Kayn vs Nautilus
How to Beat Nautilus as Kayn
based on 7,536 Kayn vs Nautilus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kayn vs Nautilus Matchup Summary
Best Kayn vs Nautilus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nautilus as Kayn
Tips for Playing as Kayn against Nautilus
Remember that nearby enemies can see which wall you're in.
Look at the line-up of both your team and the enemy's team when picking your form.
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.
Kayn vs Nautilus Counter Stats
How to Counter Nautilus with Kayn in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here clarify some strategic Kayn versus Nautilus matchup stats that may help us distinguish the differences and similarities between the two. Kayn’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Nautilus’s ratio of NaN, showing that Kayn may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Nautilus. This observation is largely caused by the difference in kills.
Kayn normally has a much larger longest kill spree than his opponent does. Typically, he takes more damage than Nautilus. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the champ with more HP has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Kayn and Nautilus
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Who is Better, Kayn or Nautilus?
Both League champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Kayn usually fairs equally well when taking on Nautilus, with a 50.3% win rate. As a result, Kayn makes an ok counter to Nautilus.
While Kayn does have a higher winrate compared to Nautilus, when on opposite teams, Kayn also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more difficult character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Kayn into Nautilusas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Kayn has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Nautilus. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Kayn vs Nautilus matchups, Kayn is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Kayn is a decent counter to Nautilus. You will do well by focussing your actions on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Kayn against Nautilus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Kayn 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 tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and stats presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kayn on average picks up a similar amount of CS as Nautilus. Champs who typically don't get many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values shown on this page to do well.
The best items to use in your Kayn versus Nautilus build include Sterak's Gage, Black Cleaver, and Death's Dance. When Kayn combined at least these three items in his build, he did much better versus Nautilus than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Kayn boasted an average win rate of 50.3% battling Nautilus with this build.
To have the highest probability of defeating Nautilus as Kayn, you should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Kayn vs Nautilus clashes, this sequence of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 50.3% win rate overall.
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