Talk:Nautilus/@comment-5077844-20140313210823/@comment-6109369-20140426080911

^Early on he has fairly low base armor and health, and his shield isn't that strong until he puts ranks into it and gets some bonus HP.

Other tank champions are more durable early on, and have an effect that makes them hard to kill (that's strong early, moreso than Naut's shield). Example include Volibear's passive, Leona's armor/MR boost, Alistar's damage reduction from ult