So your passive is a bit buggy/glitchy. It doesn't always stun your enemy as it should. For example it doesn't always stun enemy champions like Fiora which is why sometimes when Fiora uses Riposte it won't always stun Nautilus. Otherwise it's really useful especially with Courage of the Colossus since your passive procs that shield just giving you a large shield level one with no abilities.

Another hard CC ability that triggers Courage of the Colossus . So Blitzcrank hook pulls the enemy to you, Thresh hook pulls you to the enemy, your Dredge Line does a hybrid, and pulls both of you towards each other, allowing for an easy Staggering Blow proc. However this is also your spider man ability. If you hit terrain you get pulled to the terrain, mostly because you can't pull terrain. So when trying to catch up to someone, hook the terrain if your Dredge Line won't reach the full distance. You can also use your Dredge Line for those crisp escapes.

So there are 2 key points with this ability. The first which most people don't notice is the auto reset. this will be good during trades since you can auto the immediately use your Titan's Wrath to get a second auto in really fast w/ almost no time delay. The second key part is the shield that you get. The shield deals bonus magic damage till broken and the shield is freaking huge. Pair this with Courage of the Colossus and half of your health bar becomes a shield.

Ah an AOE wave clear ability that hits up to 3 times. This ability is great when it comes to csing because it allows you to push, last hit and poke your opponent all with the push of a button. How convenient is that? Also while your Dredge Line, Staggering Blow and Depth Charge all do hard CC your Riptide will only slow your opponent, making it easier to catch up to them. so instead of wasting [[dredge line to get close you can use Riptide to slow the enemy down and then walk up to them for the trade.

Depth Charge is freaking amazing because 1) it has a fairly low CD, 2)its point and click so there is no dodging it unless you kill Nautilus and, 3)anyone it hits along the way also gets knocked up and stunned. So when you get into a teamfight just ult the backline so the front and backlines get knocked up.

: I personally like the Doran's Ring start since it gives me AP, mana regen and health, all working really nicely with Nautilus. Usually though if I am getting heavily pressured in lane I almost always comeback with atleast 1 of these (sometimes 2).



: You don't get this item for the base stat of 80 health, rather you ge it for its unique healing passives. Starting the game off with just one of these and 2 Health Potions and you have a ridiculously high sustainability as a tank. after the Doran's Shield update I tried it out and saw how strong it really is.

: I personally like these boots since the movement speed is the highest in combat movement speed. out of combat Mobility Boots are faster but by getting cloud drakes you can make up for that.



: The unique passive on this item blocks 10% of the damage from incoming basic attacks. This makes it a powerful contender against most AD based comps.




: I love these boots on almost any champ minus ADCs. They offer magic resist, tencaity and movement speed. What more can anyone ask for?

: Let me start off by saying, IF YOU DON'T GET THIS THATS YOUR LOST. Now let me explain this items unique passive. When you take damage a percentage of the damage taken is restored as mana, and when you use mana, a percentage of that mana used is restored as health. This item is insanely good on ap tanks that can get ahead. Now if you've read my Maokai guide you see that I don't recommend getting Rod of Ages which has the same unique passive. Now for tanks like old Maokai its usually pretty hard to get ahead in lane (personal oppinion). However when you are nautlius it's just so much easier now since you just have damage and cc oozing out of everywhere. Also old Maokai got bonus resistances when he started his ult. In that case might as well stack your resistances sky high, ult, and then your ult makes you unkillable. Nautilus ulti relies more on damage than resistances, so while getting those resistances is also key, boosting your high base damage will allow you to have more of a presence.



: God this item is actually pretty dam fun. So naturally Nautilus is a CC tank. However sometimes you need softer CC in order to save your hard CC abilities for the right moment. Enter Everfrost. This item has an active ability which shoots out icy bolts that slow enemies allowing your team to catch up to them. Also the Catalyst of Aeons passive which is carried over.



: Stacking mana, health and AP up to 10 times as the game progresses. This just what the doctor ordered. The best thing for you average getting to a tank god Nautilus. Well rounded item that also has the Catalyst of Aeons passive.



: CDR, mana and an empowered auto. Pair the empowered auto with your Titan's Wrath and that's a huge amount of damage that you'll be outputting in a single auto w auto combo.

: a strong item that offers wave control for those of us who are bad at csing. Also a great item to take against melee opponents since not only will they take damage from you they'll also take damage from the Bami's Cinder effect



: armor, health, movement speed, empowered autos. For high mobility targets or if you you need more speed on the rotations, then I would really recommend that you take this item, the full empowered auto plus your Staggering Blow is deadly especially vs turrets.



: This item has a really cool passive which reduces crit chance, and as an active it it provides an AOE slow, great for targets like Draven, Miss Fortune, or Jinx



: This item is if your ahead, and most of your opponents rely on auto attacks. Getting this item, causes enemies to take damage for autoing you, which is really useful versus a Vayne, Twitch or Tryndamere

: This item offers health, health regen, and magic resist what more can it offer? Oh? What was that? A unique passive that increases healing to the champion that has the item? Works really well with the Catalyst of Aeons unique passive? Well I would never guess that.



: Offers a ridiculous amount of magic resist, and has the passive where it reduces the enemies magic resistance by a certain percentage. That means it also "boosts" your damage to enemy champions



: more of an AP item now, less of a defensive item, but very useful spell shield passive






: Now heres an item. This here is the Teemo, Singed, Malzahar, Maokai counter item. Its unique passive means that you take reduced damage from DOT such as poison, space herpes, suicide saplings and more.

: Gave Sunfire Aegis the boot, and officially became the most OP tank item in the game. Stoneplate offers magic resist, armor, and a freaking insane passive and active. The passive is if 3 or more champions are near by then you gain +40 armor and magic resist. The active is you grow in size, you gain +40% health and you have damage reduction, and IF YOUR PASSIVE IS ACTIVE WHEN YOU ACTIVATE IT THE BONUS HEALTH GOES TO 100%. If that isn't broken, I actually don't know what is broken.



: armor, magic resist and an active magic resist shield, not a bad item for Nautilus but since there are alot of other options I really recommend only getting this item if you are really pushed to the edge.



: Take health and add to it an insane health regen passive and that is what this item is. Best advice is to not get it too early, but rather build it later, where the passive really makes a huge difference.



: This item has it all in the name; its a portal to the void. what it does is you place this little portal down and it starts pulling lil minion guys from the void to help you siege turrets. The item also gives you move speed near turrets, armor and magic resist. Fantastic item if you wanna stop or continue to split push.