Nautilus vs K'Sante
How to Beat K'Sante as Nautilus
based on 2,546 Nautilus vs K'Sante matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nautilus vs K'Sante Matchup Summary
Best Nautilus vs K'Sante Counter Build
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Guide to Countering K'Sante as Nautilus
Tips for Playing as Nautilus against K'Sante
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 K'Sante
Stay spread out to minimize the impact of Lee Sin's ultimate, Dragon's Rage.
Lee Sin relies heavily on following up with his abilities. Use disables to prevent him from chaining together his abilities and attacks.
Lee Sin has powerful tools to combat physical damage in Iron Will and Cripple but he is still vulnerable to magic damage.
Nautilus vs K'Sante Counter Stats
How to Counter K'Sante with Nautilus in LoL
The stats shown on this page emphasize some significant Nautilus vs. K'Sante matchup stats that can help us distinguish the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Nautilus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than K'Sante’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Nautilus may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than K'Sante. This observation is largely caused by the differences in assists.
Nautilus typically has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his opponent does. On average, he receives less damage than K'Sante. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Nautilus and K'Sante
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Who is Better, Nautilus or K'Sante?
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Nautilus usually fairs equally well when playing against K'Sante, with a 50.8% win rate. Thus, Nautilus makes an ok counter to K'Sante.
While Nautilus does have a higher winrate than K'Sante, when on opposite teams, Nautilus also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less challenging champion to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Nautilus into K'Sante.
Furthermore, Nautilus also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to K'Sante. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, 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 K'Sante matchups, Nautilus is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Nautilus is a decent counter for K'Sante. Make sure you focus your gameplay on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Nautilus against K'Sante.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Nautilus to counter K'Sante during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nautilus usually racks up a lot less CS relative to K'Sante. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Nautilus versus K'Sante build consist of Zeke's Convergence, Knight's Vow, and Locket of the Iron Solari. When Nautilus bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better when fighting K'Sante than with many other common builds. In fact, Nautilus had an average win rate of 50.8% when playing against K'Sante with this counter build.
To have the best chance of coming out on top against K'Sante as Nautilus, Nautilus players should equip the Glacial Augment, Hextech Flashtraption, Minion Dematerializer, Cosmic Insight, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players chose for Nautilus vs K'Sante face-offs, this mix of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 50.8% win rate overall.
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