Rakan vs Nautilus SUPPORT Matchup Guide

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Rakan into Nautilusmedium

Overview

Use your mobility and charm to create fast engages when your ADC can follow immediately.
Control brush to deny Nautilus's hook angles and protect your ADC's positioning.
Prioritize river vision to track Nautilus's roam attempts and secure dragon setups.

Engage with only when your ADC is ready to follow up on knockup.
Hold charges to peel your ADC if Nautilus commits his hook or ultimate.
Deny Nautilus brush control to reduce his hook angles and limit his engage threat.

Respect hook range from brush; avoid stepping into lane space without vision.
Beware ultimate that locks down your ADC; hold peel for counter-engage.
Nautilus controls brush and wave state to create pick angles; deny brush to reduce threat.

Win the level 2 race by syncing and with your ADC for strong engage.
Use brush control early to threaten engages and force Nautilus to play cautiously.
Crash the wave after level 3 to open roam windows while keeping ADC safe from Nautilus hooks.

Level 2: Your + combo enables strong engage; coordinate with your ADC to capitalize.
Level 3: Full kit unlocks poke and sustain; use healing to extend trades and maintain lane pressure.
Level 6: Your charm can chain CC for multi-target engages; use with ADC follow-up and river vision.

Convert brush control and engage cooldowns into safe ADC access and denied enemy positioning.
Roam after wave crashes with your ADC safe, placing river vision to pressure mid and dragon.
Use charm in teamfights to start knockup chains and secure favorable objective fights.

Tactical tip

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