Nautilus vs Kindred
How to Beat Kindred as Nautilus
based on 3,201 Nautilus vs Kindred matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nautilus vs Kindred Matchup Summary
Best Nautilus vs Kindred Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kindred as Nautilus
Tips for Playing as Nautilus against Kindred
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 Kindred
When Kindred uses Lamb's Respite get inside, it stops all champions from dying.
Kindred is fragile - turn the pressure up on her, and she will be forced to play cautiously.
Clear the Hunts Wolf activates on jungle camps to slow down Kindred's damage output.
Nautilus vs Kindred Counter Stats
How to Counter Kindred with Nautilus in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here show several strategic Nautilus against Kindred counter stats that may help us explain the distinctions between the pair. Nautilus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Kindred’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Nautilus may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Kindred. This observation is in large part caused by the differences in assists.
Nautilus usually has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his opponent does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Kindred. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also show that the champ with higher health has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Nautilus and Kindred
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Who is Better, Nautilus or Kindred?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Nautilus usually wins when playing against Kindred, with a 52.2% win rate. Therefore, Nautilus makes a good counter for Kindred.
While Nautilus does have a higher win rate compared to Kindred, when facing one another, Nautilus also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more time consuming champ to learn and master. You should be be fine when picking Nautilus into Kindred.
Moreover, Nautilus has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Kindred. This 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 in League of Legends, in Nautilus vs Kindred matchups, Nautilus is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Nautilus is an above average counter to Kindred. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Nautilus against Kindred.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Nautilus in order to counter Kindred 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 listen to the build and tips shown above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nautilus most often racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Kindred. Champions who on average don't acquire much CS often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers shown here to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Nautilus versus Kindred build include Zeke's Convergence, Knight's Vow, and Locket of the Iron Solari. When Nautilus used at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better vs Kindred than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Nautilus boasted an average winrate of 52.2% battling Kindred with this build.
To have the best probability of beating Kindred as Nautilus, you should equip the Glacial Augment, Hextech Flashtraption, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the runes we have analyed for Nautilus vs Kindred clashes, this combination of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 52.2% win rate overall.
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