Nautilus vs Annie
How to Beat Annie as Nautilus
based on 2,681 Nautilus vs Annie matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nautilus vs Annie Matchup Summary
Best Nautilus vs Annie Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Annie as Nautilus
Tips for Playing as Nautilus against Annie
While ganking, consider aiming Dredge Line at nearby terrain and following it up with Riptide for a higher hit rate.
Riptide has a delayed blast timing on activation - you can use this while running away or when enemies are incoming to serve as a deterrent.
Advice to Win Against Annie
Annie's summoned bear, Tibbers, burns opposing units around himself. Try to keep your distance from him after he's been summoned.
Keep an eye out for a white, swirling power around Annie. It means she's ready to unleash her stun.
Summoner Smite can be used to help take down Tibbers.
Nautilus vs Annie Counter Stats
How to Counter Annie with Nautilus in LoL
The stats shown here feature some important Nautilus against Annie matchup stats that may help you figure out the distinctions between this pair of champs. As an example, Nautilus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Annie’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Nautilus may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Annie. This observation is in large part a result of the differences in assists.
Nautilus typically has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his opponent does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Annie. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Nautilus and Annie
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Who is Better, Nautilus or Annie?
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Nautilus usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Annie, with a 50.9% win rate. Thus, Nautilus makes an ok counter to Annie.
While Nautilus does have a higher winrate compared to Annie, when on opposite teams, Nautilus also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more time consuming character to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Nautilus into Annie.
Furthermore, Nautilus has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Annie. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Nautilus vs Annie matchups, Nautilus is the better champion with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Nautilus is a decent counter for Annie. You will do well by focussing your tactics on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Nautilus against Annie.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Nautilus to counter Annie 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 pay attention to the build and stats displayed above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nautilus typically picks up a lot less CS compared to Annie. Champions who typically don't acquire much CS often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values reported here to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Nautilus versus Annie build consist of Zeke's Convergence, Frozen Heart, and Solstice Sleigh. When Nautilus incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better versus Annie than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Nautilus had an average win rate of 50.9% battling Annie with this build.
To have the best chance of annihilating Annie as Nautilus, you should take the Aftershock, Shield Bash, Conditioning, Revitalize, Legend: Tenacity, and Triumph runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Out of all the runes players picked for Nautilus vs Annie fights, this composite of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 50.9% win rate overall.
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