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Personally I don't think full AP Nautilus would make such a great support due to the fact that it would take him too long to get enough AP items.
In the early game you will do a lot of damage of course, but as the game goes on that damage will fall off because of your low gold income as a support.
On top of that, I feel like like you deal enough damage anyway as tank support. So the tank route will be a lot more (gold)efficient and it will be more useful come late game!
I hope this answers your question. ^^
Greetings,
~Kaji~
Also big ups for making my boy shine:)
First of all thank you for the comment and I am glad you liked my guide!
I believe most builds contain resolve and domination to put more focus on the fact that Nautilus has some good early game damage and to make his trades more explosive.
Yes, he loses a little bit on the sustain part, but it makes trading with him in lane a lot more interesting! ^^
I am always glad to see another naut main and I am glad you also see that he is such a fun and strong champ!
Greetings,
~Kaji~
Gargoyle Stoneplate certainly has a place up there if you are looking at long and dragged out teamfights. If your teamfights are short and heavy I wouldn't go towards it, but there's definitely a lot of situations where it can be a valid item choice.
Greetings,
~ Kaji ~
Nice!
Thank you for the comment and I am very glad you liked the guide!
I hope you will find a lot of success with it and that you have a lot of fun playing Nautilus. ^^
Greetings,
~ Kaji ~
On the Spellbinder I can tell you that I like to pick that item too as well when I am playing AP Nautilus or even when I am building tanky, but only when there's another full tank on my team. So that item can absolutely be used, just not in every single game.
If you are the only tank on your team, don't build it. You are way better of going for a Turbo Chemtank if you want more movement speed for engages!
As for Black Cleaver, I can see what you are getting at because you are trying to maximize the damage output your AD carry can do. But personally that's not an item I would build. Of course, if the item helps you get the win, don't be afraid to build it! ^^
Doing this makes it a lot harder for Nautilus to do anythig.
And indeed like you said, the later the game goes, the harder it becomes to engage because she has more points in her shield.
I enjoyed reading it.
I hope you learned something from the guide.
I also run boneplating for when you engage the enemy adc you take less damage in the trade and still get off your full combo on them. Good guide overall, I made one as well and it is pretty similar to yours!
I can absolutely see the point in going Ultimate Hunter because it will increase the up time on your ult by a large amount.
Sometimes I also like to go Bone Plating, but I feel like Font of Life fits the support role some more. ^^ Which doesn't mean that your runes aren't just as well suited for Nautilus!
To answer your question: yes, I do believe he is still viable.
There's a lot more freedom now in bot lane and Nautilus can absolutely still find his way on to the rift.
For example if you have a Yasuo with you bot lane (which can happen since patch 8.11). Everytime you use Dredge Line it's a free ult for Yasuo.
If you read the notes for patch 8.12 you will also see that shields (abilities and enhancing items) will get nerfed. This leaves more room for supports like Nautilus to create plays!