Nautilus vs Vel'Koz
How to Beat Vel'Koz as Nautilus
based on 3,308 Nautilus vs Vel'Koz matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nautilus vs Vel'Koz Matchup Summary
Best Nautilus vs Vel'Koz Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Vel'Koz as Nautilus
Tips for Playing as Nautilus against Vel'Koz
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 Vel'Koz
Vel'Koz has fairly low mobility and is vulnerable to ganks.
Vel'Koz is very dangerous if left alone in a fight. Try to focus him down early.
Life Form Disintegration Ray can be interrupted by stuns, silences and knockups.
Nautilus vs Vel'Koz Counter Stats
How to Counter Vel'Koz with Nautilus in LoL
The stats shown here clarify some critical Nautilus versus Vel'Koz counter stats that can help you figure out the differences between the pair. As an example, Nautilus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Vel'Koz’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Nautilus may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Vel'Koz..
Nautilus often has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his matchup does. Typically, he receives more damage than Vel'Koz. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also indicate that the champion with more HP has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Nautilus and Vel'Koz
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Who is Better, Nautilus or Vel'Koz?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Nautilus usually fairs equally well when playing against Vel'Koz, with a 49.1% win rate. As a result, Nautilus makes an ok counter to Vel'Koz.
While Nautilus does have a lower win rate compared to Vel'Koz, when on opposite teams, Nautilus also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less complex character to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Nautilus into Vel'Koz.
Additionally, Nautilus also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Vel'Koz. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Nautilus vs Vel'Koz matchups, Vel'Koz is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Nautilus is a somewhat poor counter to Vel'Koz. Make sure you focus your strategy on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Nautilus against Vel'Koz.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Nautilus to counter Vel'Koz during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nautilus most often accumulates less CS relative to Vel'Koz. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Nautilus versus Vel'Koz build include Zeke's Convergence, Knight's Vow, and Celestial Opposition. When Nautilus used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better vs Vel'Koz than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Nautilus boasted an average win rate of 49.1% when countering Vel'Koz with this build.
To have the best likelihood of annihilating Vel'Koz as Nautilus, you should use the Glacial Augment, Hextech Flashtraption, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds players used for Nautilus vs Vel'Koz clashes, this blending of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 49.1% win rate overall.
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