Nautilus - League of Legends Champion
Win Rate
48.8%
Pick Rate
4.6%

NautilusPopular Build

DTankSupport
Patch26.10
Matches1,009,027
LaneAll Lanes
TierAll Tiers
Last UpdatedMay 18, 2026
MethodologyData Methodology
AuthorDakota Chinnick

The patch 26.10 Nautilus most played build uses Ionian Boots of Lucidity, Locket of the Iron Solari, Knight's Vow, Bandlepipes, Kaenic Rookern, Thornmail, Oracle Lens. This Nautilus build has a 7.62% pick rate and a 56.32% win rate in LoL patch 26.10. Alternatively, check out some of the other ranked Nautilus build choices below.

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Select a Nautilus Build

Best WR
Highest Win Rate Build
Core Build Items
  • Locket of the Iron Solari - Nautilus Highest Win Rate Build core itemLocket of the Iron Solari
  • Knight's Vow - Nautilus Highest Win Rate Build core itemKnight's Vow
  • Bandlepipes - Nautilus Highest Win Rate Build core itemBandlepipes
56.3%Win Rate
+7.5%WR Diff
7.6%Pick Rate
Most Played
Most Popular Build
Core Build Items
  • Locket of the Iron Solari - Nautilus Most Popular Build core itemLocket of the Iron Solari
  • Thornmail - Nautilus Most Popular Build core itemThornmail
  • Kaenic Rookern - Nautilus Most Popular Build core itemKaenic Rookern
50.9%Win Rate
+2.1%WR Diff
9.3%Pick Rate
Alternative Build 1
Core Build Items
  • Locket of the Iron Solari - Nautilus Alternative Build 1 core itemLocket of the Iron Solari
  • Thornmail - Nautilus Alternative Build 1 core itemThornmail
  • Bandlepipes - Nautilus Alternative Build 1 core itemBandlepipes
55.1%Win Rate
+6.3%WR Diff
9.0%Pick Rate
Alternative Build 2
Core Build Items
  • Locket of the Iron Solari - Nautilus Alternative Build 2 core itemLocket of the Iron Solari
  • Knight's Vow - Nautilus Alternative Build 2 core itemKnight's Vow
  • Thornmail - Nautilus Alternative Build 2 core itemThornmail
54.8%Win Rate
+6.0%WR Diff
8.0%Pick Rate

Best Nautilus Build - Highest Win Rate Items

This Nautilus build focuses on a balanced mix of offense and defense. Build the core items first for your power spike, then adapt with situational items based on enemy team composition.

Full Build
Top Summoner Spells
  • IgniteFlash
    Ignite + Flash
    50.8%Win Rate83.2%Pick Rate
  • HealFlash
    Heal + Flash
    70.6%Win Rate3.3%Pick Rate

Nautilus build strength based on the items chosen in the build when compared to all builds across every champion. Strongest in: Physical Resistance, Health, Magic Resistance. Lower in: Gold Efficiency, Magic Damage, Physical Damage.

The most popular starting items for Nautilus are Health Potion, Health Potion, Stealth Ward with a 52.1% win rate and 55.6% pick rate.

Health PotionHealth PotionHealth PotionHealth PotionStealth WardStealth Ward
52.1%Win Rate
55.6%Pick Rate
These are Nautilus's essential core items that you should build in nearly every game. Locket of the Iron Solari (49.7% WR, +0.9% WR diff, 66.3% pick rate) provides 25 Armor, 200 Health, 25 MR. Thornmail (49.9% WR, +1.1% WR diff, 39.7% pick rate) provides 75 Armor, 150 Health. Kaenic Rookern (54.1% WR, +5.3% WR diff, 14.0% pick rate) provides 400 Health, 80 MR. Rush these items first to reach your power spike and maximize your impact.
Top situational items for Nautilus include Protoplasm Harness, Bandlepipes. These can be swapped out depending on the enemy composition and team needs.
The best boots for Nautilus are Boots of Swiftness. Adjust based on enemy team comp.
The recommended trinket for Nautilus is Oracle Lens for vision control and map awareness.

Combined statistics from all items in this Nautilus build.

Top Build Focus
  • Nautilus healthHealth1,550
  • Nautilus movement speedSpeed55
  • Nautilus magic resistanceMR125
  • Nautilus armorArmor120
When facing Nautilus's top counters like Milio, Rell, Blitzcrank, consider adjusting your situational items to increase survivability and match their damage output. Focus on completing your core damage items before heavily investing in defensive situational items, as Nautilus needs sufficient damage to remain a threat in counter matchups. Adapt your final build slots with items like Protoplasm Harness or Bandlepipes based on which counter champions you're facing and their itemization patterns. Monitor enemy builds and adjust accordingly for optimal Nautilus performance.
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durable frontlinerFirst Power Spike2,200g

This Nautilus durable frontliner build is optimized for players looking to maximize their impact in League of Legends. This build maintains a solid 50.9% win rate based on 513 analyzed matches. The build's key strengths include strong physical damage mitigation, excellent magic damage resistance, substantial health pool for survivability. This tanky Nautilus build works best when your team lacks frontline presence. You can absorb damage and create opportunities for your carries to deal damage. The armor in this build makes it effective against AD-heavy enemy compositions with champions like assassins or marksmen. This build's moderate gold investment allows Nautilus to spike earlier in the game. Prioritize completing Locket of the Iron Solari, Thornmail, Kaenic Rookern to maximize your mid-game impact. For optimal results with this Nautilus build, focus on proper itemization timing, positioning in teamfights, and adapting your situational items based on the specific challenges each game presents.

Strengths
  • Strong physical damage mitigation
  • Excellent magic damage resistance
  • Substantial health pool for survivability

Champions that use similar core items to Nautilus. These builds share at least 2 core items with the current popular nautilus build and may have similar playstyles and power spikes.

Malphite champion
Malphite
Core Items
  • Thornmail - Malphite core item
  • Sunfire Aegis - Malphite core item
  • Kaenic Rookern - Malphite core item
57.7%Win Rate
4.1%Pick Rate

See Also

Nautilus OverviewNautilus RunesNautilus CountersAll Items