Talk:Nautilus/@comment-5112222-20130523190810/@comment-4952847-20130525052348

I don't doubt the damage Nautilus can deal when he builds AD or on-hit. I had seen it done before and it worked wonders.

Of course he has no AD ratios, which is why people diss the viability of an AD build, but the central focus of AD Naut is really AS which synergises amazingly with his W; and his CCs, high base AD, and his passive all help him land his AAs which hurt like a load of trucks.

The weakpoint is when people actually figure out you'd built AD/AS and know that they can explode your shield to practically cripple your whole damage output. Amazing as though it may be, the amount of damage from W might just be too unreliable / situational for him. Its long CD doesn't help defend the cause either.

Being the regular Tank Naut, you'd care less about whether your shield's exploded yet because you aren't expecting to net a kill with your W, which is likely why Tank Naut is his go-to build.