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How to Win Mordekaiser vs Nautilus Counter MatchupMordekaiser is in the s tier of champions

Mordekaiser vs Nautilus

How to Beat Nautilus as Mordekaiser in LoLMordekaiser is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Nautilus as Mordekaiser

based on 11,197 Mordekaiser vs Nautilus matchups
Win Rate
55.4 %
K/D/A
2.22
Pick Rate
4.2 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we summarize millions of recently ranked League rounds every week. In our dataset, Mordekaiser faced off against Nautilus in 11197 games. Including so many games with Mordekaiser versus Nautilus provides us a lot of confidence in our capability to produce actionable stats and a recommended build to shatter Nautilus. This matchup is somewhat uncommon. Mordekaiser fights Nautilus in only 4.2% of his games.

Mordekaiser vs Nautilus Matchup Summary

Mordekaiser does a great job of countering Nautilus. Typically, he wins a terrific 55.4% of games the champs battle one another in. In Mordekaiser vs Nautilus games, Mordekaiser’s team is 0.2% less probable to get first blood, indicating that he probably won't get first blood versus Nautilus.

Best Mordekaiser vs Nautilus Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsHaunting Guise

Core Mordekaiser Items

~22 Mins
Nashor's ToothRylai's Crystal ScepterRiftmaker

Optional Items

Hextech RocketbeltSpirit VisageLiandry's TormentUnending Despair

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Mordekaiser to level upq
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Second ability for Mordekaiser to level upe
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Last skill for Mordekaiser to max outw

Runes

PrecisionConquerorTriumphLegend: TenacityLast Stand
ResolveSecond WindRevitalize
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Mordekaiser's passive ability p
Mordekaiser's q ability q
Mordekaiser's w ability w
Mordekaiser's e ability e
Mordekaiser's ultimate ability r
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E
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Q
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Q
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R
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Guide to Countering Nautilus as Mordekaiser

Tips for Playing as Mordekaiser against Nautilus

Hitting multiple champions with the same ability can help quickly activate Darkness Rise.

Offense is your defense. Keep fighting to build up larger Indestructible shields.

Use Realm of Death on a low health enemy to guarantee the kill and keep their stats for the rest of a teamfight.

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.

Mordekaiser vs Nautilus Counter Stats

Mordekaiser Image
Win Rate
55.4 %
VS
Win Rate
44.6 %
Nautilus Image
7.5
< Kills >
2.1
5.8
< Deaths >
6.7
5.4
< Assists >
13
1.7
< Killing Sprees >
0.37
151
< Minions Killed >
35
0.23
< Dragons Killed >
0.05
0.49
< Inhibitors >
0.36
2,731
< Physical Damage >
2,654
21,544
< Magic Damage >
5,763
644
< True Damage >
890
24,920
< Damage Dealt >
9,308
31,158
< Damage Taken >
22,432
11,918
< Gold Earned >
8,485
2.19
< Towers >
1.4
0.06
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
9,464
< Total Healing >
2,192
15,011
< Experience >
10,417
17
< Vision Score >
51
8
< Wards Placed >
22
253
< Time Dealing CC >
475

How to Counter Nautilus with Mordekaiser in LoL

The stats provided here emphasize some critical Mordekaiser vs. Nautilus counter statistics that may help you realize the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Mordekaiser’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Nautilus’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Mordekaiser may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Nautilus. This observation is in large part fueled by the difference in kills.

Mordekaiser typically has a much larger longest kill spree than his opponent does. Typically, he receives more damage than Nautilus. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the champ with increased health has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Mordekaiser and Nautilus

Damage Types Compared

Mordekaiser
Nautilus
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Mordekaiser
Nautilus

Who is Better, Mordekaiser or Nautilus?

Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Mordekaiser usually wins when facing off against Nautilus, with a 55.4% win rate. Thus, Mordekaiser makes a fantastic counter for Nautilus.

While Mordekaiser does have a much higher win rate compared to Nautilus, when they face off with one another, Mordekaiser also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less complex champion to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Mordekaiser into Nautilus.

Additionally, Mordekaiser has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Nautilus. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Mordekaiser vs Nautilus matchups, Mordekaiser is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.

Mordekaiser is a great counter to Nautilus. Make sure you focus your strategy on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Mordekaiser against Nautilus.

Additional Information for Mordekaiser Players

How We Calculated Our Mordekaiser vs Nautilus Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Nautilus as Mordekaiser, we analyzed 11,197 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Nautilus as Mordekaiser comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Mordekaiser 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 tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Mordekaiser usually accumulates much more CS relative to Nautilus. Champs who on average don't earn much CS typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values displayed on this page to do well.

The most important items to focus on in your Mordekaiser versus Nautilus build include Nashor's Tooth, Rylai's Crystal Scepter, and Riftmaker. When Mordekaiser bought at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better versus Nautilus than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Mordekaiser had an average win rate of 55.4% when playing against Nautilus with this build.

To have the best probability of coming out on top against Nautilus as Mordekaiser, Mordekaiser players should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Revitalize, and Second Wind runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune sets players chose for Mordekaiser vs Nautilus counters, this blending of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 55.4% win rate overall.

If you need to get Mordekaiser vs Nautilus tips and counter builds for a an individual skill level, feel free to choose one from the selection menu above. By default, the statistics and strategies given are calculated using all matches finished with these champs.