Heimerdinger vs Nautilus
How to Beat Nautilus as Heimerdinger
based on 2,446 Heimerdinger vs Nautilus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Heimerdinger vs Nautilus Matchup Summary
Best Heimerdinger vs Nautilus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nautilus as Heimerdinger
Tips for Playing as Heimerdinger against Nautilus
Spreading out Hextech Micro-Rockets leads to more reliable damage and more efficiency against multiple targets, but focusing it creates the biggest impact.
The success of Electron Storm Grenade is very important to Heimerdinger's survival. The slow and stun both are capable of keeping enemies in place long enough to punish them, but it is also the first line of defense against a surprise attack.
Turret placement can be a deciding factor in a battle. Against most enemies turrets are best when they can support each other, but if the enemy has a lot of area of effect damage your turrets can be destroyed quickly. Placing turrets in brush can lead to a surprise attack in your favor.
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.
Heimerdinger vs Nautilus Counter Stats
How to Counter Nautilus with Heimerdinger in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here show some vital Heimerdinger versus Nautilus matchup stats that can help us figure out the differences between the two. As an example, Heimerdinger’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Nautilus’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Heimerdinger may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Nautilus..
Heimerdinger normally has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his counter does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Nautilus. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also hint that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Heimerdinger and Nautilus
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Who is Better, Heimerdinger or Nautilus?
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Heimerdinger usually fairs equally well when facing off against Nautilus, with a 49.9% win rate. As a result, Heimerdinger makes an ok counter for Nautilus.
While Heimerdinger does have a lower winrate compared to Nautilus, when facing one another, Heimerdinger also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more complex champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Heimerdinger into Nautilusas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Heimerdinger has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Nautilus. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Heimerdinger vs Nautilus matchups, Nautilus is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Heimerdinger is a somewhat poor counter for Nautilus. Make sure you focus your gameplay on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Heimerdinger against Nautilus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Heimerdinger to counter Nautilus during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Heimerdinger usually picks up much more CS as Nautilus. Champions who typically don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values displayed on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Heimerdinger versus Nautilus build include Malignance, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Liandry's Torment. When Heimerdinger used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better against Nautilus than with many other common item sets. In fact, Heimerdinger had an average win rate of 49.9% when countering Nautilus with these items in his kit.
To have the best probability of vanquishing Nautilus as Heimerdinger, Heimerdinger players should equip the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Absolute Focus, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune sets we have analyed for Heimerdinger vs Nautilus counterpicks, this mix of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 49.9% winrate overall.
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