Kennen vs Nautilus
How to Beat Nautilus as Kennen
based on 1,622 Kennen vs Nautilus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kennen vs Nautilus Matchup Summary
Best Kennen vs Nautilus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nautilus as Kennen
Tips for Playing as Kennen against Nautilus
You can land an initial Mark of the Storm debuff on an opponent with Thundering Shuriken, and then add to it with Electrical Surge.
Lightning Rush can be used to initiate fights with its Energy return component, allowing him to use other abilities afterward.
You can stun your opponents by inflicting 3 Marks of the Storm upon them.
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.
Kennen vs Nautilus Counter Stats
How to Counter Nautilus with Kennen in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page show some significant Kennen vs. Nautilus counter stats that can help us distinguish the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Kennen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Nautilus’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Kennen may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Nautilus. This observation is largely a result of the difference in kills.
Kennen normally has a much larger longest kill spree than his counter does. Commonly, he takes a similar amount of damage to Nautilus. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the champion with more HP has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Kennen and Nautilus
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Who is Better, Kennen or Nautilus?
Both League champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Kennen usually fairs equally well when playing against Nautilus, with a 49.7% win rate. Thus, Kennen makes an ok counter to Nautilus.
While Kennen does have a lower win rate than Nautilus, when on opposite teams, Kennen also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less challenging character to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Kennen into Nautilus.
Additionally, Kennen also 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 fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Kennen vs Nautilus matchups, Nautilus is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Kennen is a somewhat poor counter to Nautilus. Make sure you focus your actions on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Kennen against Nautilus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Kennen 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 tips shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kennen usually gets much more CS compared to Nautilus. Champions who typically don't get many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers shown here to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Kennen versus Nautilus build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Hextech Rocketbelt, and Stormsurge. When Kennen incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed much better when facing Nautilus than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Kennen had an average win rate of 49.7% battling Nautilus with this build.
To have the greatest chance of annihilating Nautilus as Kennen, you should use the Electrocute, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Absolute Focus, and Scorch runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune builds players picked for Kennen vs Nautilus fights, this combo of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 49.7% winrate overall.
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