Nautilus vs Qiyana
How to Beat Qiyana as Nautilus
based on 2,059 Nautilus vs Qiyana matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nautilus vs Qiyana Matchup Summary
Best Nautilus vs Qiyana Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Qiyana as Nautilus
Tips for Playing as Nautilus against Qiyana
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.
Nautilus vs Qiyana Counter Stats
How to Counter Qiyana with Nautilus in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here show some significant Nautilus versus Qiyana matchup stats that may help you grasp the differences between the pair. Nautilus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Qiyana’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Nautilus may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Qiyana. This observation is in large part caused by the differences in assists.
Nautilus normally has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his foe does. Typically, he takes a similar amount of damage to Qiyana. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Nautilus and Qiyana
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Who is Better, Nautilus or Qiyana?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Nautilus usually fairs equally well when taking on Qiyana, with a 50.8% win rate. Thus, Nautilus makes an ok counter for Qiyana.
While Nautilus does have a higher win rate than Qiyana, when on opposite teams, Nautilus also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less difficult champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Nautilus into Qiyana.
Additionally, Nautilus has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Qiyana. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Nautilus vs Qiyana 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 teamfights.
Nautilus is a decent counter for Qiyana. You will do well by focussing your play on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Nautilus against Qiyana.
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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 Qiyana during both the early game 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 suggestions presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nautilus most often picks up a lot less CS as Qiyana. Champs who on average don't acquire much CS usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values reported here to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Nautilus versus Qiyana build include Thornmail, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Celestial Opposition. When Nautilus incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better against Qiyana than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Nautilus had an average win rate of 50.8% when playing against Qiyana with these items in his kit.
To have the highest chance of coming out on top against Qiyana as Nautilus, you should take the Glacial Augment, Hextech Flashtraption, Minion Dematerializer, Cosmic Insight, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Of all the runes that we analyzed for Nautilus vs Qiyana fights, this set of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 50.8% winrate overall.
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