Is Nautilus On The Rework List?

ChasmOfTrossm·4/19/2019, 2:20:00 PM·1 votes·1,683 views

The big problem I've always found with Nautilus was never his E's damage, but his W's overall lack of reliability. Nautilus' W is both his tank and dueling ability, and he is rarely able to use it optimally, for a number of reasons. It pops too early in the early game, he can't make good use of the damage it provides due not having attack speed per level growth, and the duration is now so low that he can't use it to wave clear. Yes, Nautilus' W is both a wave clear tool, a dueling tool, and a tanking duel, the wave clear aspect being present in the fact that his W's auto-attack buff hits in a small AoE around him, similar to Malphite W.

He just can't make use of the ability, and while having his W cooldown reduced, makes the ability more accessible, being able to access a sub-par ability multiple times is as good as firing a sub-machine gun at a bank vault. Sure, you'll fire a bunch of times, but nothing will really happen.

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AHarmlessTaco4/19/2019, 2:50:05 PM2 votes

It is a DOT on hit and only really needs to be applied once. You get up close, AA then W to AA reset and AA again with the shield and empowered auto. Beyond that, it is only there to punish people for ignoring him when his shield goes up and to give him more incentive to whack different targets with his passive. I find the ability to be very solid in and of itself.