Nautilus needs a slight dmg buff

RTX Warnoise·11/26/2014, 3:27:42 PM·22 votes·2,310 views

So i played a game with nautilus after about 3 months pause. Holy shit the shock that i had when i saw how long i took to take out the new blue.

I mean my shield gets popped up with 2 hits and then i just wait for the cooldown so i use my skills again. I realized that Nautilus is far from viable in solo queue. I mean sometimes i gank a guy with 200hp left then i proceed to unleash all m skills on him then he ends up escapig with 20hp or something...imagine my frustration at that time. Not only Nautilus, but other pure tanks need love as well to survive in this League of Nuke.

21 Comments

Kingsgrave11/26/2014, 6:55:30 PM7 votes

Naut honestly needs the following:

Higher base AS
Buffed Shield and Damage on W
W and E reduced CD and Mana cost

Erronius11/26/2014, 6:30:08 PM6 votes

The damage portion for his auto attacks from his W need to persist for the whole duration regardless of whether the shield got popped or not.

ShadeCrenshaw11/26/2014, 5:21:24 PM3 votes

Naut. Damage buff.

Just what kind of shit are you smoking?

Its like taking ignite on Nasus. YOU'RE DOING/THINKING WRONG.

Salty Waifu11/26/2014, 8:26:05 PM2 votes

at this point Nautilus needs jesus tbh

WooBeeWoo11/26/2014, 9:56:34 PM1 votes

Agreed Naut needs buffs. He got nerfed a while back because he could take his buffs and when he ganked if he landed q he could burst half or more of a health bar, I love Naut so it was amazing but maybe a little bit to strong. They over nerfed it and then to try to make it up they buffed his shield but that doesn't help really at all especially since it was a buff to bonus hp scaling which doesn't help early game so he needs some work.

Martyrofsand11/27/2014, 2:51:43 AM1 votes

I've jungled naut a time or two since the new jungle came out and I had zero problems killing crap reasonably fast and being able to gank. Here is how I start...

At 1:47-1:48 in I activate my W, it has a 10 second duration and will be broken before it pops. This lets me take the least amount of damage and I usually get 2, sometimes 3 if my top laner takes a hit for me. It also gets the CD started at that point so it will be rdy much quicker. From there I will go to a camp and do this...

AA--W--AA--E--AA doing it correctly you account for nauts slow atk speed and do a lot of damage. Once you get trailblazer that rotation and smite pretty much insta clears most camps and leaves you taking little damage.

Naut overall has a slightly slow starting clear but once he gets 2-3 and has trailblazer his clear is really good and his gank potential with the above rotation is STUPID good.

lojician11/27/2014, 4:16:45 AM1 votes

He has 4 ccs. If he did damage he'd be broken.

Jungle Lux God11/27/2014, 4:23:32 AM1 votes

If Nautilus got damage buffs then he'd be pretty broken with all of the CC he has.

If he just got damage buffs to his early levels of his W, then he might be find, but otherwise he can't afford to get extra damage, although to be honest most tanks are both getting the ability to both deal damage and to your normal tank stuff, so it might not be too unreasonable for Naut to get damage buffs.

Solidair311/27/2014, 7:50:08 PM1 votes

What about a small bonus damage to monster's with his W or even his E?

I know he sacrifices clear times for tankiness, but his W isn't sturdy enough at low levels, it's hard for him to keep up :(

Cuoco Diavolo11/26/2014, 6:23:38 PM1 votes

I just finished a game on naut last night his clear speed is pretty stupid cause I was out csing and ganking a ww and I am not too sure if the jungle just really favors hit kit or that ww was bad. Also op if you think he isn't dpsing fast enough learn all of nauts aa resets makes clear 2 times faster

soulchaos11/26/2014, 9:03:46 PM1 votes

Funny thing is in jungle i agree in lane i disagree The whole tank thing tho i agree perfectly the bar has been raised to champs that are tanky and rape face like olaf/darius the solid initiator tanks like naut/rammas are going to slowly die out

http://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/gameplay-balance/KRnbcQ53-urgot-update-ideas

Wankeroo11/26/2014, 9:19:29 PM1 votes

This is wrong. If he gets any buff he will be super OP. Trust me. The problem is only that first blue buff at the starting cause it will strip you of your shield so quickly. Either change your starting runes/masteries for more health or make sure your team knows to give you a sweet leash. Right now Naut is a super strong bully if you do it right.