Nautilus vs Kayn
How to Beat Kayn as Nautilus
based on 7,536 Nautilus vs Kayn matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nautilus vs Kayn Matchup Summary
Best Nautilus vs Kayn Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kayn as Nautilus
Tips for Playing as Nautilus against Kayn
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 Kayn
When Kayn is in terrain near you, you will get a visual warning on the edge of the terrain he's in.
Umbral Trespass requires Kayn to damage a target first. Try to dodge Blade's Reach to deny him a long range cast of Umbral Trespass.
Damage Kayn while he's in Shadow Step to shorten its duration, or apply hard crowd control (stun, charm, knockup, etc) to end Shadow Step immediately.
Nautilus vs Kayn Counter Stats
How to Counter Kayn with Nautilus in LoL
The stats provided here emphasize several important Nautilus against Kayn counter statistics that can help you realize the differences between this pair of champs. Nautilus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Kayn’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Nautilus may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Kayn. This observation is largely a result of the differences in assists.
Nautilus typically has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his opponent does. On average, he receives less damage than Kayn. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also show that the champion with more HP has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Nautilus and Kayn
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Who is Better, Nautilus or Kayn?
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Nautilus usually fairs equally well when facing off against Kayn, with a 49.7% win rate. As a result, Nautilus makes an ok counter to Kayn.
While Nautilus does have a lower win rate compared to Kayn, when on opposite teams, Nautilus also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less difficult champ to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Nautilus into Kayn.
Moreover, Nautilus has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Kayn. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Nautilus vs Kayn matchups, Kayn is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Nautilus is a somewhat poor counter to Kayn. Focus your gameplay on maximizing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Nautilus against Kayn.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Nautilus to counter Kayn during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and stats displayed above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nautilus often racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Kayn. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills 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 skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Nautilus versus Kayn build include Trailblazer, Knight's Vow, and Solstice Sleigh. When Nautilus used at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better when facing Kayn than with many other typical builds. In fact, Nautilus had an average win rate of 49.7% when countering Kayn with this counter build.
To have the best likelihood of coming out on top against Kayn as Nautilus, Nautilus players should use the Aftershock, Shield Bash, Conditioning, Revitalize, Legend: Tenacity, and Triumph runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players used for Nautilus vs Kayn fights, this combination of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 49.7% win rate overall.
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