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Nautilus & Caitlyn vs Samira & Rell

Bot Lane Matchup

Nautilus vs Samira (with Caitlyn & Rell) BOT matchup tips: who wins, how to trade, wave control and common mistakes.

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Who Wins

Pre-6, you and Caitlyn win the sustained poke phase because Rell is slow and your Q hook onto Rell forces her to take a headshot trade she cannot easily escape — however, at level 2 Rell gains W which is a strong engage tool, and if she lands it on you while Samira is in range, the all-in heavily favors them.
Post-6, the matchup becomes very dangerous for your side if Samira has her R ready, because your own engage with Q into R can backfire by clustering both of you together and feeding Samira her spin — only engage post-6 when Samira's R is on cooldown or she is not in range.

Your best pattern is to hook Rell rather than Samira, since Rell is the engage threat and removing her from the fight with your Q into E into R chain gives Caitlyn a free window to headshot-poke Samira who has no peel without Rell — hooking Samira directly is less effective because she can W your hook projectile and close the gap to proc her passive.

You should roam post-first-back if the wave is shoved into their tower and Caitlyn can safely freeze or maintain — Rell has strong roam potential herself, so matching her roam timing or counter-roaming mid when she leaves bot is viable, especially since your Q hook provides instant pick threat in river.
Do not roam early level 4–5 when Caitlyn is most vulnerable to a Samira solo all-in with Rell present.

The critical mistake is engaging into Rell's W, meaning you hook forward and Rell simultaneously uses W to knock you up — this double-CC chain on you gives Samira a full R window with both of you grouped and stunned, which is a near-guaranteed kill or double kill for the enemy.

Created on 09/17/2026

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