Akali vs Nautilus
How to Beat Nautilus as Akali
based on 9,678 Akali vs Nautilus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Akali vs Nautilus Matchup Summary
Best Akali vs Nautilus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nautilus as Akali
Tips for Playing as Akali against Nautilus
Akali excels at killing fragile champions. Let your team initiate and then strike at the people in the back.
Twilight Shroud offers safety in even the most dangerous situations. Use that time to save up energy for a quick strike later.
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.
Akali vs Nautilus Counter Stats
How to Counter Nautilus with Akali in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page show several important Akali against Nautilus counter stats that may help us grasp the differences between the pair. For instance, Akali’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Nautilus’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Akali may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Nautilus. This observation is largely fueled by the difference in kills.
Akali typically has a much larger longest killing spree than her foe does. Typically, she receives more damage than Nautilus. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the champion with higher health has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Akali and Nautilus
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Who is Better, Akali or Nautilus?
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Akali usually fairs equally well when facing off against Nautilus, with a 49.8% win rate. Therefore, Akali makes an ok counter for Nautilus.
While Akali does have a lower win rate compared to Nautilus, when they face off with one another, Akali also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more difficult champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Akali into Nautilusas her relative depth means you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Akali also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Nautilus. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Akali vs Nautilus matchups, Nautilus is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Akali is a somewhat poor counter to Nautilus. Make sure you focus your strategy on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Akali against Nautilus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Akali to counter Nautilus during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats displayed above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Akali most often picks up much more CS compared to Nautilus. Champions who typically don't get many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The best items to have in your Akali versus Nautilus build include Cryptbloom, Hextech Rocketbelt, and Stormsurge. When Akali incorporated at least these three pieces in her build, she did significantly better vs. Nautilus than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Akali boasted an average winrate of 49.8% when playing against Nautilus with this counter build.
To have the best likelihood of defeating Nautilus as Akali, Akali players should equip the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Overgrowth, and Bone Plating runes from the Domination and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Akali vs Nautilus clashes, this blending of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 49.8% win rate overall.
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