Pyke vs Nautilus Counter Pick
Matchup Summary
What the Data Means
Pyke is a support/assassin hybrid, Nautilus a tank/support hybrid, and they meet in the Support lane. Over 4,542 ranked games on patch 16.13.1, Pyke closes out 46.7% of them. Sitting 3.3 points below the 50% line marks Nautilus as a genuine problem pick for Pyke.
Pyke and Nautilus overlap on physical damage, so itemisation converges rather than splits. Pyke carries 670 base health to Nautilus’s 646, and 37 armour to 39. Scaling matters as well: Pyke ends on 2540 HP, Nautilus on 2346. Pyke walks at 330 and Nautilus at 325, so Pyke dodges skillshots a fraction easier.
With both sitting in melee range (150 against 175), neither side gets a free poke pattern.
Pyke looks for Phantom Undertow (E); Nautilus answers with Dredge Line (Q). Death From Below and Depth Charge are the two buttons that end the exchange outright.
Pair 46.7% with its 4,542 games and patch 16.13.1 before calling the matchup settled.
FAQ
No — current data marks this as a counter matchup: Nautilus has the statistical edge. Pyke wins 46.7% of the recorded games.
46.7% from Pyke's perspective, measured on patch 16.13.1.
4,542 ranked games at Emerald rank and above, across all regions.
The current Pyke build — items, runes and skill order from the same data set — is on the Pyke build page.