Pyke vs Nautilus Counter Pick

With 4,542 games logged on patch 16.13.1, this is one of the most heavily played support-position matchups on record, and the verdict is stable: Pyke wins 46.7%, rated Hard. Volume matters here, because the margin is narrow enough that a small sample could easily hide it.

Nautilus is assembled from the statistics an assassin cannot ignore. He starts with 39 armor, the highest base value on either side, and climbs to 123.2 by level 18 against physical damage. Staggering Blow roots briefly on his first attack against each target, so any approach inside 175 units is punished before Bone Skewer or Phantom Undertow are in position. Titan’s Wrath shields him and turns his attacks into damage over time on everything nearby, which makes the drawn-out exchange he wants exactly the one Pyke is not built to win.

Depth Charge settles fights on its own, chasing its target through the ground, knocking up whatever it passes and erupting on arrival — an effect no camouflage prevents once it is fired. Nautilus concedes 325 move speed against 330 and deals mixed damage rather than one type, but neither concession helps a champion whose passive bars him from adding maximum health through items, leaving him at 2,540 and nothing beyond it. Skewering the carry and leaving is the workable answer; solving the anchor is not.