Talk:Nautilus/@comment-58.106.255.45-20130115065935/@comment-4952847-20130117132203

W. You won't be able to support at all if you don't have the shield to block some damage. Nautilus puts himself in a huge risk when he pulls because he ends up needing to 1v2 until his carry arrives.

All melee supports need to be able to sustain themselves in order to zone effectively. Taric has a passive armor bonus from W and massive heal from Q, while also having a stun. Leona has her W and stuns. Blitzcrank can initiate from afar so he doesn't need to be in range to zone, and he has a knock up. Even Shen has his taunt, a shield and a HoT from Q.

Nautilus has a hook that disrupts the enemy but no true hard CC, therefore he takes full damage from enemies without his W, which makes it so important..