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How to Win Nautilus vs Bard Counter MatchupNautilus is in the a tier of champions

Nautilus vs Bard

How to Beat Bard as Nautilus in LoLNautilus is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Bard as Nautilus

based on 4,508 Nautilus vs Bard matchups
Win Rate
45.7 %
K/D/A
2.37
Pick Rate
2.8 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We summarize our counter stats from the millions of recently ranked LoL rounds that we get from Riot Games each week. Our guide on how to beat Bard as Nautilus resulted from an evaluation of 4508 ranked games where both champs opposed each other. This particular pairing is fairly rare. Nautilus has to counter Bard in only 2.8% of his games.

Nautilus vs Bard Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Nautilus does a awful job of countering Bard. On average, he wins a lowly 45.7% of games the champs clash against each other in. In Nautilus against Bard rounds, Nautilus’s team is 0.1% more expected to obtain first blood. This indicates that he probably will get first blood against Bard.

Best Nautilus vs Bard Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsGlowing Mote

Core Nautilus Items

~22 Mins
Zeke's ConvergenceKnight's VowCelestial Opposition

Optional Items

Force of NatureKaenic RookernFrozen HeartThornmail

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Nautilus to level upq
>
Second ability for Nautilus to level upw
>
Last skill for Nautilus to max oute

Runes

ResolveAftershockShield BashConditioningRevitalize
PrecisionTriumphLegend: Tenacity
Ability HasteArmorHealth Scaling
Nautilus's passive ability p
Nautilus's q ability q
Nautilus's w ability w
Nautilus's e ability e
Nautilus's ultimate ability r
1
Q
2
W
3
E
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
7
Q
8
W
9
Q
10
W
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R
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W
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W
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E
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E
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R

Guide to Countering Bard as Nautilus

Tips for Playing as Nautilus against Bard

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 Bard

You can crush Bard's healing shrines just by walking over them. Don't let his allies take them without a fight.

Bard's ultimate, Tempered Fate, affects allies, enemies, monsters, and turrets alike. Sometimes it can be to your advantage to jump into it!

Bard's opponents can also travel through his Magical Journey doorways. You can follow him, if you think it's safe.

Nautilus vs Bard Counter Stats

Nautilus Image
Win Rate
45.7 %
VS
Win Rate
54.3 %
Bard Image
2
< Kills >
2.8
6.3
< Deaths >
5.2
12.9
< Assists >
15
0.36
< Killing Sprees >
0.6
34
< Minions Killed >
29
0.06
< Dragons Killed >
0.05
0.4
< Inhibitors >
0.51
2,696
< Physical Damage >
2,869
5,955
< Magic Damage >
7,923
954
< True Damage >
1,038
9,605
< Damage Dealt >
11,832
21,514
< Damage Taken >
20,369
8,385
< Gold Earned >
8,991
1.49
< Towers >
1.88
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
2,121
< Total Healing >
6,144
10,184
< Experience >
11,271
55
< Vision Score >
61
24
< Wards Placed >
26
460
< Time Dealing CC >
501

How to Counter Bard with Nautilus in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here underscore some strategic Nautilus against Bard matchup stats that can help you grasp the differences between this set of champs. As an example, Nautilus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Bard’s ratio of NaN, showing that Nautilus may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Bard..

Nautilus often has a similar longest killing spree as his foe does. Commonly, he takes a similar amount of damage to Bard. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also indicate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Nautilus and Bard

Damage Types Compared

Nautilus
Bard
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Nautilus
Bard

Who is Better, Nautilus or Bard?

Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Nautilus usually loses when trying to fight Bard, with a 45.7% win rate. Therefore, Nautilus makes a poor counter for Bard.

While Nautilus does have a much lower winrate than Bard, when on opposite teams, Nautilus also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less challenging champ to learn. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Nautilus into Bard.

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

While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Nautilus vs Bard matchups, Bard is the better champ with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.

Nautilus is a bad counter to Bard. Focus your actions on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Nautilus against Bard.

Additional Information for Nautilus Players

How We Calculated Our Nautilus vs Bard Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Bard as Nautilus, we analyzed 4,508 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 Bard as Nautilus 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

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Nautilus to counter Bard during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and stats presented above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Nautilus on average gets a similar amount of CS compared to Bard. Champs who on average don't take much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers displayed on this page to do well.

The ideal items to use in your Nautilus versus Bard build consist of Zeke's Convergence, Knight's Vow, and Celestial Opposition. When Nautilus combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better against Bard than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Nautilus had an average winrate of 45.7% when playing against Bard with these items in his kit.

To have the highest likelihood of defeating Bard as Nautilus, you should use the Aftershock, Shield Bash, Conditioning, Revitalize, Legend: Tenacity, and Triumph runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Nautilus vs Bard counter picks, this set of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 45.7% win rate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Bard as Nautilus are displayed for all ranked divisions. To scope the statistics and builds to a particular skill level, you can use the selection menu earlier on the page.