Ziggs vs Nautilus
How to Beat Nautilus as Ziggs
based on 2,266 Ziggs vs Nautilus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Ziggs vs Nautilus Matchup Summary
Best Ziggs vs Nautilus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nautilus as Ziggs
Tips for Playing as Ziggs against Nautilus
Even if you're far from a fight you can still help from afar with Mega Inferno Bomb.
Slowing your enemies with Hexplosive Minefield makes it easier to land other abilities.
Knocking yourself over walls with Satchel Charge can be great when chasing after or escaping from enemies.
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.
Ziggs vs Nautilus Counter Stats
How to Counter Nautilus with Ziggs in LoL
The stats shown here underscore some significant Ziggs against Nautilus counter statistics that can help us understand the differences and similarities between these two champions. Ziggs’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Nautilus’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Ziggs may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Nautilus. This observation is in large part fueled by the difference in kills.
Ziggs usually has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his opponent does. Typically, he receives less damage than Nautilus. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Ziggs and Nautilus
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Who is Better, Ziggs or Nautilus?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Ziggs usually fairs equally well when taking on Nautilus, with a 49.5% win rate. Thus, Ziggs makes an ok counter to Nautilus.
While Ziggs does have a lower win rate compared to Nautilus, when facing one another, Ziggs also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less difficult champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Ziggs into Nautilus.
Moreover, Ziggs also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Nautilus. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Ziggs vs Nautilus matchups, Nautilus is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Ziggs is a somewhat poor counter for Nautilus. You will do well by focussing your strategy on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Ziggs against Nautilus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Ziggs in order 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 tips presented above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Ziggs typically racks up much more CS relative to Nautilus. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values displayed here to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Ziggs versus Nautilus build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Liandry's Torment, and Luden's Companion. When Ziggs bought at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better vs Nautilus than with most other typical builds. In fact, Ziggs boasted an average win rate of 49.5% when countering Nautilus with this counter build.
To have the best chance of defeating Nautilus as Ziggs, you should take the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Coup de Grace, and Presence of Mind runes from the Sorcery and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players picked for Ziggs vs Nautilus clashes, this combination of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 49.5% winrate overall.
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