Gnar vs Nautilus
How to Beat Nautilus as Gnar
based on 1,707 Gnar vs Nautilus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Gnar vs Nautilus Matchup Summary
Best Gnar vs Nautilus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nautilus as Gnar
Tips for Playing as Gnar against Nautilus
Position yourself next to walls to bait your enemies into getting stunned by your ultimate.
Know your strengths! Mini Gnar is fast, squishy, and has high sustained damage. Mega Gnar is slow, tough, and has high burst.
Managing your Rage is very important. Try to time out your transformations so you can get maximum benefit from both forms.
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.
Gnar vs Nautilus Counter Stats
How to Counter Nautilus with Gnar in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page highlight some significant Gnar vs. Nautilus counter statistics that may help us appreciate the differences and similarities between the two. Gnar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Nautilus’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Gnar may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Nautilus. This observation is largely fueled by the difference in kills.
Gnar usually has a much larger longest killing spree than his counter does. Typically, he receives more damage than Nautilus. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also show that the champ with increased HP has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Gnar and Nautilus
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Who is Better, Gnar or Nautilus?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Gnar usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Nautilus, with a 49.4% win rate. Therefore, Gnar makes an ok counter to Nautilus.
While Gnar does have a lower winrate compared to Nautilus, when on opposite teams, Gnar also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more challenging champ to develop with. You should be careful when picking Gnar into Nautilusas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Gnar has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Nautilus. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Gnar vs Nautilus matchups, Nautilus is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Gnar is a somewhat poor counter to Nautilus. You will do well by focussing your strategy on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Gnar against Nautilus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Gnar to counter Nautilus during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Gnar on average accumulates much more CS relative to Nautilus. Champs who typically don't acquire much CS typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Gnar versus Nautilus build include Sterak's Gage, Trinity Force, and Sundered Sky. When Gnar used at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better when facing Nautilus than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Gnar boasted an average win rate of 49.4% when countering Nautilus with this counter build.
To have the highest probability of defeating Nautilus as Gnar, you should use the Fleet Footwork, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Gnar vs Nautilus clashes, this set of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 49.4% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Nautilus as Gnar are shown for all skill levels combined. If you want to scope the stats and builds to a particular rank, you can use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.