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How to Win Ezreal vs Nautilus Counter MatchupEzreal is in the b tier of champions

Ezreal vs Nautilus

How to Beat Nautilus as Ezreal in LoLEzreal is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Nautilus as Ezreal

based on 9,842 Ezreal vs Nautilus matchups
Win Rate
49.1 %
K/D/A
2.48
Pick Rate
4.3 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion summarize millions of ranked League games each and every week. Within our data, Ezreal faced off against Nautilus 9842 times. Including so many games with Ezreal vs Nautilus provides us confidence in our ability to produce actionable statistics and a pro build to smash your foe. This champion pairing is relatively uncommon. Ezreal is forced to battle against Nautilus in only 4.3% of his rounds.

Ezreal vs Nautilus Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Ezreal has done a poor job of countering Nautilus. Normally, he wins a acceptable 49.1% of games the champions battle each other in. In Ezreal vs Nautilus rounds, Ezreal’s team is 0.1% less probable to gain first blood. This implies that he most likely won't be able to get first blood versus Nautilus.

Best Ezreal vs Nautilus Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Long SwordHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
SheenCaulfield's Warhammer

Core Ezreal Items

~22 Mins
MuramanaRavenous HydraSerylda's Grudge

Optional Items

Guardian AngelSpear of ShojinVoltaic CycloswordBloodthirster

Summoner Spells

summonerexhaust summoner spell D
summonerflash summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Ezreal to level upq
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Second ability for Ezreal to level upe
>
Last skill for Ezreal to max outw

Runes

PrecisionConquerorPresence of MindLegend: BloodlineCoup de Grace
SorceryManaflow BandTranscendence
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth
Ezreal's passive ability p
Ezreal's q ability q
Ezreal's w ability w
Ezreal's e ability e
Ezreal's ultimate ability r
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Q
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E
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W
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Q
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Q
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R
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Guide to Countering Nautilus as Ezreal

Tips for Playing as Ezreal against Nautilus

Use Arcane Shift to help line up your other skill shots.

You can line up Trueshot Barrage to hit multiple minion waves or even Monsters.

You can play Ezreal either as a Attack Damage carry or Ability Power carry depending on how you build him.

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.

Ezreal vs Nautilus Counter Stats

Ezreal Image
Win Rate
49.1 %
VS
Win Rate
50.9 %
Nautilus Image
6.7
< Kills >
2.1
5.8
< Deaths >
6.2
7.7
< Assists >
13.2
1.57
< Killing Sprees >
0.37
169
< Minions Killed >
35
0.17
< Dragons Killed >
0.05
0.49
< Inhibitors >
0.42
15,589
< Physical Damage >
2,674
7,039
< Magic Damage >
5,844
638
< True Damage >
929
23,267
< Damage Dealt >
9,447
19,680
< Damage Taken >
22,714
11,784
< Gold Earned >
8,545
2.29
< Towers >
1.55
0.05
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
5,170
< Total Healing >
2,446
12,471
< Experience >
10,541
17
< Vision Score >
53
8
< Wards Placed >
23
89
< Time Dealing CC >
460

How to Counter Nautilus with Ezreal in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here clarify some valuable Ezreal versus Nautilus matchup statistics that can help us appreciate the differences between the pair. As an example, Ezreal’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Nautilus’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Ezreal may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Nautilus. This observation is largely a result of the difference in kills.

Ezreal normally has a much larger longest killing spree than his foe does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Nautilus. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Ezreal and Nautilus

Damage Types Compared

Ezreal
Nautilus
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Ezreal
Nautilus

Who is Better, Ezreal or Nautilus?

Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Ezreal usually fairs equally well when taking on Nautilus, with a 49.1% win rate. Thus, Ezreal makes an ok counter to Nautilus.

While Ezreal does have a lower win rate than Nautilus, when they face off with one another, Ezreal also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more complex champ to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Ezreal into Nautilusas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Additionally, Ezreal has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Nautilus. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Ezreal vs Nautilus matchups, Nautilus is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.

Ezreal is a somewhat poor counter to Nautilus. Make sure you focus your play on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Ezreal against Nautilus.

Additional Information for Ezreal Players

How We Calculated Our Ezreal vs Nautilus Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Nautilus as Ezreal, we analyzed 9,842 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Nautilus as Ezreal comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Ezreal to counter Nautilus during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Ezreal usually gets much more CS as Nautilus. Champs who typically don't take many minion kills often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers displayed on this page to do well.

The ideal items to prioritize in your Ezreal versus Nautilus build consist of Muramana, Ravenous Hydra, and Serylda's Grudge. When Ezreal used at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better countering Nautilus than with most other common builds. In fact, Ezreal had an average winrate of 49.1% battling Nautilus with this build.

To have the best likelihood of crushing Nautilus as Ezreal, you should equip the Conqueror, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Ezreal vs Nautilus LoL games, this order of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 49.1% win rate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Nautilus as Ezreal are shown for all ranked divisions. If you would like to filter the statistics and builds to a particular rank, you may use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.