Nautilus vs Galio
How to Beat Galio as Nautilus
based on 4,197 Nautilus vs Galio matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nautilus vs Galio Matchup Summary
Best Nautilus vs Galio Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Galio as Nautilus
Tips for Playing as Nautilus against Galio
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 Galio
Galio cannot traverse walls with Justice Punch.
Galio moves slower when he is charging Shield of Durand.
Hero's Entrance can be interrupted before Galio jumps into the air.
Nautilus vs Galio Counter Stats
How to Counter Galio with Nautilus in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page feature several significant Nautilus versus Galio counter stats that may help us interpret the differences between the pair. As an example, Nautilus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Galio’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Nautilus may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Galio..
Nautilus often has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than his matchup does. Typically, he receives a similar amount of damage to Galio. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the champion with increased health has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Nautilus and Galio
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Who is Better, Nautilus or Galio?
Both League champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Nautilus usually loses when taking on Galio, with a 48.0% win rate. Therefore, Nautilus makes a bad counter for Galio.
While Nautilus does have a lower win rate than Galio, when on opposite teams, Nautilus also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more complex champ to develop with. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Nautilus into Galio.
Moreover, Nautilus also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Galio. This 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 overall in League of Legends, in Nautilus vs Galio matchups, Galio is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Nautilus is a bad counter to Galio. You will do well by focussing your actions on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Nautilus against Galio.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Nautilus to counter Galio during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nautilus on average racks up a lot less CS relative to Galio. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Nautilus versus Galio build include Thornmail, Knight's Vow, and Locket of the Iron Solari. When Nautilus combined at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better countering Galio than with most other typical builds. In fact, Nautilus had an average win rate of 48.0% battling Galio with these items in his kit.
To have the best probability of vanquishing Galio as Nautilus, you should take the Glacial Augment, Hextech Flashtraption, Minion Dematerializer, Cosmic Insight, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Nautilus vs Galio clashes, this blending of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 48.0% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Galio as Nautilus are shown for all ranked divisions combined. If you want to narrow the stats and builds to a specific skill level, you may use the selection menu earlier on the page.