Nautilus ARAM Mayhem Build

The Titan of the Depths. A middle-of-the-pack pick in ARAM Mayhem on patch 26.21: #98 of 173 champions.

BPatch 26.21TankSupportNo runes in Mayhem

Tier: B
Win rate: 48.9%
Pick rate: 6.6%
Rank: #98 of 173
Games: 1,536,815
Patch: 26.21

How to play Nautilus in ARAM Mayhem

Nautilus is a solid, middle-of-the-pack pick in ARAM Mayhem on patch 26.21: tier B, #98 of 173 champions, with a 48.9% win rate over 1,536,815 games.

Nautilus's damage is mixed (40% physical, 53% magic), which makes it awkward for the enemy team to itemize against. It soaks 67,681 damage per game and mitigates another 132,388, so it belongs at the front: start fights and absorb the poke your carries can't. With 96 seconds of crowd control per game it is one of the team's main sources of lockdown.

Most Nautilus players go Tank (86% of games), but the AP path, ability power items, is ARAMKit's top-ranked build: Stormsurge, Shadowflame and Rabadon's Deathcap, with a 46.0% win rate. On this build 59% of players skip boots and spend the slot on another item.

The cards that do best on Nautilus are The Boom and the Bass, Armored Impact and Stay Resolute. Cards built around health and resistances fill most of the top of its list, followed by ability haste. Skip Overflow and Jeweled Gauntlet when you can: they do worst on Nautilus. A pair to look for: Shadow Runner with The Boom and the Bass.

Take Flash and Mark (94% of players). Max Q (Dredge Line) first, then W, then E.

Nautilus ARAM Mayhem build

ARAMKit groups every Nautilus game by build path. The top-ranked path comes first, with the items most players start with, buy first and add later.

AP build · top ranked

46.0% win rate · 1% of Nautilus games · 11,369 games

Start

Hextech Alternator

Core items, in buying order

Stormsurge
Shadowflame
Rabadon's Deathcap

Boots on the AP build for Nautilus, top ranked first, with the share of players who buy them
Boots, best first	Players
No boots	59%
Ionian Boots of Lucidity	3%

Situational, after the core

Luden's Echo8% buy it
Banshee's Veil7% buy it
Imperial Mandate4% buy it
Cryptbloom7% buy it
Liandry's Torment3% buy it

Other build paths

Other Nautilus build paths with share of games, win rate and core items
Path	Core items	Games	Win rate
TankHeartsteel, Unending Despair, Warmog's Armor		85.8%	48.9%

Games: the share of all Nautilus games that went this way.

Most bought items

Heartsteel88% of games
Warmog's Armor61% of games
Unending Despair58% of games
Thornmail43% of games
Mercury's Treads35% of games
Jak'Sho, The Protean25% of games
Spirit Visage20% of games
Randuin's Omen18% of games
Winter's Approach16% of games
Kaenic Rookern16% of games

Best augments for Nautilus

Every card with enough Nautilus games, by tier and best first within each tier. Tiers are Nautilus's own: a card can be S tier here and C tier on another champion. As Riot's policy asks, cards are shown by tier and order only, never with a win rate. Click a card for its own page; the augment tier list ranks them over all champions.

PrismaticBest prismatic cards

GoldBest gold cards

SilverBest silver cards

S- and A-tier cards for Nautilus

8 S tier and 33 A tier, best first.

The S- and A-tier augments for Nautilus in ARAM Mayhem, best first, with their rarity and what they do
Augment	Rarity	Tier	What it does
The Boom and the Bass	Gold	Tier S	After casting an Ability, your next Attack within 6 seconds is faster, deals Melee (50–200 (by level) +50% Bonus Attack Damage+30% Ability…
Armored Impact	Gold	Tier S	After casting an Ability, your next Attack deals (50–125 (by level) +250% Bonus Armor) bonus physical damage to nearby enemies.
Stay Resolute	Silver	Tier S	Damaging enemy champions with selected ability grants you 1–3 (by level) Armor or Magic Resistance based on their Adaptive Force Damage…
Forged By The Master	Silver	Tier S	Your Item and Augment damage are increased by 45%.
Mad Scientist	Prismatic	Tier S	On each Revive, you grow large (gaining 30% Adaptive Force and 20% Health) or tiny (gaining 70 Ability Haste and 40% Movement Speed).
Hand of Baron	Prismatic	Tier S	Gain 25% Adaptive Force. Nearby allied minions are greatly empowered.
Infinite Recursion	Prismatic	Tier S	Gain 60 Ability Haste, plus 3 Ability Haste per takedown.
Upgrade Immolate	Silver	Tier S	Hollow Radiance and Sunfire Aegis grant 12 Gold per target affected with Immolate. Gain 250 Gold.
Pressure Cooker	Gold	Tier A	Every second, apply an infinitely stacking Burn to nearby enemy champions, dealing (0.5% Max Health) magic damage per second for 2 seconds…
Sap Magic	Gold	Tier A	Every 20 seconds, your next Attack deals (80–300 (by level) +5% Bonus Health) bonus physical damage and restores (50–250 (by level) +8% Max…
Soul Eater	Gold	Tier A	Immobilizing an enemy champion grants 20 max Health. If taken as your second Augment, starts with 300 Health.
Escape Plan	Silver	Tier A	Gain a massive (65% Max Health) decaying Shield, decaying 150% Movement Speed, and a decaying shrink effect upon reaching 35% Health (75…
Omni Soul	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain 3 random Dragon Souls.
Fruitify	Silver	Tier A	Scoring a Takedown causes the slain champion to explode into 3–6 (by level) Fruit. Fruit restores 6% of your maximum health and restores 6%…
Cruelty	Prismatic	Tier A	On Immobilizing or Grounding an enemy champion, summon a comet above them. The comet lands after 1 second, dealing (50–150 (by level) +40%…
Steel Your Heart	Gold	Tier A	QUEST: Possess Heartsteel with 300 stacks. REWARD: Multiply Heartsteel stacks by 3.
Courage of the Colossus	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain (150–450 (by level) +4% Max Health) Shield after Immobilizing or Grounding an enemy champion.
Lich Brain	Silver	Tier A	Gain (30+4% Bonus Health) Ability Power.
Goliath	Prismatic	Tier A	Become large, gaining 35% Health and 15% Adaptive Force.
Heavy Hitter	Silver	Tier A	Your Attacks deal additional (3.5% Max Health) physical damage.
Shrink Engine	Gold	Tier A	Takedowns grant a stack that makes you 4% smaller, grants 8 Ability Haste, and 1% Movement Speed. Lose 65% stacks on death…
Weapon of Destiny	Gold	Tier A	Your first Legendary Item becomes the Weapon of Destiny. When a champion you damaged within the last 3 seconds dies, increase the Weapon of…
Tank Engine	Gold	Tier A	On takedown, gain a stack that grants 5% increased size and 5% max Health. Lose 65% of stacks on death.
Growth Spurt	Gold	Tier A	Gain Growth Spurt as a Summoner Spell. Growth Spurt suddenly increases your size, Knocking Up nearby enemies for 1 second and granting…
Echo Cast	Prismatic	Tier A	Casting your selected ability sends a clone of the ability toward your mouse position and recasts it after 0.25 seconds.
Leg Day	Silver	Tier A	Gain 50 Movement Speed and 50% Slow Resist.
Donation	Gold	Tier A	Receive 1750 Gold. Thanks chat!:)
Recursion	Gold	Tier A	Gain 60 Ability Haste.
Hellbent	Prismatic	Tier A	Striking enemy champions with Attacks or Abilities grants you a stack of Revivemaxxing for 6 seconds (max: 10). At max stacks become…
Transmute: Chaos	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain 2 random Augment Tier Augments.
Ocean Soul	Silver	Tier A	Gain the Ocean Soul, granting high Health and Mana Regen after damaging enemies.
Flashy	Gold	Tier A	Your Flash has 3 charges. After 120 seconds, regain all charges.
Lonely Warrior	Silver	Tier A	Gain 15% Attack Speed, 10 Armor, and 10 Magic Resist for each nearby enemy champion within 600 Range.
Giant Slayer	Prismatic	Tier A	Become tiny, gain 20% Movement Speed, and deal between 10% and 30% bonus damage to champions based on how much larger they are than you.
Transmute: Prismatic	Gold	Tier A	Gain a random Augment Tier Prismatic Augment.
Porcupine	Gold	Tier A	Taking damage from champions builds up a burst of needles. At critical mass, the needles burst, dealing (75–200 (by level) +125% Bonus…
Celestial Body	Gold	Tier A	Gain 1500 Health, but you deal 10% less damage.
Blue Barrier	Silver	Tier A	Gain 200–450 (by level) % of the Max Mana Mana you spend as a Shield for 1.5 seconds. Shields up to 300–800 (by level)
Ultimate Awakening	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain 30 Ultimate Ability Haste. After using your Ultimate, refresh your basic abilities and gain 300 basic ability haste for 15s. (20s…
Stats on Stats!	Gold	Tier A	Gain 3 Stat Anvils, with a higher chance of Gold and Prismatic Anvils!
Clown College	Prismatic	Tier A	Backstab: You deal (20–35 (by level) +35% Ability Power +50% Bonus Attack Damage) bonus physical damage when striking from behind. Deceive…

Average on Nautilus
50 cards, best first

Below average on Nautilus
31 cards, best first

Weakest on Nautilus
14 cards, best first

Best first augment for Nautilus

Your first card decides the early fights, and a card that is great as a first pick can be a weak fourth. ARAMKit ranks Nautilus's cards for each pick on its own; these are the top five per pick, with their tier in that pick. For the first pick, Armored Impact, Upgrade Immolate and Stay Resolute come out on top.

The best augments for Nautilus in each pick of an ARAM Mayhem game, best first, with their tier in that pick
#	First pick	Second pick	Third pick	Fourth pick
1	Armored ImpactTier S	Bread And ButterTier S	Hand of BaronTier S	The Boom and the BassTier S
2	Upgrade ImmolateTier S	Bread And JamTier S	The Boom and the BassTier S	Forged By The MasterTier S
3	Stay ResoluteTier S	Stay ResoluteTier S	Forged By The MasterTier S	Mad ScientistTier S
4	Mad ScientistTier S	The Boom and the BassTier S	Stay ResoluteTier S	Sap MagicTier S
5	Pressure CookerTier A	Armored ImpactTier S	Sap MagicTier S	Hand of BaronTier A

Strong card pairs

Two cards that do especially well together on Nautilus, best pair first.

Summoner spells and skill order

Summoner spells

Flash + Mark94% of players · 49.1% win rate
Flash + Ghost4% of players · 47.4% win rate
Flash + Clarity0% of players · 47.9% win rate

Skill order

QDredge Line
WTitan's Wrath
ERiptide

Max Q first. 39% of players use this order (49.9% win rate); put points in R whenever you can.

Nautilus in an average Mayhem game

Averages per game over every game on this patch.

K / D / A: 6.5 / 10.8 / 30.4
KDA: 3.78
Damage to champions: 30,108
Damage taken: 67,681
Self-mitigated: 132,388
Healing on allies: 4
Shielding on allies: 1
Crowd control: 96 s
Kill participation: 66%
Game length: 16:58

Damage type

Physical 40%Magic 53%True 8%

Questions and answers

What is the best Nautilus build in ARAM Mayhem?

On patch 26.21 ARAMKit ranks the AP build first for Nautilus: Stormsurge, Shadowflame and Rabadon's Deathcap. The most played build is Tank.

What are the best augments for Nautilus in ARAM Mayhem?

The S-tier cards for Nautilus, best first: The Boom and the Bass, Armored Impact, Stay Resolute, Forged By The Master and Mad Scientist. The full list by tier is on this page.

Is Nautilus good in ARAM Mayhem?

Nautilus is tier B on patch 26.21, #98 of 173 champions, with a 48.9% win rate over 1.5 million games. That makes it a solid, middle-of-the-pack pick in ARAM Mayhem right now.

What is the best first augment for Nautilus in ARAM Mayhem?

For Nautilus's first pick on patch 26.21: Armored Impact, Upgrade Immolate, Stay Resolute, Mad Scientist and Pressure Cooker, best first. Cards rank differently in later picks; the table on this page has all four.

Other Tanks in ARAM Mayhem

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ARAM Mayhem tier list
Every champion by tier on patch 26.21.
ARAM Mayhem augment tier list
Every card from S to D over all champions.
All Mayhem builds
Pick a champion from the full list.
ARAM Mayhem rules
Augment levels, rerolls and why there are no runes.
ARAM Mayhem guide
How the mode, the cards and the picks work.
Nautilus counters
Its lane matchups on Summoner's Rift.
ARAM Mayhem overlay
The card picker and build in the app.

Source: ARAMKit, used with permission. Patch 26.21, 23,177,263 ARAM Mayhem games, data of October 28, 2026. Riot keeps Mayhem games out of its public match API, so these aggregates come from ARAMKit. Card tiers are shown without win rates, as Riot's developer policy asks.