Nautilus - League of Legends Champion
Win Rate
49.3%
Pick Rate
4.7%

NautilusPopular Build

DTankSupport
Patch26.5
Matches469,660
LaneAll Lanes
TierAll Tiers
Last UpdatedMar 13, 2026
MethodologyData Methodology
AuthorDakota Chinnick

The patch 26.5 Nautilus most played build uses Slightly Magical Footwear, Locket of the Iron Solari, Knight's Vow, Bandlepipes, Thornmail, Zeke's Convergence, Oracle Lens. This Nautilus build has a 6.74% pick rate and a 62.35% win rate in LoL patch 26.5. 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
62.4%Win Rate
+13.1%WR Diff
6.7%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
  • Knight's Vow - Nautilus Most Popular Build core itemKnight's Vow
  • Thornmail - Nautilus Most Popular Build core itemThornmail
61.6%Win Rate
+12.3%WR Diff
12.3%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
55.3%Win Rate
+6.1%WR Diff
4.1%Pick Rate
Alternative Build 2
Core Build Items
  • Locket of the Iron Solari - Nautilus Alternative Build 2 core itemLocket of the Iron Solari
  • Thornmail - Nautilus Alternative Build 2 core itemThornmail
  • Kaenic Rookern - Nautilus Alternative Build 2 core itemKaenic Rookern
55.1%Win Rate
+5.8%WR Diff
5.0%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
61.61%Win Rate
+12.34%WR Diff
12.29%Pick Rate
310Build Matches
These are Nautilus's essential core items that you should build in nearly every game. Locket of the Iron Solari (50.6% WR, +1.4% WR diff, 67.7% pick rate) provides 25 Armor, 200 Health, 25 MR. Knight's Vow (57.8% WR, +8.5% WR diff, 28.6% pick rate) provides 40 Armor, 200 Health. Thornmail (49.7% WR, +0.4% WR diff, 38.5% pick rate) provides 75 Armor, 150 Health. Rush these items first to reach your power spike and maximize your impact.

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

Top situational items for Nautilus include Redemption, Kaenic Rookern. These can be swapped out depending on the enemy composition and team needs.
The best boots for Nautilus are Plated Steelcaps. 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.

  • Total armor Armor:165
  • Total movement speed Movement Speed:45
  • Total health Health:950
  • Total magic resistance Magic Resistance:105
  • Total ability power Ability Power:30
When facing Nautilus's top counters like Alistar, TahmKench, Taric, 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 Redemption or Kaenic Rookern based on which counter champions you're facing and their itemization patterns. Monitor enemy builds and adjust accordingly for optimal Nautilus performance.

This Nautilus durable frontliner build is optimized for players looking to maximize their impact in League of Legends. With a 61.6% win rate across 310 matches, this build has proven highly effective in the current meta. 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, Knight's Vow, Thornmail 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.

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.

Alistar champion
Alistar
Core Items
  • Locket of the Iron Solari - Alistar core item
  • Knight's Vow - Alistar core item
  • Zeke's Convergence - Alistar core item
57.9%Win Rate
12.1%Pick Rate

See Also

Nautilus OverviewNautilus RunesNautilus CountersAll Items