Vi vs Nautilus
How to Beat Nautilus as Vi
based on 4,611 Vi vs Nautilus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Vi vs Nautilus Matchup Summary
Best Vi vs Nautilus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nautilus as Vi
Tips for Playing as Vi against Nautilus
A fully charged Vault Breaker will deal double damage. It's great for catching and finishing off fleeing enemies.
Relentless Force does full damage to anyone caught in the shockwave. Use it on minions in lane to hit enemies hiding behind them.
Cease and Desist is a powerful initiation tool, just remember not to get too far ahead of the rest of your team.
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.
Vi vs Nautilus Counter Stats
How to Counter Nautilus with Vi in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page show several valuable Vi against Nautilus counter stats that can help you realize the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Vi’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Nautilus’s ratio of NaN, showing that Vi may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Nautilus. This observation is in large part fueled by the difference in kills.
Vi normally has a much larger longest killing spree than her foe does. On average, she receives more damage than Nautilus. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the champ with more HP has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Vi and Nautilus
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Who is Better, Vi or Nautilus?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Vi usually wins when playing against Nautilus, with a 54.2% win rate. As a result, Vi makes a great counter to Nautilus.
While Vi does have a much higher winrate compared to Nautilus, when on opposite teams, Vi also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less complex character to develop with. You should be be fine when picking Vi into Nautilus.
Additionally, Vi has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Nautilus. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Vi vs Nautilus matchups, Vi is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Vi is a great counter to Nautilus. You will do well by focussing your actions on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Vi against Nautilus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Vi in order to counter Nautilus during both the early game 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 stats presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Vi on average picks up a similar amount of CS as Nautilus. Champions who on average don't get much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers reported here to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Vi versus Nautilus build include Black Cleaver, Experimental Hexplate, and Sundered Sky. When Vi included at least these three pieces in her build, she did much better versus Nautilus than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Vi boasted an average win rate of 54.2% battling Nautilus with this counter build.
To have the greatest likelihood of coming out on top against Nautilus as Vi, Vi players should use the Hail of Blades, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Triumph, and Legend: Alacrity runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune sets players chose for Vi vs Nautilus counters, this composite of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 54.2% winrate overall.
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