AD Nautilus?

aaronconlin·1/30/2015, 4:50:18 PM·1 votes·1,305 views

I've been playing a lot lately and he's become one of my favorite champions. The new Inquisitor skin coming out made me think of AD Nautilus, since he looks like a giant armored knight. I think it might work for the following reasons:

-He is incredibly tanky and has some of the best CC in the game, it's hard to escape him -His damage mostly comes from his base damages and not his AP scaling -He typically doesn't build many AP items anyway

An example build could be something like: (edited) or or or or or or

or Wrath for more sustain and attack damage, or Sorcery for more damage on abilities and added true damage

And for Jungling, adds bonus true damage to his auto attacks

What do you think?

9 Comments

Jeije1/30/2015, 5:29:05 PM2 votes

Since you bring up his bases, hard to believe item 3078 was not included in your build.

Personally, since your goal is to lock down a squishy and be able to beat the snot out of them by yourself, I'd only make a few adjustments to your desired build:

item 3153 item 3078 item 3022 item 3110 item 3065 item 3111

BotRK gives you sustained damage since you're relying on autos for the most damage, along with some more targeted CC; Trinity Force boosts your burst when you do catch someone, and gives you just about every stat you want (esp. MS); Frozen Mallet ensures you stick to your target and gives you health for a bigger shield for the enemies to chew through; Frozen Heart gives you much-needed mana, plus tons of armor and CDR; Visage is there for CDR and rounds out your defenses (plus increased sustain from Blade); and Mercs finishes up your build by the all-powerful tenacity it provides.

Not saying it works, just looks good on paper to me.

BaneQC1/30/2015, 4:53:48 PM1 votes

Good build if your goal is to farm the jungle all day, wich is probably not the case.

MonkeyDLuufy1/30/2015, 6:02:40 PM1 votes

I ALWAYS play him Tanky AP as a jungler. His W scales AP and i think his auto attack off his Q does more dmg scaling with AP. I would throw in a little AD with some of his items though. My typical build would go something like this:

item 3117 item 3709 item 3025 item 3110 item 3022 item 3065