Vex vs Nautilus
How to Beat Nautilus as Vex
based on 3,013 Vex vs Nautilus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Vex vs Nautilus Matchup Summary
Best Vex vs Nautilus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nautilus as Vex
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.
Vex vs Nautilus Counter Stats
How to Counter Nautilus with Vex in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here emphasize several important Vex vs. Nautilus counter stats that may help us grasp the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Vex’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Nautilus’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Vex may be more central to their team's team fighting capacity than Nautilus. This observation is largely fueled by the difference in kills.
Vex normally has a much larger longest killing spree than their foe does. Typically, they receives less damage than Nautilus. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Vex and Nautilus
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Who is Better, Vex or Nautilus?
Both League champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Vex usually fairs equally well when facing off against Nautilus, with a 50.4% win rate. Thus, Vex makes an ok counter to Nautilus.
While Vex does have a higher winrate than Nautilus, when facing one another, Vex also has a much lower difficulty level that makes them a less time consuming champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Vex into Nautilus.
Furthermore, Vex has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Nautilus. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Vex vs Nautilus matchups, Vex 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.
Vex is a decent counter to Nautilus. You will do well by focussing your tactics on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Vex against Nautilus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Vex to counter Nautilus during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Vex on average accumulates much more CS as Nautilus. Champions who typically don't acquire many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values reported here to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Vex versus Nautilus build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Vex used at least these three pieces in their build, they did a lot better when facing Nautilus than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Vex had an average winrate of 50.4% when playing against Nautilus with these items in their kit.
To have the best likelihood of beating Nautilus as Vex, Vex players should take the Electrocute, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players used for Vex vs Nautilus counterpicks, this blending of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 50.4% win rate overall.
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