Nautilus vs Pyke
How to Beat Pyke as Nautilus
based on 5,807 Nautilus vs Pyke matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nautilus vs Pyke Matchup Summary
Best Nautilus vs Pyke Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Pyke as Nautilus
Tips for Playing as Nautilus against Pyke
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 Pyke
Pyke regenerates a significant amount of damage he has taken from enemy champions, but only when you can't see him!
When Pyke is hidden nearby in his Ghostwater Dive, sharks will circle underneath your feet.
Try not to stand near low health allies. If Pyke executes them using Death From Below, you might be next on the list.
Nautilus vs Pyke Counter Stats
How to Counter Pyke with Nautilus in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here highlight some critical Nautilus against Pyke matchup stats that may help you grasp the distinctions between the two. As an example, Nautilus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Pyke’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Nautilus may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Pyke. This observation is largely caused by the differences in assists.
Nautilus often has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his foe does. Commonly, he takes a similar amount of damage to Pyke. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also show that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Nautilus and Pyke
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Who is Better, Nautilus or Pyke?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Nautilus usually fairs equally well when facing off against Pyke, with a 50.6% win rate. Therefore, Nautilus makes an ok counter to Pyke.
While Nautilus does have a higher win rate compared to Pyke, when facing one another, Nautilus also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less difficult character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Nautilus into Pyke.
Moreover, Nautilus has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Pyke. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Nautilus vs Pyke matchups, Nautilus is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Nautilus is a decent counter for Pyke. Make sure you focus your play on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Nautilus against Pyke.
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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 Pyke during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nautilus most often picks up a similar amount of CS relative to Pyke. Champs who on average don't get much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities 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 numbers shown here to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Nautilus versus Pyke build include Knight's Vow, Frozen Heart, and Celestial Opposition. When Nautilus used at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better against Pyke than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Nautilus boasted an average winrate of 50.6% when playing against Pyke with these items in his kit.
To have the best likelihood of beating Pyke 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 combinations players chose for Nautilus vs Pyke counterpicks, this sequence of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 50.6% win rate overall.
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