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How to Win Veigar vs Nautilus Counter MatchupVeigar is in the b tier of champions

Veigar vs Nautilus

How to Beat Nautilus as Veigar in LoLVeigar is in the a tier of champions
Mage
TankSupport

How to Beat Nautilus as Veigar

based on 5,756 Veigar vs Nautilus matchups
Win Rate
52.1 %
K/D/A
2.29
Pick Rate
4.3 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we summarize millions of recently ranked LoL matches each and every week. In our dataset, Veigar battled Nautilus 5756 times. With so many matchups for Veigar vs Nautilus gives us a lot of confidence in our ability to produce informative statistics and a pro build to crush Nautilus. This matchup is somewhat uncommon. Veigar fights Nautilus in only 4.3% of his games.

Veigar vs Nautilus Matchup Summary

Veigar does a good job of beating Nautilus. Typically, he wins a fantastic 52.1% of matches the champs face each other in. In Veigar vs Nautilus rounds, Veigar’s team is 0.3% less probable to gain first blood, implying that he most likely won't be able to get first blood against Nautilus.

Best Veigar vs Nautilus Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsLost Chapter

Core Veigar Items

~22 Mins
Void StaffZhonya's HourglassStormsurge

Optional Items

CryptbloomRabadon's DeathcapSeraph's EmbraceShadowflame

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Veigar to level upq
>
Second ability for Veigar to level upw
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Last skill for Veigar to max oute

Runes

InspirationFirst StrikeMagical FootwearBiscuit DeliveryCosmic Insight
SorceryManaflow BandTranscendence
Ability HasteAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
Veigar's passive ability p
Veigar's q ability q
Veigar's w ability w
Veigar's e ability e
Veigar's ultimate ability r
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Q
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W
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Q
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Q
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R
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Guide to Countering Nautilus as Veigar

Tips for Playing as Veigar against Nautilus

Veigar is extremely Mana and Cooldown Reduction dependent. Try buying items with these stats in order to increase the effectiveness of your passive and Baleful Strike.

Veigar is very fragile. It is valuable to select at least one summoner spell that can be used defensively.

Use Event Horizon to increase your chances of landing Dark Matter.

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.

Veigar vs Nautilus Counter Stats

Veigar Image
Win Rate
52.1 %
VS
Win Rate
47.9 %
Nautilus Image
7.2
< Kills >
2.3
6.2
< Deaths >
6.3
7
< Assists >
12.9
1.65
< Killing Sprees >
0.43
164
< Minions Killed >
36
0.11
< Dragons Killed >
0.06
0.52
< Inhibitors >
0.4
683
< Physical Damage >
2,692
22,464
< Magic Damage >
5,963
636
< True Damage >
903
23,784
< Damage Dealt >
9,559
18,360
< Damage Taken >
22,853
12,090
< Gold Earned >
8,689
2.15
< Towers >
1.54
0.04
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
1,723
< Total Healing >
2,341
14,249
< Experience >
10,678
21
< Vision Score >
51
10
< Wards Placed >
22
88
< Time Dealing CC >
484

How to Counter Nautilus with Veigar in LoL

The stat comparisons shown on this page emphasize some valuable Veigar versus Nautilus matchup stats that can help you distinguish the differences between the two. As an example, Veigar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Nautilus’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Veigar may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Nautilus. This observation is largely a result of the difference in kills.

Veigar often has a much larger longest kill spree than his counter does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Nautilus. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Veigar and Nautilus

Damage Types Compared

Veigar
Nautilus
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Veigar
Nautilus

Who is Better, Veigar or Nautilus?

Both League champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Veigar usually wins when playing against Nautilus, with a 52.1% win rate. Therefore, Veigar makes a good counter for Nautilus.

While Veigar does have a higher win rate than Nautilus, when on opposite teams, Veigar also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more challenging champ to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Veigar into Nautilusas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Furthermore, Veigar has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Nautilus. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Veigar vs Nautilus matchups, Veigar is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.

Veigar is an above average counter for Nautilus. Make sure you focus your tactics on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Veigar against Nautilus.

Additional Information for Veigar Players

How We Calculated Our Veigar vs Nautilus Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Nautilus as Veigar, we analyzed 5,756 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 Veigar 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 Veigar in order to counter Nautilus during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Veigar often gets much more CS compared to Nautilus. Champions who on average don't acquire much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers displayed on this page to do well.

The ideal items to use in your Veigar versus Nautilus build include Void Staff, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Stormsurge. When Veigar included at least these three items in his build, he did much better versus Nautilus than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Veigar boasted an average winrate of 52.1% battling Nautilus with this counter build.

To have the best probability of coming out on top against Nautilus as Veigar, you should take the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players picked for Veigar vs Nautilus LoL games, this composite of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 52.1% winrate overall.

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