Nautilus vs Irelia
How to Beat Irelia as Nautilus
based on 4,212 Nautilus vs Irelia matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nautilus vs Irelia Matchup Summary
Best Nautilus vs Irelia Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Irelia as Nautilus
Tips for Playing as Nautilus against Irelia
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 Irelia
Pay attention to Ionian Fervor stacks and try to engage Irelia when it is down.
Minion waves greatly enhance Irelia's mobility, beware fighting her inside one.
Beware of wasting your high impact spells on Defiant Dance.
Nautilus vs Irelia Counter Stats
How to Counter Irelia with Nautilus in LoL
The stats provided here underscore several critical Nautilus vs. Irelia matchup statistics that can help us grasp the differences between this pair of champs. As an example, Nautilus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Irelia’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Nautilus may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Irelia. This observation is largely caused by the differences in assists.
Nautilus usually has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his counter does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Irelia. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Nautilus and Irelia
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Who is Better, Nautilus or Irelia?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Nautilus usually fairs equally well when facing off against Irelia, with a 49.1% win rate. As a result, Nautilus makes an ok counter for Irelia.
While Nautilus does have a lower win rate than Irelia, when on opposite teams, Nautilus also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more time consuming champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Nautilus into Irelia.
Moreover, Nautilus also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Irelia. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Nautilus vs Irelia matchups, Irelia is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Nautilus is a somewhat poor counter for Irelia. Focus your play on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Nautilus against Irelia.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Nautilus in order to counter Irelia during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and tips displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nautilus often racks up a lot less CS compared to Irelia. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values displayed here to do well.
The most important items to use in your Nautilus versus Irelia build consist of Thornmail, Frozen Heart, and Celestial Opposition. When Nautilus included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better versus Irelia than with most other common item sets. In fact, Nautilus had an average winrate of 49.1% battling Irelia with this counter build.
To have the best chance of coming out on top against Irelia as Nautilus, you should use the Aftershock, Shield Bash, Conditioning, Revitalize, Legend: Tenacity, and Triumph runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Out of all the runes we have analyed for Nautilus vs Irelia matchups, this combination of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 49.1% winrate overall.
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