Did Naut just get rekt?

LuckyReden·12/17/2014, 9:00:39 PM·3 votes·1,187 views

And no, this has nothing to do with Rek'Sai.

On the PBE, Naut's shield values just got changed:

Base shield value decreased from 100/150/200/250/300 to 65/70/75/80/85 Ratio changed from 15% of Nautilus’s bonus health to 7/9.5/12/14.5/17% of his maximum health

Correct me if I'm wrong, but that seems like a massive nerf. Especially considering the Tank jungle item is less gold efficient, meaning Nautilus won't be able to scale until later, meaning his shield early on will die to basically 1 round of raptor attacks (sounds like Cards Against Humanity)

Even with the bonus whopping 2% scaling its a pretty big change. Am I wrong or does this seem like the opposite of what he needs?

21 Comments

TeemoJenkins12/17/2014, 9:04:52 PM7 votes

Biggest note here my friend: Ratio changed from 15% of Nautilus’s bonus health to 7/9.5/12/14.5/17% of his maximum health

His shield now scales PURELY with his MAX health instead of just his Bonus health. If you let him get to end game full build he's going to have over 3.5k HP AND he'll have a value of 595 on his shield.

It's a late game buff for him and now brings up Rune / Mastery questions for him that didn't get asked previously.

Dr Clueless PhD12/17/2014, 9:19:05 PM3 votes

Let's do some math:

Level 1 Nautilus has 576 Health base. 7% of that is 40.32

Which means his shield at level 1 is now 65+40=105. HMM. LOOKS LIKE A BIGGER NUMBER TO ME, COTTON.

Come on, guys. We have math for a reason.

Edit: The shield at level 1 will be bigger unless you have more than 62.5 bonus health. At that point, 8% of it is 5 (15% old -7% new). You may be thinking "I can break that number easy with Runes and Masteries!" Yes, you can. However, Armor is definitely better for jungle survivability than Health, even on Nautilus. His shield still benefits from Armor, so it's still better to take Armor yellows.

Edit 2: Let's even grab math for level 9. At level 9, Naughty G has 1156 Health. 17% of that is 196.52. So, his level 9 shield is 85+196=281. That is indeed smaller. However, at this point, your benefit from health items is greater than it was before. To reach the old level 9 shield value of 300, we need 2% of your bonus health to be 19. So, you need 950 bonus health. That's quite a bit. However, as Nautilus will build a number of Health items over the course of a game, his shield will ultimately be bigger.

Drunk Rummate12/17/2014, 9:12:34 PM2 votes

looks like a buff to me

bigger shield early game even if he doesnt build a lot of hp, so you can afford to rush out armor or MR instead of a giants belt and you dont lose too much shield for it.

redniwediS12/17/2014, 9:45:34 PM2 votes

Did you spell it that way in the title just so you could say it has nothing to do with Rek'Sai? Why?

TeemoJenkins12/17/2014, 9:13:00 PM1 votes

I don't have problems clearing with him right now with the poison AOE and blue buff I cruise straight to Level 3 and gank bot or top depending on which side I start on. I'm excited that he's getting anything at all.

Lumus Avatar12/17/2014, 9:09:29 PM1 votes

That's more than massive. that makes no sense. His shield is all that keeps him alive as he wades into fights with his anchor...wtf

AccountaBilabudy12/17/2014, 9:35:57 PM1 votes

what does this do to my support nautilus

Meep Man12/17/2014, 10:16:02 PM1 votes

The main thing I wanna know is the reasoning. Nautilus needed a buff but I would like to know what their thought process was for this. NOT COMPLAINING, but I wanna know what the change is for.