Tahm Kench vs Nautilus
How to Beat Nautilus as Tahm Kench
based on 3,878 Tahm Kench vs Nautilus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Tahm Kench vs Nautilus Matchup Summary
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Guide to Countering Nautilus as Tahm Kench
Tips for Playing as Tahm Kench against Nautilus
Your most important function as a support is to keep fragile allies safe. Keep Devour's range and cooldown in mind and position accordingly!
Consider carefully when to use Thick Skin's active. Sometimes shielding early to avoid further damage is good, but sometimes the healing is more beneficial.
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.
Tahm Kench vs Nautilus Counter Stats
How to Counter Nautilus with Tahm Kench in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here clarify some vital Tahm Kench versus Nautilus counter stats that may help you appreciate the differences between the pair. As an example, Tahm Kench’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Nautilus’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Tahm Kench may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Nautilus..
Tahm Kench normally has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his matchup does. On average, he receives more damage than Nautilus. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
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Who is Better, Tahm Kench or Nautilus?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Tahm Kench usually wins when trying to fight Nautilus, with a 52.7% win rate. Therefore, Tahm Kench makes a good counter to Nautilus.
While Tahm Kench does have a higher winrate than Nautilus, when facing one another, Tahm Kench also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less difficult champion to develop with. You don't need to be too worried when picking Tahm Kench into Nautilus.
Furthermore, Tahm Kench also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Nautilus. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Tahm Kench vs Nautilus matchups, Tahm Kench is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Tahm Kench is an above average counter for Nautilus. Make sure you focus your gameplay on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Tahm Kench against Nautilus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Tahm Kench in order to counter Nautilus during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Tahm Kench usually picks up much more CS relative to Nautilus. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values shown on this page to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Tahm Kench versus Nautilus build include Thornmail, Heartsteel, and Solstice Sleigh. When Tahm Kench incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better against Nautilus than with most other typical builds. In fact, Tahm Kench had an average win rate of 52.7% when playing against Nautilus with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of annihilating Nautilus as Tahm Kench, you should equip the Grasp of the Undying, Shield Bash, Second Wind, Unflinching, Triumph, and Legend: Alacrity runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Tahm Kench vs Nautilus counter picks, this composite of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 52.7% winrate overall.
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