Support Matchup

Nautilus vs Pantheon

Patch: 15.24 (25.24)
League: Platinum+
Nautilus

Nautilus

the Titan of the Depths
Support
Nautilus Support Overall Win Rate
48.91%

Matchup Win Rate

51.2%
Nautilus vs Pantheon Wins
48.8%
Pantheon vs Nautilus Wins
Pantheon

Pantheon

the Unbreakable Spear
Support
Pantheon Support Overall Win Rate
49.23%

Nautilus vs Pantheon - Support Matchup Guide Patch 15.24 (25.24)

Nautilus Support vs Pantheon Support - Who is stronger?

Nautilus Support has a slight edge over Pantheon (51.2% win rate) based on 785 games. The matchup slightly favors Nautilus.

View detailed statistics below: items, runes, and counter builds for Nautilus Support vs Pantheon Support in patch 15.24 (25.24), including win rates and pick rates. With proper study, this can improve your chances of victory up to 70%+ in this matchup.

Statistical Matchup Analysis

Nautilus dominates the meta (3rd most popular, 9.4% pick rate) and regularly clashes with Pantheon (3.2% pick rate). Understanding this common matchup forms the foundation of consistent gameplay for one of support's current powerhouses. Meta strength confirmed: Nautilus's superior tier rating (B+ vs B) translates into a solid 51.2% matchup win rate. This performance explains why Nautilus ranks 40th in win rate among Support champions. Optimize for consistency: Aftershock paired with Shield Bash (54.0% win rate, 21.6% popularity) provides the stats you need, while the item sequence Locket of the Iron Solari > Thornmail > Thornmail with Plated Steelcaps delivers 70%+ win rate against Pantheon.

Total map control: Nautilus dominates both the matchup and vision control (0.98 vs 0.93 wards/min). Your extra 0.05 wards/min create massive macro advantages for your entire team. Quality over quantity: Nautilus wins through smart play rather than raw damage - despite lower DPS (394 vs 664/min), the 51.2% win rate shows superior utility, positioning, and team fight impact. Statistical dominance: Nautilus leads in both matchup win rate (51.2%) and KDA (2.40 vs 2.00) - complete superiority across all metrics.

Nautilus vs Pantheon - Support Stats Comparison

Nautilus Support
Nautilus Support
Versus
Pantheon Support
Pantheon Support
B+TierB
51.2%Matchup Winrate48.8%
48.91%Role Winrate49.23%
#40Winrate Rank#34
9.4%Pickrate3.2%
2.4Average KDA2.0
294Gold per Minute342
0.98Wards per Minute0.93
394Damage per Minute664

How to Beat Pantheon as Nautilus (Support)

While statistically Nautilus is slightly stronger than Pantheon as support, neither champion has an overwhelming advantage in this matchup. The winner is determined by player skill and understanding the intricacies of the confrontation. Studying this guide will improve your chances of success.

The magic damage that Nautilus deals remains relevant in the late game. Look for opportunities to initiate or counter-initiate. Pantheon deals mainly physical damage (89.27%), additional items against this damage type may be required against snowballing or aggressive play.

An important advantage of Nautilus is superior vision control (ranked 6th among supports) (versus 17th for Pantheon), which provides better map control and safety for the team in important map areas. Meanwhile, their lower KDA (2.0 versus 2.4) suggests they are less effective in team fights.

Key aspects of the Nautilus Support versus Pantheon Support matchup

Despite the statistical advantage in the matchup, overconfidence can be the main mistake. It is important for the Nautilus player to maintain constant pressure on Pantheon, not allowing the opponent to safely scale up, and actively use the advantage gained to help their team.

Nautilus vs Pantheon: Support Summoner Spells

Most Popular

Flash
Flash Teleports you a short distance toward your cursor.
Ignite
Ignite Deals true damage over time to target enemy champion and reduces healing effects on them for the duration.
51.0% Win Rate81.2% Pick Rate

Highest Win Rate

Flash
Flash Teleports you a short distance toward your cursor.
Heal
Heal Restores Health and grants Move Speed to you and target allied champion.
51.8% Win Rate4.0% Pick Rate

Nautilus vs Pantheon: Support Runes

Most Frequent Runes

Primary Path
Resolve
Aftershock
Aftershock After immobilizing an enemy champion, increase your Armor and Magic Resist by 35 + 80% of your Bonus Resists for 2.5s. Then explode, dealing magic damage to nearby enemies.

Damage: 25 - 120 (+8% of your bonus health)
Cooldown: 20s

Resistance bonus from Aftershock capped at: 80-150 (based on level)

Aftershock

After immobilizing an enemy champion, increase your Armor and Magic Resist by 35 + 80% of…

Shield Bash
Shield Bash Whenever you gain a new shield, your next basic attack against a champion deals 5 - 30(+2.5% Bonus Health)(+15.0% New Shield Amount) bonus adaptive damage.

You have up to 2s after the shield expires to use this effect.

Shield Bash

Whenever you gain a new shield, your next basic attack against a champion deal…

Bone Plating
Bone Plating After taking damage from an enemy champion, the next 3 spells or attacks you receive from them deal 30-60 (based on level) less damage.

Duration: 1.5s
Cooldown: 55s

Bone Plating

After taking damage from an enemy champion, the next 3 spells or attacks you re…

Unflinching
Unflinching Gain 6 - 12 (level scaling) Armor and Magic Resist when crowd controlled and for 2 seconds after.

Unflinching

Gain 6 - 12 (level scaling) Armor and Magic Resist when crowd controlled and fo…

Secondary Path
Inspiration
Biscuit Delivery
Biscuit Delivery Biscuit Delivery: Gain a Total Biscuit of Everlasting Will every 2 mins, until 6 min.

Biscuits restore 12% of your missing health. Consuming or selling a Biscuit permanently increases your max health by 30.

Biscuit Delivery

Biscuit Delivery: Gain a Total Biscuit of Everlasting Will every 2 mins, until …

Cosmic Insight
Cosmic Insight +18 Summoner Spell Haste
+10 Item Haste

Cosmic Insight

+18 Summoner Spell Haste+10 Item Haste

Adaptive
Scaling Cooldown Reduction
Scaling Cooldown Reduction +8 Ability Haste

Scaling Cooldown Reduction

+8 Ability Haste

Scaling Health
Scaling Health Increases health from 10 to 180 HP across levels 1-18

Scaling Health

Increases health from 10 to 180 HP across levels 1-18

Scaling Health
Scaling Health Increases health from 10 to 180 HP across levels 1-18

Scaling Health

Increases health from 10 to 180 HP across levels 1-18

51.2% Win Rate61.5% Pick Rate

Best Win Rate Runes

Primary Path
Resolve
Aftershock
Aftershock After immobilizing an enemy champion, increase your Armor and Magic Resist by 35 + 80% of your Bonus Resists for 2.5s. Then explode, dealing magic damage to nearby enemies.

Damage: 25 - 120 (+8% of your bonus health)
Cooldown: 20s

Resistance bonus from Aftershock capped at: 80-150 (based on level)

Aftershock

After immobilizing an enemy champion, increase your Armor and Magic Resist by 35 + 80% of…

Shield Bash
Shield Bash Whenever you gain a new shield, your next basic attack against a champion deals 5 - 30(+2.5% Bonus Health)(+15.0% New Shield Amount) bonus adaptive damage.

You have up to 2s after the shield expires to use this effect.

Shield Bash

Whenever you gain a new shield, your next basic attack against a champion deal…

Conditioning
Conditioning After 12 min gain +8 Armor and +8 Magic Resist and increase your Armor and Magic Resist by 3%.

Conditioning

After 12 min gain +8 Armor and +8 Magic Resist and increase your Armor and Magi…

Revitalize
Revitalize Gain 5% Heal and Shield Power.

Heals and shields you cast or receive are 10% stronger on targets below 40% health.

Revitalize

Gain 5% Heal and Shield Power.Heals and shields you cast or receive are 10% str…

Secondary Path
Precision
Triumph
Triumph Takedowns restore 5% of your missing health, 2.5% of your max health, and grant an additional 20 gold.



'The most dangerous game brings the greatest glory.'
—Noxian Reckoner

Triumph

Takedowns restore 5% of your missing health, 2.5% of your max health, and grant…

Legend: Haste
Legend: Haste Gain 1.5 basic ability haste for every Legend stack (max 10 stacks).

Earn progress toward Legend stacks for every champion takedown, epic monster takedown, large monster kill, and minion kill.

Legend: Haste

Gain 1.5 basic ability haste for every Legend stack (max 10 stacks).Earn progre…

Adaptive
Attack Speed
Attack Speed Increases attack speed by 10%

Attack Speed

Increases attack speed by 10%

Scaling Health
Scaling Health Increases health from 10 to 180 HP across levels 1-18

Scaling Health

Increases health from 10 to 180 HP across levels 1-18

Scaling Health
Scaling Health Increases health from 10 to 180 HP across levels 1-18

Scaling Health

Increases health from 10 to 180 HP across levels 1-18

54.0% Win Rate21.6% Pick Rate

Nautilus vs Pantheon: Support Item Builds

Most Popular Build

Starting Items
Stealth Ward
Stealth Ward (0 gold) Active (210 - 120s, max 2 charges)
Places an Invisible Stealth Ward that grants vision for 90-120 seconds.
World Atlas
World Atlas (400 gold)
Health Potion
Health Potion (50 gold) Consume
Restores 120 Health over 15 seconds.
53.0% Win Rate74.5% Pick Rate
Popular Boots
Plated Steelcaps
Plated Steelcaps (1200 gold) 25 Armor
45 Move Speed

Plating
Reduces incoming damage from Attacks by 10%.
49.2% Win Rate74.0% Pick Rate
Mercury's Treads
Mercury's Treads (1250 gold) 20 Magic Resist
45 Move Speed
30% Tenacity

54.3% Win Rate16.9% Pick Rate
Boots of Swiftness
Boots of Swiftness (1000 gold) 60 Move Speed
Fleetfooted
Reduce the effectiveness of Slows by 25%.
86.9% Win Rate3.0% Pick Rate
Core Build
Kindlegem
Kindlegem (800 gold) 200 Health
10 Ability Haste

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Locket of the Iron Solari
Locket of the Iron Solari (2200 gold) 200 Health
25 Armor
25 Magic Resist
10 Ability Haste

Devotion
Grant nearby allies a 200 - 360 Shield that decays over 2.5 seconds.
Knight's Vow
Knight's Vow (2300 gold) 200 Health
40 Armor
10 Ability Haste
100% Base Health Regen

Sacrifice
While near your Worthy ally, take 12% of the damage they receive and heal for 10% of the damage they deal to champions.Pledge (0s)
Designate an ally as Worthy.
Thornmail
Thornmail (2450 gold) 150 Health
75 Armor

Thorns
When struck by an Attack, deal magic damage to the attacker and apply 40% Wounds for 3 seconds if they are a champion.
54.2% Win Rate21.1% Pick Rate
Final Build
Trailblazer
Trailblazer (2400 gold) 250 Health
40 Armor
4% Move Speed

Lead the Way
While moving, build up to 20 bonus Move Speed.
At max speed:
  • Create a trail that grants allied champions Move Speed equal to 15% of yours.
  • If you are Melee, your next Attack Slows the target by 50% for 1 second.
  • 99.9% Win Rate19.9% Pick Rate

    Best Win Rate Build

    Starting Items
    Stealth Ward
    Stealth Ward (0 gold) Active (210 - 120s, max 2 charges)
    Places an Invisible Stealth Ward that grants vision for 90-120 seconds.
    Cloth Armor
    Cloth Armor (300 gold) 15 Armor
    Health Potion
    Health Potion (50 gold) Consume
    Restores 120 Health over 15 seconds.
    75.5% Win Rate1.0% Pick Rate
    Highest Winrate Boots
    Boots of Swiftness
    Boots of Swiftness (1000 gold) 60 Move Speed
    Fleetfooted
    Reduce the effectiveness of Slows by 25%.
    86.9% Win Rate3.0% Pick Rate
    Ionian Boots of Lucidity
    Ionian Boots of Lucidity (900 gold) 10 Ability Haste
    45 Move Speed

    Ionian Insight
    Gain 10 Summoner Spell Haste.
    75.7% Win Rate0.7% Pick Rate
    Mercury's Treads
    Mercury's Treads (1250 gold) 20 Magic Resist
    45 Move Speed
    30% Tenacity

    54.3% Win Rate16.9% Pick Rate
    Core Build
    Kindlegem
    Kindlegem (800 gold) 200 Health
    10 Ability Haste

    ->
    Locket of the Iron Solari
    Locket of the Iron Solari (2200 gold) 200 Health
    25 Armor
    25 Magic Resist
    10 Ability Haste

    Devotion
    Grant nearby allies a 200 - 360 Shield that decays over 2.5 seconds.
    Thornmail
    Thornmail (2450 gold) 150 Health
    75 Armor

    Thorns
    When struck by an Attack, deal magic damage to the attacker and apply 40% Wounds for 3 seconds if they are a champion.
    Thornmail
    Thornmail (2450 gold) 150 Health
    75 Armor

    Thorns
    When struck by an Attack, deal magic damage to the attacker and apply 40% Wounds for 3 seconds if they are a champion.
    100.0% Win Rate1.3% Pick Rate
    Final Build
    Trailblazer
    Trailblazer (2400 gold) 250 Health
    40 Armor
    4% Move Speed

    Lead the Way
    While moving, build up to 20 bonus Move Speed.
    At max speed:
  • Create a trail that grants allied champions Move Speed equal to 15% of yours.
  • If you are Melee, your next Attack Slows the target by 50% for 1 second.
  • 99.9% Win Rate19.9% Pick Rate
    Other Items
    Frozen Heart
    Frozen Heart (2500 gold) 75 Armor
    400 Mana
    20 Ability Haste

    Winter's Caress
    Reduce the Attack Speed of nearby champions by 20%.
    0.0% Win Rate19.8% Pick Rate
    Kaenic Rookern
    Kaenic Rookern (2900 gold) 400 Health
    80 Magic Resist
    100% Base Health Regen

    Magebane
    After not taking magic damage for 15 seconds, gain a magic shield.
    0.0% Win Rate19.7% Pick Rate

    Nautilus vs Pantheon: Support Skill (abilities) Orders

    Most Frequent Skill Order

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    Q
    Q
    Dredge Line Nautilus hurls his anchor forward. Colliding with an enemy pulls them and Nautilus together, dealing magic damage. Colliding with terrain pulls Nautilus towards it.
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    W
    W
    Titan's Wrath Nautilus gains a temporary Shield. While it persists, his Attacks deal damage over time to his target and surrounding enemies.
    W
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    W
    E
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    Riptide Nautilus creates three exploding waves around himself. Each explosion damages and slows enemies.
    E
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    R
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    Depth Charge Nautilus fires a shockwave into the earth that chases an opponent. This shockwave rips up the earth above it, knocking enemies into the air. When it reaches the opponent, the shockwave erupts, knocking his target into the air and stunning them.
    R
    R
    R
    Max Order: Q > W > E
    53.9% Win Rate58.0% Pick Rate

    Highest Win % Skill Order

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    R
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    Dredge Line Nautilus hurls his anchor forward. Colliding with an enemy pulls them and Nautilus together, dealing magic damage. Colliding with terrain pulls Nautilus towards it.
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    W
    Titan's Wrath Nautilus gains a temporary Shield. While it persists, his Attacks deal damage over time to his target and surrounding enemies.
    W
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    Riptide Nautilus creates three exploding waves around himself. Each explosion damages and slows enemies.
    E
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    R
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    Depth Charge Nautilus fires a shockwave into the earth that chases an opponent. This shockwave rips up the earth above it, knocking enemies into the air. When it reaches the opponent, the shockwave erupts, knocking his target into the air and stunning them.
    R
    R
    R
    Max Order: Q > E > W
    69.1% Win Rate1.9% Pick Rate

    Nautilus tips:

    • While ganking, consider aiming Dredge Line at nearby terrain and following it up with Riptide for a higher hit rate.
    • Riptide has a delayed blast timing on activation - you can use this while running away or when enemies are incoming to serve as a deterrent.

    Playing Against Pantheon

    • Pantheon's Aegis Assault makes him invulnerable from the front. Get behind him or wait it out.
    • Be careful near Pantheon if your health is low - a thrown Comet Spear executes low health enemies.
    • Grand Starfall gives several seconds of warning before Pantheon arrives. Use this time to get out of the way or to form a plan to deal with him.