Kalista vs Nautilus
How to Beat Nautilus as Kalista
based on 1,406 Kalista vs Nautilus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kalista vs Nautilus Matchup Summary
Best Kalista vs Nautilus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nautilus as Kalista
Tips for Playing as Kalista against Nautilus
Rend is a valuable last hitting aid, since its cooldown resets if it kills a target.
Entering a move order once to trigger Martial Poise will not clear Kalista's basic attack target.
Due to her passive, Kalista's Move Speed is effectively increased by Attack Speed.
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.
Kalista vs Nautilus Counter Stats
How to Counter Nautilus with Kalista in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page clarify several strategic Kalista against Nautilus matchup stats that can help us figure out the differences between the pair. For instance, Kalista’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Nautilus’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Kalista may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Nautilus. This observation is in large part fueled by the difference in kills.
Kalista usually has a much larger longest kill spree than her matchup does. Commonly, she takes a similar amount of damage to Nautilus. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also indicate that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to escape further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Kalista and Nautilus
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Who is Better, Kalista or Nautilus?
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Kalista usually fairs equally well when facing off against Nautilus, with a 49.8% win rate. Therefore, Kalista makes an ok counter to Nautilus.
While Kalista does have a lower win rate than Nautilus, when facing one another, Kalista also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more difficult character to learn. You should be careful when picking Kalista into Nautilusas her relative depth means you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Kalista also 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 facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Kalista 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 teammates during teamfights.
Kalista is a somewhat poor counter to Nautilus. You will do well by focussing your play on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Kalista against Nautilus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Kalista to counter Nautilus during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kalista often picks up much more CS as Nautilus. Champs who typically don't take many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers reported here to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Kalista versus Nautilus build include Runaan's Hurricane, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Terminus. When Kalista used at least these three pieces in her build, she performed significantly better when facing Nautilus than with most other typical builds. In fact, Kalista had an average winrate of 49.8% when countering Nautilus with these items in her kit.
To have the highest chance of coming out on top against Nautilus as Kalista, you should equip the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Taste of Blood, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune builds we have analyed for Kalista vs Nautilus counters, this sequence of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 49.8% win rate overall.
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