Nautilus vs Master Yi
How to Beat Master Yi as Nautilus
based on 8,137 Nautilus vs Master Yi matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nautilus vs Master Yi Matchup Summary
Best Nautilus vs Master Yi Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Master Yi as Nautilus
Tips for Playing as Nautilus against Master Yi
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 Master Yi
If Master Yi tries to farm with Alpha Strike, hit him a few times so he has to use mana with Meditate to heal.
Although Master Yi cannot be slowed while using Highlander, other disables can stop him in his tracks.
Meditate is an effective method of healing damage over time, but Master Yi is susceptible to coordinated team ganks early in the game.
Nautilus vs Master Yi Counter Stats
How to Counter Master Yi with Nautilus in LoL
The stats provided here clarify several vital Nautilus vs. Master Yi counter stats that can help us appreciate the differences and similarities between the two. Nautilus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Master Yi’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Nautilus may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Master Yi. This observation is in large part a result of the differences in assists.
Nautilus normally has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than his foe does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Master Yi. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the champ with increased health has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Nautilus and Master Yi
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Who is Better, Nautilus or Master Yi?
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 trying to fight Master Yi, with a 49.5% win rate. Thus, Nautilus makes an ok counter for Master Yi.
While Nautilus does have a lower win rate compared to Master Yi, when they face off with one another, Nautilus also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more difficult champ to develop with. You should be careful when picking Nautilus into Master Yi.
Furthermore, Nautilus also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Master Yi. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Nautilus vs Master Yi matchups, Master Yi is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Nautilus is a somewhat poor counter to Master Yi. Focus your actions on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Nautilus against Master Yi.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Nautilus to counter Master Yi during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nautilus most often accumulates a similar amount of CS as Master Yi. Champions who typically don't take much CS typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values displayed here to do well.
The ideal items to use in your Nautilus versus Master Yi build include Zeke's Convergence, Knight's Vow, and Locket of the Iron Solari. When Nautilus combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better versus Master Yi than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Nautilus boasted an average winrate of 49.5% battling Master Yi with this build.
To have the highest chance of crushing Master Yi as Nautilus, you 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 players chose for Nautilus vs Master Yi battles, this composite of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 49.5% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Master Yi as Nautilus are displayed for every ranked division. If you want to scope the stats and builds to a specific rank, you can use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.