Nautilus·Support Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Nautilus Support build, you should take Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Aftershock as your keystone, followed by Shield Bash, Bone Plating and Unflinching in the primary tree, as well as Biscuit Delivery and Cosmic Insight in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Ability Haste in offense, Health Scaling in flex and Health Scaling in defense, though it depends on the matchup. Finally, for your items, you should build Celestial Opposition as your first item, followed by Plated Steelcaps and Locket of the Iron Solari. For your last 3 items, you should build Knight's Vow, Thornmail and finish with Vigilant Wardstone. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - W - E. Right now, this build has 49.5% winrate over 749 matches played.

Optional

Your second option for Nautilus Support build would be to take Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells. The runes that this build takes advantage of are Aftershock as your keystone, Shield Bash, Bone Plating and Unflinching in the primary tree, and Biscuit Delivery with Cosmic Insight in the secondary tree. The shards used in this build are Ability Haste in offense, Health Scaling in flex and Health Scaling in defense. The items for the build are Solstice Sleigh, which you should build first, followed by Plated Steelcaps as your second item and Locket of the Iron Solari as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Knight's Vow, Thornmail and Vigilant Wardstone. The skill order for this build is Q - W - E. In the current patch, this build has a 47.8% win rate over 201 matches.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Aftershock as your keystone, Shield Bash, Bone Plating and Unflinching in the primary tree, and Hextech Flashtraption with Cosmic Insight in the secondary tree, as well as Attack Speed, Move Speed, and Health as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are Bloodsong as your first item, then Plated Steelcaps as a second item and Locket of the Iron Solari as a third item. You want to finish the build with Knight's Vow, Kaenic Rookern and Vigilant Wardstone. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - W - E. This build is currently sitting at a 61.4% win rate across 127 matches played.

Off-Meta

If you want to try an Off-Meta Nautilus Support build in the current patch, try Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells, Glacial Augment, Hextech Flashtraption, Biscuit Delivery and Cosmic Insight as your primary rune tree, and Bone Plating with Unflinching as your secondary tree. Use Attack Speed, Health Scaling and Health Scaling as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Celestial Opposition as your first item, then finish Plated Steelcaps as your second item, and Locket of the Iron Solari as third item. The last 3 options are Thornmail, Knight's Vow and Vigilant Wardstone. The ability order for this build is Q - W - E. As of the current patch, this build has a 39.2% win rate over 79 matches played.

Situational Nautilus Runes and Items

Depending on the context of your game, your matchup, and enemy champions, you might want to consider building some situational items or take specific runes. Carefully examine your team, enemy team, game state , and your matchup to plan your Nautilus build accordingly! For example, when it comes to rune shards, you might want to take either Armor or Magic Resist, depending on which champion you are about to lane against.