Xerath with Nautilus
How to Synergize Xerath and Nautilus
based on 2,959 Xerath with Nautilus pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Xerath Nautilus Synergy Summary
Best Xerath vs Nautilus Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Xerath and Nautilus
Tips for Playing as Xerath with Nautilus
If you stun an enemy with Shocking Orb, follow up with a guaranteed center hit on Eye of Destruction.
It's easier to land Arcanopulse on an enemy when they're moving toward or away from you, rather than side to side.
Eye of Destruction will make landing Arcanopulse easier as the target will be slowed.
Advice to Understand How Nautilus Will Play
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.
Xerath Nautilus Synergy Stats
How to Play with Nautilus as Xerath in LoL
The Xerath Nautilus synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Nautilus, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Xerath sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Nautilus. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Nautilus helps Xerath perform worse in ranked LoL games. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Xerath is paired with Nautilus, he sees a little increase in his complete damage output. This could demonstrate that Nautilus helps provide protection for him to dish out more damage or that his participation also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Xerath is played with Nautilus on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Nautilus.
Moreover, when Xerath plays with Nautilus on the same side, he on average takes a little less damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt not as much damage could indicate that Nautilus does a decent job of protecting Xerath in team fights.
Synergies between Xerath and Nautilus
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Is Xerath better when played alongside Nautilus?
There is no perfect ally for Xerath that will 100% of the time be his #1 synergy. However, overall, Nautilus is a relatively poor ally for Xerath. By locking into the same team as Xerath, he drops their win rate by -1.5% to 49.1%. This shows that there is a bad bond between Xerath and Nautilus that allows them to perform worse together than without each other.
Nautilus has a lower difficulty than Xerath. That means you don't need to be cautious when lining up Nautilus allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a lower level of skill to be able to fight well with you.
Playing together, you will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal magic damage. Combined, these champs can blast through enemies with magic damage.
Although, by aligning Xerath and Nautilus together, you probably will not be providing your other allies a lot of attack damage. We recommend you include other champions on your team that offsets this disparity in their capabilities.
Regardless of your Nautilus ally's ability, you should focus on increasing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Xerath in order to work well with Nautilus during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you use the build and suggestions presented above, you should increase your win rate by a lot.
The top finished items to focus on in your Xerath and Nautilus synergy build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Horizon Focus, and Luden's Companion. When Xerath combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better when fighting alongside Nautilus than with most other typical builds. In fact, Xerath had an average winrate of 49.1% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Nautilus with this build.
To have the highest chance of crushing your oponents, you should take the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Scorch runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the runes that we analyzed for this champion pairing, this mix of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 49.1% win rate overall.
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