15.3 Echoes from the Deep

Table of Contents

Introduction

Pros & Cons

Abilities

Game Plan

Summoner Spells

Vision Control

Stats To Consider

Which Boots & Why?

Itemization

Runes

Rune Shards

Summary

Introduction

Hi, my name is Demonsedge, and I've been enjoying my time at League of Legends. I can't say enough about this game.

When I choose to play , I will pick because I love how simple his setups and combos are. Therefore, I will offer an in-depth look into 's itemization and team setups while sharing some tips and tricks as you read through the guide.

Please enjoy this guide and be able to follow my suggestions to understand how works optimally.

So let's kick things off in style with my guide on - The Titan of The Depths.

Nautilus - The Titan of The Depths
Vanguard,

Specialties: Durability, Engage, Lockdown
Why choose Nautilus?:
- He's a simple champion to pick up and can be fun to play.
- Provides heavy crowd control engages, sets up good picks for carries, and is good at absorbing damage when you need to get objectives such as and .
- Has great playmaking potential while still being an effective frontline asset.

I always enjoy taking him on the rift when playing league matches, and I hope you will too.

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Pros & Cons

Pros

+ Self Peel
+ Great roaming support
+ Effective team fight potential
+ Strong backline access
+ Strong crowd control options
+ High damage for a tank

Cons

- Limited disengagement potential
- Susceptible to constant harass
- Mana intensive
- Ability animations are easy to spot
- Team reliant
- Slow to leave fights

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Abilities

Staggering Blow

|Target Immunity: 6 |

' basic attacks become empowered by dealing bonus physical damage (based on level) and rooting the target (duration based on level).

This effect can only occur on the same target once every few seconds.

Dredge Line

hurls his anchor in the target direction that stops on the first enemy or terrain hit.

If the anchor hits an enemy, it deals magic damage and reveals them dragging them toward while he dashes toward them. It also roots the target hit.

If the anchor hits terrain, dashes to that location and 50% of 's cooldown and mana cost are refunded.

Titan's Wrath

shields himself based on a % of his maximum health for up to 6 seconds. While the shield holds, his basic attacks are empowered to apply to the target and surrounding enemies.

Targets hit with the empowered autos take magic damage over time, with half dealt immediately while the other half applies after 1.25 seconds.

Also look to acquire 's when possible as they increase the shielding values immensely, thereby increasing your durability in team fights and skirmishes.

Riptide

Nautilus sends three waves of explosions that radiate from him over 0.561 seconds, each dealing magic damage per wave to enemies hit and slowing them, which decays over 1.5 seconds.

Damage from subsequent waves beyond the first deal 50% less damage.

Depth Charge

Nautilus sends out a that chases the targeted enemy champion, accelerating over time and creating eruptions every 0.264 seconds in its wake that also, briefly granting sight of the area. Enemies hit by the blasts dealing magic damage and are stunned and knocked up.

Upon reaching the primary target or when it moves too far away, the erupts a final time. The primary target takes increased magic damage, then are stunned and knocked up for the same duration as before.

Combos:

In this section, I will share some of the effective combos for that are simple to understand and that you can apply while playing summoners rift (draft and ranked) games.


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Tips & Tricks:

Playing As :
- resets ' basic attack timer.
- cannot move or attack while is in flight but can cast and during the dash.
- deals 150% damage against monsters. Very nice when helping your jungler take camps or neutral objectives.

Playing Against
- Play behind minions to avoid being hit by .
- If uses right next to you, hold in place until the ripple effect finishes before running. Running sooner will cause you to be hit by the secondary explosions, causing you to take additional damage and slow.
- While shields , he can deal large amounts of area of effect damage with his basic attacks.

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Game Plan

In this section, I will outline the things to focus on/consider at each game stage as .

- Early game: Your primary focus as involves establishing as much vision as possible to protect both you and your bottom lane partner from incoming enemy dives. Doing this will ensure that both of you are safe and can react quickly.

With the aid of your item ( or ), you will earn gold passively, and with the charges it offers, you will also be sharing gold with your team.

Be sure to gain as much gold & experience as possible to acquire your core items while also getting ahead in your matchup. Also, be sure to roam when you can (hitting other lanes or setting up deep wards), letting your bot lane know when you do so they can play safe while helping your teammates.

Setting up a freeze (holding the just outside your ) or trading with the enemy can ultimately deny them gold & experience.

- Mid-game: By now, you should be gathering with your team and focusing on team fighting and objective securing (, or ). Continue to place vision throughout the mid-game, and always try to block as much damage as possible for your team.

- Late game: If your games reach this stage, you'll want to be with your team on the frontlines and continue to put up wards around primary objectives while also grabbing soul, & , which are essential to close out the game if ahead. Make sure to deny your opponent these objectives.

Things to consider:

- Rotate towards early or other objectives to assist your . Also, be sure to gather enough experience so you'll be relevant to your team and be able to soak up the damage needed for your backline carries to take over the game.

- If a team fight erupts during your games, always consider the risk of the upcoming battle, meaning will you impact the outcome of that fight or objective, or does your team come out on top without you being there?

- When deciding to enter combat with , you should be mindful of where you are during the fight (positioning) and also be aware of where the enemy is when attempting to engage with your abilities.

Always be mindful of this when playing .

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Summoner Spells

Default

It's an integral summoner spell that should be a 100% pick in all your games. Another important reason is that if you get caught in the wrong spot, you can out to safety or easily dodge a crucial ability.

Secondary Options

This spell can be a good alternative against very mobile/ or strong champions that can burst you down quickly. Also great to use on targets you want to slow down or reduce their incoming damage (includes bonus damage from -related items & abilities)

This spell allows you to wear down the opponent dealing true damage and cutting their healing in the process, making it easier to secure a kill when in a duel with another champion. is your other go-to spell in most games, as . If too many s are present, opt for another option if necessary.

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Vision Control

Stealth Ward

is the default trinket as , revealing units within a target location. With a maximum of three wards to place, you'll create sightlines for you and your team when roaming the rift. Great when side laning/placing deep wards in enemy territory or getting vision on objectives ( & ).

Oracle Lens

is your best choice for and should be acquired on your first back so you can start denying enemy vision and protect critical areas of the rift while making dives more accessible for you and your team. Formidable when dealing with stealth champions who plant traps, such as , , & . It's also beneficial against champions who use stealth as a means to engage/disengage, like , , or .

Control Wards

s can be placed anywhere on the map, revealing and disabling enemy wards within a 900-unit radius. s function similarly to the trinket displaying stealth & camouflaged based champions (, , and ) that approach them. As support, you will buy this most of the time since you want to clear your vision as much as possible.

Upon the completion of your support item (), you're granted four s, giving you the option to mix and match between the different trinkets above, making vision placement and denial much easier to control around the map.

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Stats To Consider

- Armor/Magic Resistance: The best stats to have on . Always look to obtain them when itemizing for combat.

- Health: This stat is essential for fights, adding another layer of survivability when playing . Providing excellent synergy with & offers additional durability in combat.

- Ability Haste: A useful stat for when looking to use abilities more often. Not something we aim for above all others, but it is still good to consider.

- Movement Speed: As , it can help with roaming, keeping up with enemies & dodging skill shots.

- Attack Speed: Not heavily prioritized on outside the rune shard option we get (explained below), so we typically ignore this stat in every other way.

- Ability Power: As the of your team, your main goal is to take damage, not deal it. For , it's best to skip this stat and aim for a more defensive style with more defensive stats.

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Which Boots & Why?

Boots of Swiftness > Slow Reduction
When you have to deal with slows such as arrows or other movement impairing abilities, that would leave you slowed and make it hard for you to escape fights.

Swiftmarch > blessing of Noxus upgrade
With , grant increased mobility, helping to improve your dodging of skill shots and also assist in travelling the rift faster.

Mercury's Treads > Magic Resistance & Tenacity
There will be games where crowd control is plenty, then. So I would take this pair for the tenacity and magic resistance. They are also a good option if the whole team you are facing is mainly magic damage heavy.

are also great when combined with the tenacity & slow resist rune shard, or 's gaining even more resistance to crowd control effects.

Chainlord Crushers > blessing of Noxus upgrade
With , you'll gain increased shielding that blocks magic damage and great against burst or dot comps.

Plated Steelcaps > Basic Attack Damage Reduction
As a , these are fantastic for you because of the armor they provide. The reduction makes it easier to soak up damage for your backline and provides durability against substantial attack damage or auto-attack-focused champions.

Armored Advance > blessing of Noxus upgrade
functions similarly to . In contrast, you'll gain increased shielding that blocks any incoming physical damage you receive in combat.

To acquire the blessing of Noxus buff, you'll need to complete any two of the following actions during your games:
- Killing three epic camps
- Acquiring first blood
- Destroying the first

Upon claiming the buff, you can purchase the upgrade to the you are currently using in combat.

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Itemization

Starter Items

Your standard option for , offering sustain and income gain over the course of your matches.

Then you might be asking: Well, Demonsedge, how do I complete the support item quest?


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That's a great question, and here's how:

You'll receive your first charge before the first three units perish.

When charges are available, always use them when possible, as it increases your gold gain and your teammates.

When executing , or a , you'll gain a fixed amount of gold with each charge. At the same time, your nearby teammate will earn the total value of the executed .

Damaging champions will yield higher gold values (compared to executing ), allowing you to quickly complete your item.

Either strategy is effective when looking to complete your item.

Core Items

Provides damage reduction via redirected post-mitigation damage for a specific nearby ally and then healing yourself for a percentage of the damage they deal to champions. It's a very nice pickup if you have the means to soak up tons of damage in prolonged fights.

is a potent option for . The shield provided can help in near-death instances should they arise. Effective against burst heavy or damage over time champions.

A great alternative item for when you need sustain/durability in team fights and skirmishes. The passive effect regenerates max health out of combat once you have acquired enough health (through keystones, runes, items or levels) to trigger it. The regeneration effect will only apply after taking no damage from or champions—great synergy with synergy with for more shield strength.

Situational Items

grants a debuffing aura that reduces their magic resistance and increases yours by the same amount for each cursed enemy. It's potent when you want to amplify the damage of your team's magic sources on the enemy.

Synergizes well with because of how easily you can trigger the shield effect, plus you can stack it on top of and for more durability. I suggest picking this up; in games where you require more survivability during fights.

Very efficient when dealing with many

immobilizing effects or against teams with magic damage based abilities. This item will allow you to sustain burst damage champions like / or with heavy-dot damage play styles.

Using makes you exceptionally durable in team fights, allowing you to turn your health pool into a damaging tool against the enemy. benefits greatly from the increased health, ensuring you have big shielding for key fights, absorbing damage from key spells or auto attacks. Synergizes with items that scale with health (ex: , or ).

is an effective option for slowing down your opponents every so often. It helps to prevent your target from escaping you or your team.

With , you'll improve your durability over time during combat with the enemy. A solid option to consider as in every game.

is an excellent defensive option, granting a shield (similar to 's ) that helps to absorb any damage you take from magic-based sources (, , , ) in combat.

It gives you decent health, magic resist, ability haste and % base health regeneration. We get this item to have increased healing and shielding strength, which is great when looking to pop a more robust shield in combat.

Best taken on against melee champions such as , , or opponents who love to get up close and personal. Also very useful against full attack damage team compositions.

An excellent item for grievous wounds as when struck by

on-hit basic attacks. Very helpful against auto-attack heavy teams and healing from champions (, , Red ) or items (, ) that pose a threat.

It is an excellent asset in vision control when paired with your or support items. Providing access to all four s in your support item while also increasing the amount of s you can hold and increase the amount placed on the map. It benefits your team when opting for more vision control around important objectives and map locations.

on is a cost-efficient option that creates an area of effect slow field (that also damages enemies caught within). It provides improved chase-down potential against targets you want to eliminate.

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Runes

The following keystone & rune choices are great for and will complement him in combat. Always pay attention to the enemy team comp, plus your item builds when selecting your runes to get the most value in each game.

Keystone Runes:

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Immobilizing an enemy champion with will cause glacial waves to emanate from the target you hit, slowing any affected champion that crosses them. In addition, each glacial wave reduces the damage of all targets affected by 15%.

The damage reduction helps your allies become more resistant to enemy attacks and abilities while affected by the glacial augments effect; however, you will not receive less damage from targets affected.

- will trigger when you hit any of your

immobilizing abilities on targets, giving you bonus armor and magic resist then dealing 25-120 magic damage + 8% of your bonus health to all nearby enemies in the shockwave. This keystone will make you more durable in team fights and can be the difference between life and death.

- Pick up helps to shield you and an ally from harm. Now if you or another partner would take 90 − 250 (based on level) damage within 2.5 seconds or lethal damage from an enemy champion, or , you both gain a 45 − 120 (based on level) (+ 12.5% ability power) (+ 8% bonus health) shield for 2 seconds. Great against burst-heavy champions.

Domination Runes:

- deals 10-45 true damage based on level upon damaging a target afflicted with crowd control effects (cooldown 4 seconds). Great for because he has access to many crowd control effects, which allows easy application of this rune in team fights.

- can be applied as anytime you case or , thus granting you the extra damage upon hitting your foes.

- is great for because his ult has a stun/knock-up component. It's a good team fight initiator, effectively locking down targets running away or near dead targets you want to finish.

Inspiration Runes:

- While is on cooldown, it is replaced by (hexflash). After channelling hexflash, you will blink to a new location within a range of 200-425 depending on channel time (20-second cooldown, reduced to 10 when entering champion combat).

- is an excellent form of sustain after trading with the enemy while also giving you more time in lane without the need to back too often, ramping into your core items and allowing for better item spikes.

- Using , we can gain more summoner spells, active item haste, and trinket haste. In addition, it can increase our chances of surviving battles and creating game-changing play opportunities during team fights and skirmishes.

Precision Runes:

- allows you the ability to sustain yourself after a fight earning health and additional gold with each kill or assist obtained. That might not seem like a lot at first, but it can add up quickly and allow you to purchase critical items faster.

- is the default rune for most builds compared to the other legend runes. It also gives you more access to your key skills much sooner, allowing for more impactful engages against the enemy.

Resolve Runes:

- is a way to press lane faster because it will allow you to damage turrets based on 35% of your max health within a 45-second window. In addition, it helps with sieging turrets faster, thus giving you more freedom to roam sooner.

- will provide additional damage when in combat after being shielded from either ability () or item effects. When the shielding disappears, you have 2 seconds to hit the enemy with an empowered auto attack based on 8.5% of your last shield + 1.5% bonus health.

- Look to as your choice for a quick resistance boost. Increases your armor and magic resist by a flat amount and then by a percent amount. This rune can be very helpful when you need extra survivability and late-game durability.

- is a great rune when you want to engage with the enemy because it allows you to regain some health back after a skirmish or team fight. Stacking health through items or runes in conjunction with this rune will strengthen the healing regeneration.

- When dealing with heavy burst teams and you feel like getting more damage reduction, then pick up . It will allow you to reduce the damage of the following three spells or basic attacks by 30-60, depending on your champion level, within a 1.5-second window (55 cooldown timer).

- will help you gain some health throughout the game (3 per 8 / deaths, then acquiring 3.5% more max health at 120 minions absorbed). Now that might not seem like a lot since in the time it takes to get 200 health, you could buy a or any other health item; still, free stats are good no matter where you get them and work nicely with your other runes in the build.

- increases your total heal and shield power by 5% , further increased by 10% while under 40% health. It synergizes with the shielding effects from /, along with improved sustain from other healing/shielding based items purchased.

- If you get matched against heavy crowd control teams, an excellent rune , as it will grant additional durability upon being immobilized in combat. Strong choice into champions such as , , or .

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Rune Shards

When deciding on what rune shards (whether offensive or defensive) to pick for in each of your games, you have to factor in a few things in champion selection.

Offensive Shards

• Do I need attack speed? Autos on can feel very slow, so this is an excellent option when chaining an auto attack after landing .

• Do I need additional ability power? will avoid this option if you're more inclined to be a frontline presence on your team.

• Do I require any ability haste? Again, we can choose this option, but other options might be more valuable.

Defensive Shards

• Do you need more movement speed? An excellent choice for improved roaming from lane to lane with .

• Do you need tenacity & slow resist? Very useful for , improving his durability against

immobilizing effects.

• Do I require more health? Both the scaling health and flat health shards can benefit (improving the effectiveness of . It is a viable option in games where only one type of resistance is needed, along with being efficient in mixed damage team comps.

Always pay attention to the team compositions you are fighting when mixing and matching the rune shards listed above with your and items. It's a sure way to improve your overall survivability in games.

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Summary

There are many ways to build , but hopefully, this guide made it easier for you to understand what abilities/items and runes work well together and how to make the most of his kit.

I hope you enjoyed this guide and will refer this to your friends and fellow gamers looking for tips and tricks.

Contact me in the discussion section for any questions or thoughts you wish to share. I'll be happy to discuss things with you and see how I can make sense of anything you need answers for to the best of my ability.

To view my other guide click on the following link below:

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15.3 Echoes from the Deep

15.3 Echoes from the Deep

Recommended Items

Runes: Engage

Spells:

Flash

Ignite

Exhaust

Flash

Items

Ability Order Standard

Staggering Blow (PASSIVE)

Dredge Line (Q)

Titan's Wrath (W)

Riptide (E)

Depth Charge (R)

Staggering Blow (PASSIVE)

Dredge Line (Q)

Titan's Wrath (W)

Riptide (E)

Depth Charge (R)

Threats & Synergies

Alistar

Ashe

Bard

Blitzcrank

Brand

Braum

Galio

Janna

Leona

Lulu

Lux

Maokai

Milio

Morgana

Nami

Neeko

Pantheon

Rakan

Rell

Renata Glasc

Senna

Seraphine

Sona

Swain

Taric

Thresh

Vel'Koz

Xerath

Yuumi

Zilean

Zyra

Aphelios

Ashe

Caitlyn

Draven

Ezreal

Jhin

Jinx

Kai'Sa

Kalista

Kog'Maw

Lucian

Miss Fortune

Nilah

Samira

Senna

Sivir

Smolder

Tristana

Twitch

Varus

Vayne

Xayah

Zeri

Aphelios

Ashe

Caitlyn

Draven