Vayne vs Nautilus
How to Beat Nautilus as Vayne
based on 9,644 Vayne vs Nautilus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Vayne vs Nautilus Matchup Summary
Best Vayne vs Nautilus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nautilus as Vayne
Tips for Playing as Vayne against Nautilus
Don't go in first to a large teamfight. Wait for your teammates to initiate.
Tumble has many uses, but it cannot pass over walls.
Condemn can be used to both pin targets to walls to ensure a kill, or to escape a pursuer.
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.
Vayne vs Nautilus Counter Stats
How to Counter Nautilus with Vayne in LoL
The stats shown here highlight several influential Vayne vs. Nautilus matchup stats that can help us appreciate the distinctions between this pair of champions. As an example, Vayne’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Nautilus’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Vayne may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Nautilus. This observation is largely a result of the difference in kills.
Vayne often has a much larger longest killing spree than her enemy does. On average, she takes a similar amount of damage to Nautilus. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Vayne and Nautilus
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Who is Better, Vayne or Nautilus?
Both League champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Vayne usually fairs equally well when facing off against Nautilus, with a 49.9% win rate. Thus, Vayne makes an ok counter for Nautilus.
While Vayne does have a lower win rate compared to Nautilus, when on opposite teams, Vayne also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more challenging character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Vayne into Nautilusas her relative depth means you may not be able to reach her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Vayne has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Nautilus. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Vayne vs Nautilus matchups, Nautilus is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Vayne is a somewhat poor 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 do very well as Vayne against Nautilus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Vayne to counter Nautilus during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions shown here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Vayne typically racks up much more CS as Nautilus. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills often don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The best items to use in your Vayne versus Nautilus build consist of Guardian Angel, Wit's End, and Blade of The Ruined King. When Vayne combined at least these three pieces in her build, she did much better versus Nautilus than with many other typical builds. In fact, Vayne boasted an average win rate of 49.9% battling Nautilus with these items in her kit.
To have the best probability of beating Nautilus as Vayne, you should equip the Fleet Footwork, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Magical Footwear, and Biscuit Delivery runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Vayne vs Nautilus battles, this mixture of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 49.9% win rate overall.
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