Diana vs Nautilus
How to Beat Nautilus as Diana
based on 6,671 Diana vs Nautilus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Diana vs Nautilus Matchup Summary
Best Diana vs Nautilus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nautilus as Diana
Tips for Playing as Diana against Nautilus
Use Moonfall and Lunar Rush to stay on targets and activate Moonsilver Blade for extra damage.
Consider when to cast Lunar Rush without Moonlight and when to wait for another Crescent Strike.
Landing Crescent Strike is critically important, but don't be afraid to miss. The cooldown is short and the mana cost is low.
Advice to Win Against Nautilus
If Nautilus uses Riptide right next to you, hold in place until the ripple effect finishes before running. Running early will run straight into the secondary explosions, causing you to take additional damage and slow.
While Nautilus is shielded, he is capable of dealing large amounts of area of effect damage with his basic attacks - consider taking down the shield if you have time.
Diana vs Nautilus Counter Stats
How to Counter Nautilus with Diana in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page show several important Diana versus Nautilus counter stats that may help you understand the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Diana’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Nautilus’s ratio of NaN, showing that Diana may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Nautilus. This observation is largely a result of the difference in kills.
Diana typically has a much larger longest killing spree than her counter does. Typically, she receives a similar amount of damage to Nautilus. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the champion with higher health has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Diana and Nautilus
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Who is Better, Diana or Nautilus?
Both League champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Diana usually fairs equally well when facing off against Nautilus, with a 50.8% win rate. Thus, Diana makes an ok counter for Nautilus.
While Diana does have a higher win rate than Nautilus, when they face off with one another, Diana also has a lower difficulty level that makes her a less challenging champ to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Diana into Nautilus.
Additionally, Diana has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Nautilus. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Diana vs Nautilus matchups, Diana is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Diana is a decent counter to Nautilus. Focus your tactics on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Diana against Nautilus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Diana in order to counter Nautilus during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Diana on average racks up more CS as Nautilus. Champs who on average don't acquire much CS often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values shown here to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Diana versus Nautilus build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Lich Bane, and Zhonya's Hourglass. When Diana included at least these three items in her build, she performed much better countering Nautilus than with most other typical builds. In fact, Diana boasted an average winrate of 50.8% battling Nautilus with this build.
To have the greatest probability of annihilating Nautilus as Diana, you should use the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Bone Plating, and Shield Bash runes from the Domination and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the runes players picked for Diana vs Nautilus counterpicks, this composite of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 50.8% winrate overall.
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