Is Nautilus On The Rework List?
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.