Ekko vs Nautilus
How to Beat Nautilus as Ekko
based on 7,547 Ekko vs Nautilus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Ekko vs Nautilus Matchup Summary
Best Ekko vs Nautilus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nautilus as Ekko
Tips for Playing as Ekko against Nautilus
Chronobreak is a potent escape tool, but it can also be quite powerful when used offensively. Don't underestimate its damage potential.
If you can proc Z-Drive Resonance on an enemy champion, it's worth taking risks to do so. The bonus Move Speed makes it easy to escape.
Phase Dive's dash is a great tool for setting up Ekko's other abilities. Use it to get double hits with Timewinder or get into position to detonate Parallel Convergence.
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.
Ekko vs Nautilus Counter Stats
How to Counter Nautilus with Ekko in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page emphasize several valuable Ekko versus Nautilus matchup stats that can help you grasp the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Ekko’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Nautilus’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Ekko may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Nautilus. This observation is largely a result of the difference in kills.
Ekko often has a much larger longest killing spree than his counter does. Typically, he takes more damage than Nautilus. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Ekko and Nautilus
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Who is Better, Ekko or Nautilus?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Ekko usually wins when facing off against Nautilus, with a 51.9% win rate. Therefore, Ekko makes a good counter to Nautilus.
While Ekko does have a higher winrate compared to Nautilus, when on opposite teams, Ekko also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more difficult character to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Ekko into Nautilusas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Ekko has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Nautilus. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Ekko vs Nautilus matchups, Ekko is the better champion with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Ekko is a decent counter to Nautilus. Make sure you focus your actions on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Ekko against Nautilus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Ekko in order to counter Nautilus during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Ekko often accumulates more CS relative to Nautilus. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The best items to have in your Ekko versus Nautilus build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Lich Bane, and Nashor's Tooth. When Ekko bought 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, Ekko boasted an average winrate of 51.9% when playing against Nautilus with this counter build.
To have the highest likelihood of crushing Nautilus as Ekko, you should equip the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune builds players picked for Ekko vs Nautilus LoL games, this order of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 51.9% win rate overall.
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