Darius vs Nautilus
How to Beat Nautilus as Darius
based on 5,855 Darius vs Nautilus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Darius vs Nautilus Matchup Summary
Best Darius vs Nautilus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nautilus as Darius
Tips for Playing as Darius against Nautilus
Noxian Guillotine does more damage the more attacks you can land prior to it. Use Noxian Might to deal maximum damage.
Darius benefits greatly from enhanced survivability. The longer you can prolong a fight, the more powerful he becomes.
Decimate is a powerful harassment ability. Strike an enemy from maximum range for the greatest effect.
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.
Darius vs Nautilus Counter Stats
How to Counter Nautilus with Darius in LoL
The stats shown here highlight some valuable Darius vs. Nautilus counter stats that can help us figure out the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Darius’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Nautilus’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Darius may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Nautilus. This observation is largely caused by the difference in kills.
Darius usually has a much larger longest killing spree than his matchup does. On average, he receives more damage than Nautilus. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Darius and Nautilus
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Who is Better, Darius or Nautilus?
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Darius usually fairs equally well when taking on Nautilus, with a 50.2% win rate. As a result, Darius makes an ok counter for Nautilus.
While Darius does have a higher winrate than Nautilus, when on opposite teams, Darius also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes him a less complex character to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Darius into Nautilus.
Moreover, Darius has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Nautilus. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Darius vs Nautilus matchups, Darius is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Darius is a decent counter for Nautilus. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Darius against Nautilus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Darius in order 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 mind the build and suggestions displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Darius usually racks up much more CS as Nautilus. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values displayed on this page to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Darius versus Nautilus build include Trinity Force, Dead Man's Plate, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Darius included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better when fighting Nautilus than with many other common item sets. In fact, Darius had an average win rate of 50.2% when countering Nautilus with this counter build.
To have the highest probability of vanquishing Nautilus as Darius, you should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Darius vs Nautilus face-offs, this sequence of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 50.2% win rate overall.
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