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How to Win Nidalee vs Nautilus Counter MatchupNidalee is in the b tier of champions

Nidalee vs Nautilus

How to Beat Nautilus as Nidalee in LoLNidalee is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Nautilus as Nidalee

based on 976 Nidalee vs Nautilus matchups
Win Rate
44 %
K/D/A
2.25
Pick Rate
3.7 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion evaluate millions of recently ranked League games each and every week. Within our database, Nidalee engaged Nautilus 976 times. Having so many matchups for Nidalee versus Nautilus provides us faith in our capability to prepare enlightening stats and a supported build to smash Nautilus. This particular matchup is fairly rare. Nidalee encounters Nautilus in only 3.7% of her games.

Nidalee vs Nautilus Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Nidalee does a pathetic job of countering Nautilus. Normally, she wins a lowly 44.0% of the time the champions face off with one another in. In Nidalee versus Nautilus games, Nidalee’s team is 0.1% less expected to obtain first blood, implying that she probably won't be able to get first blood versus Nautilus.

Best Nidalee vs Nautilus Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Scorchclaw PupHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsHextech Alternator

Core Nidalee Items

~22 Mins
Lich BaneZhonya's HourglassStormsurge

Optional Items

Rabadon's DeathcapVoid StaffHextech RocketbeltShadowflame

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Nidalee to level upq
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Second ability for Nidalee to level upe
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Last skill for Nidalee to max outw

Runes

DominationDark HarvestSudden ImpactEyeball CollectionTreasure Hunter
SorceryTranscendenceWaterwalking
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Nidalee's passive ability p
Nidalee's q ability q
Nidalee's w ability w
Nidalee's e ability e
Nidalee's ultimate ability r
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Guide to Countering Nautilus as Nidalee

Tips for Playing as Nidalee against Nautilus

Use brush to your advantage! Moving in and out of brush can heavily alter your effectiveness in battle.

Start team fights by harassing with your Javelin Toss, and then switch to cougar form to chase down Hunted targets.

Bushwhack traps deal damage based on their victim's current Health. Set them up in your team's backline before fights break out during sieges to help your team deal damage to the enemy frontline.

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.

Nidalee vs Nautilus Counter Stats

Nidalee Image
Win Rate
44 %
VS
Win Rate
56 %
Nautilus Image
6.7
< Kills >
2.1
6.3
< Deaths >
6
7.5
< Assists >
13
1.51
< Killing Sprees >
0.41
39
< Minions Killed >
34
0.98
< Dragons Killed >
0.05
0.44
< Inhibitors >
0.47
1,261
< Physical Damage >
2,729
15,356
< Magic Damage >
5,818
976
< True Damage >
867
17,594
< Damage Dealt >
9,414
30,116
< Damage Taken >
21,384
11,144
< Gold Earned >
8,488
1.46
< Towers >
1.65
0.22
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
15,310
< Total Healing >
2,222
12,416
< Experience >
10,258
24
< Vision Score >
51
7
< Wards Placed >
22
145
< Time Dealing CC >
456

How to Counter Nautilus with Nidalee in LoL

The stats shown on this page emphasize some strategic Nidalee against Nautilus counter statistics that may help us interpret the differences between the two. For instance, Nidalee’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Nautilus’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Nidalee may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Nautilus. This observation is largely a result of the difference in kills.

Nidalee often has a much larger longest killing spree than her matchup does. Commonly, she takes more damage than Nautilus. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Nidalee and Nautilus

Damage Types Compared

Nidalee
Nautilus
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Nidalee
Nautilus

Who is Better, Nidalee or Nautilus?

Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Nidalee usually loses when facing off against Nautilus, with a 44.0% win rate. Therefore, Nidalee makes a poor counter for Nautilus.

While Nidalee does have a much lower win rate compared to Nautilus, when they face off with one another, Nidalee also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more difficult champ to develop with. You may get destroyed when picking Nidalee into Nautilusas her relative depth means you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Furthermore, Nidalee also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Nautilus. 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 in League of Legends, in Nidalee vs Nautilus matchups, Nautilus is the better champion with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.

Nidalee is a garbage counter for Nautilus. You will do well by focussing your play on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Nidalee against Nautilus.

Additional Information for Nidalee Players

How We Calculated Our Nidalee vs Nautilus Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Nautilus as Nidalee, we analyzed 976 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Nautilus as Nidalee comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Nidalee to counter Nautilus during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Nidalee most often accumulates a similar amount of CS relative to Nautilus. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values reported here to do well.

The most important items to prioritize in your Nidalee versus Nautilus build include Lich Bane, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Stormsurge. When Nidalee used at least these three items in her build, she performed a lot better when fighting Nautilus than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Nidalee had an average winrate of 44.0% when playing against Nautilus with this counter build.

To have the best likelihood of defeating Nautilus as Nidalee, you should equip the Dark Harvest, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Transcendence, and Waterwalking runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune sets players picked for Nidalee vs Nautilus clashes, this sequence of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 44.0% win rate overall.

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