Zilean with Nautilus
How to Synergize Zilean and Nautilus
based on 275 Zilean with Nautilus pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Zilean Nautilus Synergy Summary
Best Zilean vs Nautilus Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Zilean and Nautilus
Tips for Playing as Zilean with Nautilus
Time Warp is an effective way to enable allies to finish off enemies, or escape from a losing battle.
Chronoshift is a powerful deterrent to attacking your carries, but casting Chronoshift too early in a fight can cause the enemy to switch targets too soon, making it less effective.
You can combine the use of Time Bomb and Rewind to place two Time Bombs on a target quickly. Placing the second bomb will detonate the first and stun all nearby enemies.
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.
Zilean Nautilus Synergy Stats
How to Play with Nautilus as Zilean in LoL
The Zilean 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, Zilean sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Nautilus. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Nautilus helps Zilean perform poorer in ranked LoL games. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Zilean is an ally to Nautilus, he sees a big jump in his full damage dealt. This change could indicate that Nautilus provides protection for him to deal more damage or that his allyship also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Zilean is played alongside Nautilus on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Nautilus.
Moreover, when Zilean plays with Nautilus on the same team, he on average receives more damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt more damage could mean that Nautilus does a poor job of protecting Zilean in teamfights.
Synergies between Zilean and Nautilus
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Is Zilean better when played alongside Nautilus?
There is no universally accepted best ally for Zilean that will no matter what be his best ally. Yet, Nautilus is a pretty good teammate for Zilean. By playing on the same side as Zilean, he increases their win rate by 2.8% to 53.5%. This shows that there is a potentially meaningful bond between Zilean and Nautilus that results in them performing stronger together than alone.
Nautilus has a lower difficulty than Zilean. That means Zilean players don't need to be cautious when arranging Nautilus teammates to play with, as they will require a lower level of skill to play well with you.
Fighting on the same side, Zilean players should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal magical damage. When paired, these champions can deal quite a lot of AP type damage.
In contrast, by grouping Zilean and Nautilus together, you probably will not be providing your other allies a lot of AD. Plan to pick other champions on your team that neutralizes this hole in this pairing's playstyle.
Regardless of the skill of your Nautilus teammate, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Zilean in order to pair well with Nautilus during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL matches, you should keep reading to master some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and stats presented here, you should increase your win rate by a lot.
The ideal finished items to have in your Zilean and Nautilus synergy build include Redemption, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Solstice Sleigh. When Zilean combined at least these three finished items in his build, he performed a lot better when fighting alongside Nautilus than with most other typical builds. In fact, Zilean had an average winrate of 53.5% when playing alongside Nautilus with these items in his kit.
To have the highest likelihood of beating your oponents, you should use the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Gathering Storm, Biscuit Delivery, and Time Warp Tonic runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players chose for this champion pairing, this composite of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 53.5% win rate overall.
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