Nautilus vs Malzahar
How to Beat Malzahar as Nautilus
based on 5,178 Nautilus vs Malzahar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nautilus vs Malzahar Matchup Summary
Best Nautilus vs Malzahar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Malzahar as Nautilus
Tips for Playing as Nautilus against Malzahar
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 Malzahar
Malzahar is especially dangerous when he has built up his Void Swarm.
When Malzahar hits a spell on enemies affected by Malefic Visions, the Visions are refreshed.
Avoid minion waves that have been affected by Malefic Visions. You never know when they may die and pass the Visions onto you.
Nautilus vs Malzahar Counter Stats
How to Counter Malzahar with Nautilus in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page feature several significant Nautilus vs. Malzahar matchup stats that may help us explain the differences between the pair. Nautilus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Malzahar’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Nautilus may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Malzahar. This observation is in large part a result of the differences in assists.
Nautilus often has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than his enemy does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Malzahar. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also imply that the champion with more HP has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Nautilus and Malzahar
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Who is Better, Nautilus or Malzahar?
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Nautilus usually loses when taking on Malzahar, with a 48.4% win rate. Thus, Nautilus makes a poor counter for Malzahar.
While Nautilus does have a lower win rate than Malzahar, when on opposite teams, Nautilus also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more difficult character to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Nautilus into Malzahar.
Moreover, Nautilus also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Malzahar. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Nautilus vs Malzahar matchups, Malzahar is the better champ with a lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Nautilus is a somewhat poor counter for Malzahar. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Nautilus against Malzahar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Nautilus in order to counter Malzahar during both the laning 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 pay attention to the build and suggestions presented above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nautilus usually racks up a lot less CS relative to Malzahar. Champs who typically don't earn much CS often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Nautilus versus Malzahar build include Locket of the Iron Solari, Solstice Sleigh, and Force of Nature. When Nautilus incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better countering Malzahar than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Nautilus had an average win rate of 48.4% when countering Malzahar with these items in his kit.
To have the best likelihood of vanquishing Malzahar as Nautilus, you should take the Aftershock, Shield Bash, Conditioning, Revitalize, Legend: Tenacity, and Triumph runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Out of all the runes players chose for Nautilus vs Malzahar LoL games, this combination of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 48.4% winrate overall.
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