Kog'Maw vs Nautilus
How to Beat Nautilus as Kog'Maw
based on 1,288 Kog'Maw vs Nautilus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kog'Maw vs Nautilus Matchup Summary
Best Kog'Maw vs Nautilus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nautilus as Kog'Maw
Tips for Playing as Kog'Maw against Nautilus
Make the most out of your Icathian Surprise.
Use Void Ooze to set up a perfect Living Artillery.
Kog'Maw can outrange most champions with his Bio-Arcane Barrage ability.
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.
Kog'Maw vs Nautilus Counter Stats
How to Counter Nautilus with Kog'Maw in LoL
The stats shown on this page highlight some valuable Kog'Maw vs. Nautilus counter statistics that may help you explain the distinctions between this pair of champs. As an example, Kog'Maw’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Nautilus’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Kog'Maw may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Nautilus. This observation is largely caused by the difference in kills.
Kog'Maw usually has a much larger longest killing spree than his opponent does. Typically, he takes a similar amount of damage to Nautilus. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the champ with increased health has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Kog'Maw and Nautilus
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Who is Better, Kog'Maw or Nautilus?
Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Kog'Maw usually loses when trying to fight Nautilus, with a 48.5% win rate. As a result, Kog'Maw makes a bad counter to Nautilus.
While Kog'Maw does have a lower win rate compared to Nautilus, when facing one another, Kog'Maw also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more challenging champ to develop with. You should be careful when picking Kog'Maw into Nautilus.
Moreover, Kog'Maw has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Nautilus. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Kog'Maw vs Nautilus matchups, Nautilus is the better champ with a lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Kog'Maw is a somewhat poor counter for Nautilus. You will do well by focussing your strategy on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Kog'Maw against Nautilus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Kog'Maw in order to counter Nautilus during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and tips presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kog'Maw usually gets much more CS as Nautilus. Champions who typically don't take much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers displayed here to do well.
The top items to use in your Kog'Maw versus Nautilus build include Runaan's Hurricane, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Terminus. When Kog'Maw bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better vs. Nautilus than with most other typical builds. In fact, Kog'Maw boasted an average win rate of 48.5% when countering Nautilus with these items in his kit.
To have the highest likelihood of crushing Nautilus as Kog'Maw, you should use the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline, Last Stand, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players picked for Kog'Maw vs Nautilus battles, this set of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 48.5% winrate overall.
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