Nautilus vs Gnar
How to Beat Gnar as Nautilus
based on 1,707 Nautilus vs Gnar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nautilus vs Gnar Matchup Summary
Best Nautilus vs Gnar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Gnar as Nautilus
Tips for Playing as Nautilus against Gnar
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 Gnar
Gnar's ultimate stuns if he hits you into a wall. Be careful when fighting him near one.
Gnar's animations and resource bar change as he gets closer to transforming.
Gnar can't gain Rage for 15 seconds after he turns from big to little. Use this chance to engage on his team.
Nautilus vs Gnar Counter Stats
How to Counter Gnar with Nautilus in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here feature several vital Nautilus versus Gnar counter stats that may help us explain the differences between these two champs. As an example, Nautilus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Gnar’s ratio of NaN, showing that Nautilus may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Gnar. This observation is largely a result of the differences in assists.
Nautilus often has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his foe does. Typically, he takes less damage than Gnar. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Nautilus and Gnar
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Who is Better, Nautilus or Gnar?
Both League champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Nautilus usually fairs equally well when facing off against Gnar, with a 50.6% win rate. Therefore, Nautilus makes an ok counter for Gnar.
While Nautilus does have a higher win rate than Gnar, when they face off with one another, Nautilus also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less challenging champion to develop with. You should be careful when picking Nautilus into Gnar.
Moreover, Nautilus also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Gnar. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Nautilus vs Gnar matchups, Nautilus is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Nautilus is a decent counter to Gnar. You will do well by focussing your strategy on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Nautilus against Gnar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Nautilus in order to counter Gnar 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 pay attention to the build and tips presented above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nautilus usually accumulates a lot less CS compared to Gnar. Champs who typically don't get many minion kills often don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values shown on this page to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Nautilus versus Gnar build include Zeke's Convergence, Knight's Vow, and Locket of the Iron Solari. When Nautilus bought at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better vs. Gnar than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Nautilus had an average win rate of 50.6% when playing against Gnar with this build.
To have the greatest probability of defeating Gnar as Nautilus, you should use the Glacial Augment, Hextech Flashtraption, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds players chose for Nautilus vs Gnar counter picks, this combo of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 50.6% win rate overall.
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