ban rate in amateur play over 1,329 games, against 10.9% in soloQ over 82,299 games.
LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
29.5 min
SoloQ
27.7 min
Median of 29.5 min in amateur play, against 27.7 min in soloQ.

Not enough games to judge: core.

02 — How to play it

How to play it?

Aftershock, then Kaenic Rookern, Unending Despair, and Force of Nature: the most played build in soloQ.

SoloQ build, amateur differences under each block

RunesAftershock88% · 22,463

Same in amateur play

SpellsFlash + Ignite68% · 17,333

Same in amateur play

SkillsQnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 88% · 45 games

Core (3 legendaries)— · 1

Kaenic Rookern
Unending Despair
Force of Nature

Not collected in soloQ: starting items, 4th item, and skill order.

03 — In a comp

What does it bring to a comp?

Absorbs damage first: absorbs more than 97% of supports.

Absorbs damagetop3%1,114 · supports: 393
Crowd control (CC)top3%1.9 · supports: 1
Plays teamfightstop12%57% · supports: 54%

Read on tournament games from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12 (44,638 games) · same reading as the draft review · compared with other supports

What marks it

Frontline
Teamfight
CC

Like other supports

Damage in lane
Damage in mid game
Damage in late game
Map pressure
Takes its kills in duels
Lets allies carry kills
Team damage

What it is not

No poke

Damage / min by phase · at equal gold

Rank 42 in lane, 30 in mid game and 27 in late game, out of 100 supports.

255-33 vs 288

287-55 vs 342

317-71 vs 388

Lane · 5–14 minMid game · 15–22Late · 23–30

Nautilussupports

Gold vs. direct opponent

At 20 min, behind 85% of supports against the direct opponent.

supports

4.9takedowns outside its lane before 15 min; supports: 4.5.

Where it stands among supports · every measure

0 ← less · median · more → 100

Damage in lane · rank 42 of 100 among supports255 · median 288
Damage in mid game · rank 30 of 100 among supports287 · median 342
Damage in late game · rank 27 of 100 among supports317 · median 388
Gold at 15 min · rank 24 of 100 among supports-80 · median +105
Gold at 20 min · rank 15 of 100 among supports-143 · median +193
Map pressure · rank 68 of 100 among supports4.9 · median 4.5
Absorbs damage · rank 97 of 100 among supports1,114 · median 393
Plays teamfights · rank 88 of 100 among supports57% · median 54%
Takes its kills in duels · rank 34 of 100 among supports15% · median 17%
Lets allies carry kills · rank 45 of 100 among supportsrank 45 of 100
Crowd control (CC) · rank 97 of 100 among supports1.9 · median 1
Team damage · rank 32 of 100 among supports8% · median 9%

04 — With / against

With whom, against whom?

No opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.

Best results

Ranked by the gap to expected in amateur play, at the lower bound of its interval, at most 5 per role. The other source is a reference.

Against

Topgap to expected

Ornn60.0% · expected 50.7% · 35 g+9.3 ptSoloQ +3.4

Junglegap to expected

Wukong60.7% · expected 53.2% · 61 g+7.5 ptSoloQ +1.6

Jarvan IV62.9% · expected 58.3% · 35 g+4.6 ptSoloQ -3.9

Midgap to expected

Orianna65.8% · expected 57.0% · 38 g+8.8 ptSoloQ +1.6

ADCgap to expected

Jinx60.6% · expected 53.2% · 33 g+7.4 ptSoloQ -2.7

Caitlyn60.5% · expected 54.3% · 38 g+6.2 ptSoloQ -0.5

Ezreal54.2% · expected 51.9% · 59 g+2.3 ptSoloQ -0.5

Supportgap to expected

Karma66.7% · expected 59.4% · 54 g+7.2 ptSoloQ +3.9

With

Topgap to expected

No positive gap in amateur play.

Junglegap to expected

Wukong62.3% · expected 54.2% · 53 g+8.1 ptSoloQ +0.7

Midgap to expected

Syndra59.1% · expected 57.2% · 66 g+1.9 ptSoloQ +1.6

Ahri56.5% · expected 56.1% · 46 g+0.5 ptSoloQ +0.1

Orianna51.5% · expected 50.3% · 33 g+1.2 ptSoloQ +1.3

ADCgap to expected

Jinx76.3% · expected 54.2% · 38 g+22.1 ptSoloQ +0.3

Jhin61.9% · expected 58.9% · 42 g+3.0 ptSoloQ -3.1

Matchups and allies

One group per role of the other champion, five cards first. The bar is the win rate range, the tick marks 50%; the colour of the gap gives our reading, it sorts nothing.

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