Olaf vs Nautilus
How to Beat Nautilus as Olaf
based on 1,517 Olaf vs Nautilus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Olaf vs Nautilus Matchup Summary
Best Olaf vs Nautilus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nautilus as Olaf
Tips for Playing as Olaf against Nautilus
Olaf can combine Berserker Rage, Vicious Strikes, and Ragnarok at low life to become deceptively strong.
The bonus healing granted by Vicious Strikes amplifies your Life Steal from all sources as well as heals from allies.
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.
Olaf vs Nautilus Counter Stats
How to Counter Nautilus with Olaf in LoL
The stats shown here clarify several vital Olaf against Nautilus counter stats that may help you interpret the distinctions between this set of champs. For instance, Olaf’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Nautilus’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Olaf may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Nautilus. This observation is in large part a result of the difference in kills.
Olaf normally has a much larger longest killing spree than his counter does. On average, he receives more damage than Nautilus. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Olaf and Nautilus
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Who is Better, Olaf or Nautilus?
Both League champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Olaf usually wins when facing off against Nautilus, with a 51.8% win rate. Thus, Olaf makes a good counter for Nautilus.
While Olaf does have a higher win rate than Nautilus, when facing one another, Olaf also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less complex champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Olaf into Nautilus.
Moreover, Olaf also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Nautilus. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Olaf vs Nautilus matchups, Olaf is the better champ with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Olaf is a decent counter to Nautilus. You will do well by focussing your play on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Olaf against Nautilus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Olaf in order to counter Nautilus during both the laning 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 displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Olaf most often racks up much more CS as Nautilus. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Olaf versus Nautilus build include Experimental Hexplate, Ravenous Hydra, and Death's Dance. When Olaf bought at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better vs. Nautilus than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Olaf boasted an average winrate of 51.8% when countering Nautilus with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of vanquishing Nautilus as Olaf, Olaf players should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Biscuit Delivery, and Approach Velocity runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players picked for Olaf vs Nautilus face-offs, this blending of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 51.8% win rate overall.
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