Annie vs Nautilus
How to Beat Nautilus as Annie
based on 2,681 Annie vs Nautilus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Annie vs Nautilus Matchup Summary
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Guide to Countering Nautilus as Annie
Tips for Playing as Annie against Nautilus
Molten Shield is a good spell to cast to work up to Annie's stun, so sometimes it's beneficial to grab at least 1 rank in it early.
Striking killing blows on minions with Disintegrate enables Annie to farm extremely well early in the game.
Storing a stun for use with her ultimate can turn the tide of a team fight.
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.
Annie vs Nautilus Counter Stats
How to Counter Nautilus with Annie in LoL
The stats provided here clarify several important Annie versus Nautilus counter stats that can help us realize the differences between these two champions. Annie’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Nautilus’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Annie may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Nautilus. This observation is largely fueled by the difference in kills.
Annie usually has a much larger longest killing spree than her opponent does. Typically, she receives less damage than Nautilus. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Annie and Nautilus
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Who is Better, Annie or Nautilus?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Annie usually fairs equally well when facing off against Nautilus, with a 49.1% win rate. As a result, Annie makes an ok counter to Nautilus.
While Annie does have a lower winrate than Nautilus, when they face off with one another, Annie also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more time consuming character to learn. You should be careful when picking Annie into Nautilus.
Furthermore, Annie has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Nautilus. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Annie vs Nautilus matchups, Nautilus is the better champion with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Annie is a somewhat poor counter to Nautilus. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Annie against Nautilus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Annie in order to counter Nautilus during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Annie typically accumulates much more CS as Nautilus. Champs who on average don't acquire much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values shown here to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Annie versus Nautilus build include Malignance, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Shadowflame. When Annie included at least these three items in her build, she performed much better vs. Nautilus than with most other typical builds. In fact, Annie boasted an average win rate of 49.1% battling Nautilus with this counter build.
To have the best chance of beating Nautilus as Annie, Annie players should equip the Electrocute, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Manaflow Band, and Absolute Focus runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the runes players used for Annie vs Nautilus counterpicks, this combo of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 49.1% winrate overall.
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