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Nautilus & Tristana vs Caitlyn & Braum

Bot Lane Matchup

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

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Who Wins

Pre-6, you win level 2 all-ins if your hook lands because Tristana E onto the hooked target creates an immediate kill threat that Braum cannot fully negate — however, Caitlyn's traps punish your walk-up angles and Braum W can block your hook entirely if he anticipates it, so you do not win every engage attempt.
Post-6, your R into Tristana R is a near-guaranteed kill on Caitlyn unless she has flash, making post-6 the power window you should play toward.

Your best pattern is to path through brush or use terrain to reduce Braum's ability to pre-position his W block, then hook Caitlyn specifically rather than Braum — hooking Braum is wasted because he will simply W to protect Caitlyn anyway.
After the hook lands, auto-attack to proc your passive root, then let Tristana E in to maximize the CC chain duration.

You should not roam pre-6 because Tristana is vulnerable to Caitlyn poke without your presence and losing tower plates or an early death sets Tristana behind on a scaling champion.
At level 6, if you have priority and Tristana is safe, a roam to mid with your R is high-value because your CC chain is strong enough to guarantee kills on most mid laners.

Do not hook into Braum's W — if Braum is standing between you and Caitlyn, your hook will be blocked and you waste your primary engage tool on a 14-second cooldown.
Always look for angles where Caitlyn is separated from Braum, such as when she steps up to last-hit or when Braum is repositioning after a ward.

Created on 09/18/2026

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