If Draven doesn't move, Spinning Axe will fall near his present location. It will fall directly on him, or just to the right or left.
If Draven does move after attacking, Spinning Axe will lead him in the direction of his movement. Use this to control where the Spinning Axe will go.
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.
The stats shown on this page show some significant Draven against Nautilus counter stats that may help us interpret the differences and similarities between the pair. Draven’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Nautilus’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Draven may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Nautilus. This observation is largely fueled by the difference in kills.
Draven usually has a much larger longest kill spree than his enemy does. Typically, he takes a similar amount of damage to Nautilus. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the champion with higher HP has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Draven usually fairs equally well when playing against Nautilus, with a 50.3% win rate. Thus, Draven makes an ok counter to Nautilus.
While Draven does have a higher winrate than Nautilus, when facing one another, Draven also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more difficult character to develop with. You should be careful when picking Draven into Nautilusas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Draven has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Nautilus. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Draven vs Nautilus matchups, Draven 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 late stage team fights.
Draven is a decent counter to Nautilus. You will do well by focussing your actions on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Draven against Nautilus.
If you would like to truly master Draven in order to counter Nautilus during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and tips displayed here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Draven on average gets much more CS as Nautilus. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values displayed here to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Draven versus Nautilus build include Bloodthirster, Essence Reaver, and The Collector. When Draven used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better countering Nautilus than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Draven had an average win rate of 50.3% when countering Nautilus with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of crushing Nautilus as Draven, you should equip the Hail of Blades, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Presence of Mind, and Legend: Bloodline runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Draven vs Nautilus counter picks, this combination of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 50.3% win rate overall.
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