Nautilus vs Malphite
How to Beat Malphite as Nautilus
based on 6,674 Nautilus vs Malphite matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nautilus vs Malphite Matchup Summary
Best Nautilus vs Malphite Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Malphite as Nautilus
Tips for Playing as Nautilus against Malphite
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 Malphite
If you're a physical damage character stay behind your allies when fighting Malphite. Ground Slam can significantly reduce your damage output.
Malphite is one of a couple tanks who are capable of jungling. Watch out if he gets Smite.
Nautilus vs Malphite Counter Stats
How to Counter Malphite with Nautilus in LoL
The stats provided here feature some important Nautilus vs. Malphite counter statistics that may help you distinguish the distinctions between the two. For instance, Nautilus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Malphite’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Nautilus may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Malphite. This observation is in large part caused by the differences in assists.
Nautilus typically has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his opponent does. On average, he takes a similar amount of damage to Malphite. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Nautilus and Malphite
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Who is Better, Nautilus or Malphite?
Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Nautilus usually fairs equally well when facing off against Malphite, with a 49.9% win rate. Therefore, Nautilus makes an ok counter for Malphite.
While Nautilus does have a lower win rate than Malphite, when facing one another, Nautilus also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more complex champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Nautilus into Malphite.
Additionally, Nautilus has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Malphite. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter 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 Malphite matchups, Malphite is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Nautilus is a somewhat poor counter to Malphite. You will do well by focussing your tactics on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Nautilus against Malphite.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Nautilus in order to counter Malphite 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 tips displayed above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nautilus often racks up a lot less CS relative to Malphite. Champs who typically don't take much CS often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, 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 exceed the values reported on this page to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Nautilus versus Malphite build consist of Locket of the Iron Solari, Solstice Sleigh, and Force of Nature. When Nautilus included at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better against Malphite than with most other common item sets. In fact, Nautilus had an average winrate of 49.9% when countering Malphite with this counter build.
To have the highest likelihood of annihilating Malphite as Nautilus, Nautilus players should use the Aftershock, Shield Bash, Conditioning, Revitalize, Legend: Tenacity, and Triumph runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune sets we have analyed for Nautilus vs Malphite LoL games, this mixture of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 49.9% winrate overall.
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