Rek'Sai vs Nautilus
How to Beat Nautilus as Rek'Sai
based on 851 Rek'Sai vs Nautilus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Rek'Sai vs Nautilus Matchup Summary
Best Rek'Sai vs Nautilus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nautilus as Rek'Sai
Tips for Playing as Rek'Sai against Nautilus
Keeping tunnels spread out across the map will ensure you have choices when you want to cast Void Rush.
Cast Burrow before travelling around the map to take advantage of the increased Move Speed and the safety provided by Tremor Sense.
Tremor Sense can warn you of enemies closing in, and is particularly useful when entering enemy territory.
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.
Rek'Sai vs Nautilus Counter Stats
How to Counter Nautilus with Rek'Sai in LoL
The stats provided here clarify some valuable Rek'Sai versus Nautilus matchup stats that may help you figure out the differences between the pair. Rek'Sai’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Nautilus’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Rek'Sai 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.
Rek'Sai typically has a much larger longest killing spree than his opponent does. Typically, he receives more damage than Nautilus. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Rek'Sai and Nautilus
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Who is Better, Rek'Sai or Nautilus?
Both LoL champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Rek'Sai usually fairs equally well when taking on Nautilus, with a 49.4% win rate. Therefore, Rek'Sai makes an ok counter for Nautilus.
While Rek'Sai does have a lower win rate than Nautilus, when facing one another, Rek'Sai also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less difficult champion to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Rek'Sai into Nautilus.
Additionally, Rek'Sai also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Nautilus. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Rek'Sai vs Nautilus matchups, Nautilus is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Rek'Sai is a somewhat poor counter to Nautilus. You will do well by focussing your actions on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Rek'Sai against Nautilus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Rek'Sai to counter Nautilus 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 mind the build and suggestions presented above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Rek'Sai most often picks up a similar amount of CS relative to Nautilus. Champions who typically don't acquire many minion kills often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values shown on this page to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Rek'Sai versus Nautilus build consist of Sterak's Gage, Black Cleaver, and Titanic Hydra. When Rek'Sai used at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better vs Nautilus than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Rek'Sai boasted an average win rate of 49.4% when countering Nautilus with these items in his kit.
To have the best probability of defeating Nautilus as Rek'Sai, you should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Rek'Sai vs Nautilus counter picks, this composite of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 49.4% win rate overall.
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