Nautilus with Xayah
How to Synergize Nautilus and Xayah
based on 2,034 Nautilus with Xayah pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Nautilus Xayah Synergy Summary
Best Nautilus vs Xayah Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Nautilus and Xayah
Tips for Playing as Nautilus with Xayah
While ganking, consider aiming Dredge Line at nearby terrain and following it up with Riptide for a higher hit rate.
Riptide has a delayed blast timing on activation - you can use this while running away or when enemies are incoming to serve as a deterrent.
Advice to Understand How Xayah Will Play
Xayah's attacks and abilities leave Feathers on the ground that she can later recall for massive area damage and control.
Xayah can use Featherstorm to dodge almost any ability while also creating a ton of Feathers. Try to utilize the offensive and defensive aspects of this ability.
Nautilus Xayah Synergy Stats
How to Play with Xayah as Nautilus in LoL
The Nautilus Xayah synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Xayah, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Nautilus sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Xayah. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Xayah helps Nautilus perform worse in competitive LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Nautilus plays on the same team as Xayah, he gets a little increase in his full damage output. This difference could indicate that Xayah provides protection for him to dish out more damage or that her allyship also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Nautilus is played alongside Xayah on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Xayah. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Xayah.
Additionally, when Nautilus plays with Xayah on the same team, he on average takes a little more damage than when he fights alone. Taking more damage could indicate that Xayah does a poor job of covering Nautilus during team fights.
Synergies between Nautilus and Xayah
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Is Nautilus better when played alongside Xayah?
There is no ideal companion for Nautilus that will no matter what be his best ally. However, Xayah is a below average companion for Nautilus. By being on the same team as Nautilus, she drops their win rate by -3.0% to 45.8%. This shows that there is a harmful bond between Nautilus and Xayah that allows them to perform worse together than without each other.
Xayah has a lower difficulty than Nautilus. That means you don't need to be careful when arranging Xayah allies to fight alongside, as they will need a lower level of skill to do well with you.
Fighting together, you will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal physical damage. When paired, these two can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
In contrast, by grouping Nautilus and Xayah together, you probably will not be granting your team a great deal of magical damage output. We recommend you include other champions on your team that offsets this disparity in their abilities.
Regardless of the skill of your Xayah teammate, you should focus on increasing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Nautilus to synergize with Xayah during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL, you should continue reading to pick up some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you mind the build and stats presented above, you should grow your win rate significantly.
The best finished items to focus on in your Nautilus and Xayah synergy build include Knight's Vow, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Solstice Sleigh. When Nautilus incorporated at least these three finished items in his build, he performed a lot better when fighting alongside Xayah than with most other typical builds. In fact, Nautilus boasted an average win rate of 45.8% helping carry Xayah with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of crushing your oponents, you should use the Glacial Augment, Hextech Flashtraption, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune sets we have analyed for this champion pairing, this blending of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 45.8% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to pair Xayah with Nautilus are shown for all skill levels combined. To narrow the stats and builds to an individual player tier, you should use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.