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Remember the times when Nautilus was a top/jungle tank champion? This guy is like a boomer who said "old but gold" and never followed the future changes.

I remember when Nautilus was meta in the jungle... I wonder if anyone climbed to master with it since then

For anyone who thinks 'Oh but naut top is meta' I hate to break it to you, but your knowledge is now almost 6 years out of date. The last time he was meta in any elo was 2017 - www.leagueofgraphs.com/champions/stats/nautilus/top/sr-ranked There is also a ROA naut top player in EUW grandmaster - Thóril So feel free to experiment with a more AP version too

as someone who still picks naut occasionally toplane from time to time, this was such a nice morale boost to see

I remember the days when Naut used to go Top/Jungle. Those were the days, man.

Never forget Nautilus' original Lore page. He's literally just a random guy who got attacked by some mystery magic and fused with his diving suit.

I absolutely love Nautilus' design, someone starting League and going straight to Nautilus after seeing him in the role of a near unstoppable behemoth in that cinematic is something I resonate with lol

this was one of my go to picks back in the days. Im glad somebody made it grandmaster with this beast of a champ!

nautilus got powercrept so hard that his original role, top, is considered off meta

8:57 True 😂 lux with barrier

holy shit finally an off meta toplaner that is finally not just a roaming support

fun fact, if naut autos fiora but cancels it to bait out the parry the parry stun still goes of. if you decide to naut top always ban fiora because its just not winnable because of this interaction

Funny thing is, when nautilus was released on wild rift, riot decided to recommend players to play him in top the day of his release.

I've been playing this pick since his recent buffs in s13. Been enjoying it alot. My buildpath and strategy was different enough from this guys though that I bet implementing some of what I just learned will help me improve as well. Definitely playing him from a nostalgic perspective as I used to play naut top back in like s5

Didn't expect Nautilus to be that strong at top lane. That's why league is so awesome, the player base is always trying to find new strategies to climb, this one seems to work pretty well. It's funny to see a Nautilus killing Mordekaiser so many times xDDD.

So we've got Naut Top, Blitz Jungle. We just need Pyke, Thresh, and Amumu to go Mid/ADC/Supp and we can have the all hook champ comp lol.

Been playing this for such a long time and I’m so excited to see my big boy getting some love

Just found this video and just started using him top he’s a beast thanks for the guide

Whenever i'd get top i loved Naut because it was so safe to pick into almost anything and i loved all the CC he provides, i loved this champ, i'll pick him up again in the jg maybe c':

Im very surprised you dont have more subs. This is great content.

Very nice video, HappyChimeNoises!

As an old player it's suprisingly amazing to see a Naut top player out there still, what's surprising is that this is alot of how I remember old Naut Laning playing out I just never thought cookies could fix his mana problems alone I'm going to give this a shot it could be fun

Amazing effort! Just like your tierlist video. Thank you sm ur vids help.

Been a nautilus main since he came out, to see another person who plays him top brings me joy

I used to love naut top, this definitely inspired me to bring it back.

@5:20 "Nautilus auto-attacks are slow" - showing one of the highest base AS in the wiki

Omg, I used to love playing Nautilus top. I am gonna pick this right now

When I tag for a game, i go to this channel and check what i want to play ahaha Thanks happy chime noise for this offmeta database. Would be cool if you keep updating the build channel on the discord !

as an E maxing Nautilus support in diamond i love that he also uses the cookies to boost max mana as well as bait trades with enemies to all in them

ever since the buff to tank supports ive been playing ali and naut top and naut top is so good with rod of ages. hp mana ap and it scales, catalyst is amazing on naut as it gives him the much needed mana and hp and the heal on ability use. dont sleep on this pick, if needed you can get baumi´s cinders before roa but getting roa asap is key to winning most lanes super easy as you can bully them under tower with auto W auto and e and just walk away taking a single towershot that gets blocked by your shield

I’m an absolute nautilus top fanatic. I love grasp, shield bash, conditioning or boneplating depending on the match up and revitalise. Secondary runes are presence of mine or the stacking atk buff run and last stand with ability haste, mr and armour. Your burst is insane if you stagger your auto attacks correctly (passive + grasp then w auto for shield bash proc and w on hit stacking) without any items and I personally like RoA, sunfire, demonic, force of nature or spirit visage depending how ap heavy they are, thornmail, randuins omen /frozen heart or deaths dance (the reason for this is because of the staggering damage, letting you tank more plus the bonus ad doesn’t inherently scale with your passive but it will let your overall auto attacks inbetween spells be more vicious, if you need an anti-ap alternative, wits end is also pretty good, free movement speed and ap on hit on top of your E slow is slow pretty mean, plus the attack speed is nice to proc more hits on your w). You can alternatively remove presence of mind for a better rune and use a tear instead of some funky last item for a seraphs embrace or Fimbulwinter to make the most out of RoA’s bonus mana depending on what your team needs the most. I have no experience in ranked, but it’s what I find effective even if I “lose lane” I’m still able to pick up kills and fix my kda quick after the RoA purchase. But I’d say give it a try, most of it is conditional on the matchup in the end so anything can go on nautilus, before the tank items and some item reworks, I managed to get an effective ad nautilus build with mythic sunfire, titanic, old steraks and deaths dance as the core items, usually buying another tank item and defensive boots depending on the match up, it was pretty fun to see people struggle quite hard against such a stupid pick but times have changed and I think I need some more time to cook and actually try ranked to get an effective, pure tank, ap tank hybrid and ad tank hybrid builds that are flexible in itemisation.

happy I need the big smoke meme in the beginning

I started league last year and boyy i was in love with swain and naut form the start but after i see how adcs can be bad i switched to top and it really is good, this just gave me more insight how to play naut top better coz i was winning almost all games so far except good fioras xd. great video

8:59 is this the counter bruiser bruiser lux and i remember back in the day i legit fought a naut for 5 minutes stright with my team and he was still alive xd

I use a cheesier version of naut top: grasp rune page with shield bash and revitalize, secondary cheap shot and ingenious hunter. Core build: frostfire gauntlet, filmbulwinter, gargoyle stoneplate. Max w then E. This style has low wave clear but maximizes ur shields' value, ingenious hunter allows you to have the cooldowns of your 3 core items up more often, u are pretty much unkillable, and you gain higher dps from sheen procs, shield bash and cheap shot. Fun build

Brings back the memories when Naut was meta... oh how times have changed

Thank you chime I can't wait to troll my games with this :)

I feel this dude, i play Nautilus only for the cinematic and is still today a scar never health to see him only like a supp. This person is a hero unu 👌

Interesting that he settled on the exact runes I use for Poppy top. I might have to give this a try. Feel like he might have learned from Makkro as well?

Excited to troll my opponents with this pick

Played against a Naut top yesterday as kayle, also they had a Blitzcrank Jungle

its funny to see cause I remember nautilus as a tap laner anyways

Nice to see a good ol’ tank in toplane again

funny thing is yesterday i found a different naut top player that plays with roa, Thóril (gm euw)

9:00 The Lux with barrier XDD

I love how in most off meta picks people win with doing the unexpected. You don't expect a Zav to one tap you or a Naut to tank 5 man burst. But here they are.

I really love this content

I main Naut top; it's glad to know I'm not the only one crazy enough to play mad diver :^)

Finally a Nautilus videossssssss waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

I've played tank and ap nautilus top/mid since season 4. Reaching diamond pretty constantly the champions very fun and versatile would recommend :D

Hit masters ty happychimenoises ty naut preacher

What’s weird is that Camille and fiora are often hard to fight against, but with your auto root and slow it cancels any dive they run

Still remember in early seasons Nautilus is played in top and in jungle.

After fighting a twitch jg back in season 11 I felt like testing the weirdest things I could think of in jg, tried blitz jg but didnt like him since he couldnt farm, then I realized naut existed. Worked better than I ever expected, then proceeded to get m7 for him in jg instead of support lol

That Alienware laptop is freaking gorgeous

Idk why but it’s so satisfying when he says “our player”

great vid per usual. how do you find all these players?

I remember when he used to be played top and jungle. I still play him there from time to time but just not against ranged champs and Darius. Anyway, he can still stomp if the enemy doesn't know how to deal with him. He still deals surprising amounts of damage though when I tried this it was back when Sunfire was still a Mythic. Yeah, Naut top/jungle never truly died for me, just less favorable.

do a video about ollip proxy kayn top currently gm on euw his strategy is so unusual and so cool to watch

TIME TO BRING THIS BACK BOYS! ...jk this has been a low key sleeper pick for years; just not one I could get to GM with.

love your new layout at the end with the runes/skills/items all in one place, but you are missing the adaptive runes :( would be nice to see what they get for early game.

I'm a blitz main just used naut for the first time I felt like his mana wasn't that bad considering I normally use 100 mana on a missed c4ank hook lmao 😂

I play naut jg pretty regularly with predator. Either going tank + demonics

I love that moment when u show how u playing lol with touchpad

Now I will have to fight over naut with my top laner 😂 awesome video its cool to see naut back in a solo lane he was so good back then so I dont blame riot for nerfing him down to support

im gonna be looking for a naut top now (all yi mains)

"cookie strategy" Months later this has taken on a new meaning in my mind

He was live last year 😂

wow congratz

Me forgetting naut and maokai are no longer meta top like 6 years ago but happy he's back to his lane

Catalyst is really good on naut

Back in MY day, you'd see Naut top every few games...good times, lol

Honestly in a few years time we are gonna have a video titled " How a Blitzcrank support got to plat +" at this rate, going full circle lol

Just played this as urgot. His base dmg is high and push is there.

I’ve been playing naut in mid, Jung and support and am about to break out of golf. My ratios are always good but regardless, as a tank, it comes down to your tank rallying around you correctly ti end quickly

Dude, I remember using Naut for top lane. He's more fun and useful there versus support role. Though I gotta ask. Is Heartsteel good for Nautilus top?

shield bash is so good on naut, is it worth trading for demolish?

If I get stuck top and don't know what to pick, I go Nautilus because he was originally a top-laner and I still think he feels good.

ah my Clash Royale Miner in the botlane prediction on twitter wasn't correct :(

I did this before I even heard of it I just thought I made sense

8:59 "other tanks" - proceeds to show lux with barrier

Ah I remember the good old days of naut top and jungle

Barrier Lux is my favourite tank.

This guy should play Ornn and Tahm Kench as his second

Funny enough, I’ve been doing this for a while and I just wanted to cause it’s kind of fun but the damage naut can deal at full AP is insane

Ive been playing nautilus top since s9, but the item changes have made it hard to adapt. Cool to see people are still making it work!

I recently started playing Rell mid and I’ve been having a blast. I was surprised at how similar my pick was with this Nautilus, even having similar runes and build paths. So this gave me even more confidence to start climbing with Rell mid !

Been working on making naut top work for weeks before this was ever posted. I feel incredibly validated and proud knowing I did it "before it was cool" and even did it differently (although obviously not to the same success yet). Been playing full tank naut with comet, manaflow, focus or trascendence & scorch or gathering storm depending on matchup. The rest being resolve runes, and going exhaust because it counters both ignite and flash. Popular summoner spells for people who think they can kill you early

How's this build now, seeing as that build path has been altered?

bruh, if i remember it correctly. naut was originally a top/jgl not a support

Makes me wanna take my Braum top to ranked.

Do a video on Arthur lanches, Brazilian Challenger who just play as teemo top, Nice content tho

This video after a promotion loss on Wild Rift because of a Nautilus top make my eyes tic😀

I have been playing naut top for a while like 6 months on and off not maining it cause i suck as support and hate the 2v2 lane when playing as a tank and the lack of income so i played him top. the new items kinda suck at least compared to frostfire gauntlet for him. so i stopped playing it as much when it hit the new season and i got him too m7 a month or so before that. not the same now after playing it a bit this season but hearthsteels snowbally style works when it works and there's not much else to build that is as good as the old mythics at least in terms of synergy and i like being big so the size is cool. I go for a build that focuses on big shields so that you can do damage through shield bash and i mean actually a lot of damage. it's not uncommon for a 30 minute game for the rune too have done 8k damage.

BRO I WANTED TO MAKE THAT IDEA

good vid

Why I play half of this builds myself and then see video about it

i WILL make it to high elo with zeri top ill keep you updated on the trip to it currently low elo positive wr i just dont play enough and my teams lose because no tank :(

Nice idea, but malphite is kinda nuts this patch.