Vel'Koz vs Nautilus
How to Beat Nautilus as Vel'Koz
based on 3,308 Vel'Koz vs Nautilus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Vel'Koz vs Nautilus Matchup Summary
Best Vel'Koz vs Nautilus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nautilus as Vel'Koz
Tips for Playing as Vel'Koz against Nautilus
Be very careful about when to use Life Form Disintegration Ray. Many champions have abilities that can interrupt the spell.
Shooting Plasma Fission diagonally and splitting at maximum range allows you to hit opponents that are out of the range of the initial missile, but is more challenging to pull off.
When laning, use Void Rift to kill minions while building stacks of Organic Deconstruction on your opponent. You can then follow up with your other abilities.
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.
Vel'Koz vs Nautilus Counter Stats
How to Counter Nautilus with Vel'Koz in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page show several valuable Vel'Koz vs. Nautilus matchup statistics that may help us realize the distinctions between the two. For instance, Vel'Koz’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Nautilus’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Vel'Koz may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Nautilus. This observation is in large part fueled by the difference in kills.
Vel'Koz usually has a much larger longest kill spree than his opponent does. Typically, he takes less damage than Nautilus. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the champion with higher health has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Vel'Koz and Nautilus
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Who is Better, Vel'Koz or Nautilus?
Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Vel'Koz usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Nautilus, with a 50.9% win rate. As a result, Vel'Koz makes an ok counter to Nautilus.
While Vel'Koz does have a higher win rate compared to Nautilus, when facing one another, Vel'Koz also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more challenging champ to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Vel'Koz into Nautilusas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Vel'Koz also has some 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 ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Vel'Koz vs Nautilus matchups, Vel'Koz is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Vel'Koz is a decent counter for Nautilus. Focus your tactics on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Vel'Koz against Nautilus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Vel'Koz in order to counter Nautilus during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and stats displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Vel'Koz typically picks up more CS compared to Nautilus. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Vel'Koz versus Nautilus build include Zhonya's Hourglass, Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, and Luden's Companion. When Vel'Koz bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better against Nautilus than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Vel'Koz boasted an average win rate of 50.9% when playing against Nautilus with these items in his kit.
To have the highest probability of annihilating Nautilus as Vel'Koz, Vel'Koz players should equip the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune sets we have analyed for Vel'Koz vs Nautilus counters, this combo of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 50.9% winrate overall.
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