Neeko vs Nautilus
How to Beat Nautilus as Neeko
based on 4,572 Neeko vs Nautilus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Neeko vs Nautilus Matchup Summary
Best Neeko vs Nautilus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nautilus as Neeko
Tips for Playing as Neeko against Nautilus
You can set her passive to use hotkeys in the options menu. The default is Shift+F1~F5
Try to use Inherent Glamour sparingly, ineffective uses will put enemies on the alert.
Advice to Win Against Nautilus
If Nautilus uses Riptide right next to you, hold in place until the ripple effect finishes before running. Running early will run straight into the secondary explosions, causing you to take additional damage and slow.
While Nautilus is shielded, he is capable of dealing large amounts of area of effect damage with his basic attacks - consider taking down the shield if you have time.
Neeko vs Nautilus Counter Stats
How to Counter Nautilus with Neeko in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here feature several valuable Neeko versus Nautilus counter stats that can help us distinguish the distinctions between the pair. Neeko’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Nautilus’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Neeko may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Nautilus. This observation is in large part a result of the difference in kills.
Neeko normally has a slightly larger longest killing spree than her enemy does. Commonly, she takes a similar amount of damage to Nautilus. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the champ with increased health has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Neeko and Nautilus
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Who is Better, Neeko or Nautilus?
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Neeko usually wins when trying to fight Nautilus, with a 51.4% win rate. Therefore, Neeko makes a good counter to Nautilus.
While Neeko does have a higher winrate compared to Nautilus, when facing one another, Neeko also has a lower difficulty level that makes her a less challenging champion to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Neeko into Nautilus.
Additionally, Neeko has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Nautilus. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Neeko vs Nautilus matchups, Neeko is the better champion with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Neeko is a decent counter to Nautilus. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Neeko against Nautilus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Neeko in order to counter Nautilus during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and stats presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Neeko typically picks up much more CS compared to Nautilus. Champs who on average don't take much CS often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values reported here to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Neeko versus Nautilus build include Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Neeko bought at least these three pieces in her build, she did much better when fighting Nautilus than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Neeko boasted an average win rate of 51.4% battling Nautilus with this counter build.
To have the highest probability of coming out on top against Nautilus as Neeko, Neeko players should take the Electrocute, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Manaflow Band, and Scorch runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Neeko vs Nautilus fights, this mix of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 51.4% win rate overall.
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