Champion sheet · Support

Nautilus

Patches 16.20 to 16.22 · All regions

Tournament presence · pick + ban

35.7%#5 of 173 champions

Pick: 19.8%picked in 5,566 of 28,136 games
Ban: 15.9%3,566 bans over 22,430 games, against 13.2% in soloQ

Win rate as Support49.8% between 48.7% and 50.9% over 5,477 gamesSoloQ 49.2%: no clear gap

Median length28.9 minsoloQ 26.8 min

Amateur: 29,590 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, KR 63% · EUW 26% · NA 11%. SoloQ Master+: 661,121 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.DraftLengthSpells
How to play itAftershock, then Kaenic Rookern, Randuin's Omen, and Jak'Sho, The Protean: the most played build in soloQ.
In a compAbsorbs damage first: absorbs more than 97% of supports.FrontlineTeamfightCC
With / againstBetter than expected against Zed in amateur play: +14.9 pts over 73 games, range above zero.+14.9 pt73 games
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.

DraftPicked more often in amateur play
Amateur
9.9%
SoloQ
6.3%
9.9% of the role's picks in amateur play, against 6.3% in soloQ.
DraftBanned more often in amateur play
Amateur
15.9%
SoloQ
13.2%
15.9% ban rate in amateur play over 16,228 games, against 13.2% in soloQ over 457,860 games.
LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
28.9 min
SoloQ
26.8 min
Median of 28.9 min in amateur play, against 26.8 min in soloQ.
SpellsFlash + Heal instead of Flash + Ignite
Amateur
59%
SoloQ
55%
Played in 59% of amateur games; soloQ sticks to Flash + Ignite (55%).

Not enough games to judge: core.

02 — How to play it

How to play it?

Aftershock, then Kaenic Rookern, Randuin's Omen, and Jak'Sho, The Protean: the most played build in soloQ.

SoloQ build, amateur differences under each block

RunesAftershock90% · 108,560

Same in amateur play

SpellsFlash + Ignite55% · 65,871

≠ Amateur: Flash + Heal instead of Flash + Ignite. 59% · 6,439 games

SkillsQnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 92% · 1,197 games

Core (3 legendaries)3% · 2

3%of soloQ games

Kaenic Rookern
Randuin's Omen
Jak'Sho, The Protean

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?

Better than expected against Zed in amateur play: +14.9 pts over 73 games, range above zero.

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

Ornn52.7% · expected 49.3% · 349 g+3.5 ptSoloQ +0.8

K'Sante53.5% · expected 52.1% · 325 g+1.5 ptSoloQ +0.6

Dr. Mundo55.9% · expected 53.0% · 177 g+3.0 ptSoloQ -0.2

Malphite52.1% · expected 50.1% · 192 g+2.0 ptSoloQ -0.8

Garen56.5% · expected 52.2% · 92 g+4.3 ptSoloQ +2.9

Junglegap to expected

Jarvan IV59.3% · expected 51.4% · 356 g+7.9 ptSoloQ -2.6

Qiyana54.2% · expected 47.2% · 177 g+7.0 ptSoloQ +0.7

Wukong47.7% · expected 47.3% · 589 g+0.4 ptSoloQ -1.2

Lillia48.2% · expected 46.5% · 164 g+1.6 ptSoloQ -0.9

Hecarim58.9% · expected 53.7% · 56 g+5.2 ptSoloQ +0.9

Midgap to expected

Zed58.9% · expected 44.0% · 73 g+14.9 ptSoloQ +1.3

LeBlanc54.0% · expected 49.5% · 150 g+4.5 ptSoloQ -0.3

Akali52.2% · expected 48.8% · 157 g+3.5 ptSoloQ +1.1

Lissandra53.8% · expected 51.2% · 182 g+2.6 ptSoloQ -0.5

Ahri48.5% · expected 48.1% · 425 g+0.3 ptSoloQ +0.9

ADCgap to expected

Aphelios63.2% · expected 53.7% · 190 g+9.5 ptSoloQ +1.0

Ezreal54.9% · expected 53.0% · 497 g+2.0 ptSoloQ +1.0

Jhin53.9% · expected 52.3% · 432 g+1.7 ptSoloQ +1.7

Jinx49.7% · expected 48.3% · 326 g+1.4 ptSoloQ -1.9

Caitlyn47.9% · expected 47.8% · 453 g+0.1 ptSoloQ +1.5

Supportgap to expected

Karma58.1% · expected 52.2% · 289 g+6.0 ptSoloQ +2.5

Alistar52.3% · expected 48.3% · 281 g+4.1 ptSoloQ -2.4

Blitzcrank53.5% · expected 47.2% · 129 g+6.3 ptSoloQ +0.7

Seraphine52.0% · expected 49.0% · 296 g+3.0 ptSoloQ -0.5

Thresh50.9% · expected 48.5% · 326 g+2.4 ptSoloQ -1.0

With

Topgap to expected

Fiora67.2% · expected 50.8% · 58 g+16.4 ptSoloQ +0.5

Gangplank66.7% · expected 53.9% · 63 g+12.7 ptSoloQ 0.0

K'Sante54.4% · expected 47.6% · 261 g+6.9 ptSoloQ -1.5

Sion53.3% · expected 49.4% · 240 g+3.9 ptSoloQ +0.4

Yone53.3% · expected 49.4% · 165 g+3.9 ptSoloQ +0.4

Junglegap to expected

Qiyana57.1% · expected 52.4% · 210 g+4.8 ptSoloQ +0.1

Skarner54.3% · expected 48.7% · 105 g+5.6 ptSoloQ -1.1

Jarvan IV49.2% · expected 48.3% · 425 g+0.9 ptSoloQ -0.6

Hecarim51.6% · expected 45.9% · 64 g+5.6 ptSoloQ +0.7

Viego49.5% · expected 48.8% · 214 g+0.7 ptSoloQ +0.2

Midgap to expected

Akali55.5% · expected 50.9% · 182 g+4.6 ptSoloQ -1.5

Syndra53.2% · expected 51.0% · 427 g+2.1 ptSoloQ +1.6

Hwei53.6% · expected 50.6% · 194 g+3.0 ptSoloQ +0.4

Ahri51.8% · expected 51.5% · 392 g+0.3 ptSoloQ +0.3

Cassiopeia54.3% · expected 51.3% · 127 g+3.0 ptSoloQ -1.5

ADCgap to expected

Tristana52.5% · expected 49.6% · 322 g+2.8 ptSoloQ -0.8

Ziggs50.8% · expected 45.4% · 124 g+5.4 ptSoloQ +2.7

Varus55.3% · expected 50.6% · 132 g+4.7 ptSoloQ -1.7

Jinx53.7% · expected 51.3% · 285 g+2.4 ptSoloQ +0.6

Ezreal48.8% · expected 46.7% · 254 g+2.2 ptSoloQ +1.4

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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