Nautilus vs Janna
How to Beat Janna as Nautilus
based on 4,227 Nautilus vs Janna matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nautilus vs Janna Matchup Summary
Best Nautilus vs Janna Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Janna as Nautilus
Tips for Playing as Nautilus against Janna
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 Janna
Janna's at her strongest when buffing another ally. If you can harass her ally, it will weaken her ability to fight you.
Save an interrupt ability for when Janna uses her ultimate.
Listen for the charge up sound on Howling Gale in case Janna is trying to hit you with it from off screen or from brush.
Nautilus vs Janna Counter Stats
How to Counter Janna with Nautilus in LoL
The stats shown here emphasize several significant Nautilus versus Janna matchup stats that can help us explain the differences between the pair. For instance, Nautilus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Janna’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Nautilus may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Janna..
Nautilus normally has a similar longest killing spree as his enemy does. Typically, he receives more damage than Janna. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the champ with higher health has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Nautilus and Janna
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Who is Better, Nautilus or Janna?
Both League champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Nautilus usually loses when facing off against Janna, with a 48.2% win rate. Thus, Nautilus makes a bad counter for Janna.
While Nautilus does have a lower win rate than Janna, when facing one another, Nautilus also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less complex champ to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Nautilus into Janna.
Additionally, Nautilus has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Janna. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Nautilus vs Janna matchups, Janna is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Nautilus is a somewhat poor counter to Janna. You will do well by focussing your play on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Nautilus against Janna.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Nautilus in order to counter Janna 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 listen to the build and tips shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nautilus usually racks up a similar amount of CS as Janna. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills often don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs 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 numbers shown here to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Nautilus versus Janna build consist of Zeke's Convergence, Knight's Vow, and Solstice Sleigh. When Nautilus combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better when fighting Janna than with many other typical builds. In fact, Nautilus boasted an average win rate of 48.2% when playing against Janna with this counter build.
To have the greatest probability of coming out on top against Janna as Nautilus, Nautilus players should use the Aftershock, Shield Bash, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players chose for Nautilus vs Janna matchups, this blending of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 48.2% winrate overall.
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