Malphite vs Nautilus
How to Beat Nautilus as Malphite
based on 6,674 Malphite vs Nautilus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Malphite vs Nautilus Matchup Summary
Best Malphite vs Nautilus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nautilus as Malphite
Tips for Playing as Malphite against Nautilus
Despite his abilities scaling on Armor, some games require Malphite to get Magic Resist. When those games occur, try getting Aegis of the Legion, Mercury's Treads, and Guardian Angel.
Armor naturally reduces the rate that attacks go through Granite Shield, so Brutal Strikes will strengthen the shield against physical damage.
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.
Malphite vs Nautilus Counter Stats
How to Counter Nautilus with Malphite in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here clarify some important Malphite vs. Nautilus matchup stats that may help us figure out the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Malphite’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Nautilus’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Malphite may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Nautilus..
Malphite often has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his opponent does. Typically, he takes a similar amount of damage to Nautilus. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
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Who is Better, Malphite or Nautilus?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Malphite usually fairs equally well when facing off against Nautilus, with a 50.1% win rate. As a result, Malphite makes an ok counter to Nautilus.
While Malphite does have a higher winrate than Nautilus, when facing one another, Malphite also has a much lower learning curve that makes him a less challenging champion to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Malphite into Nautilus.
Furthermore, Malphite also has a great deal of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Nautilus. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Malphite vs Nautilus matchups, Malphite is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Malphite is a decent counter for Nautilus. You will do well by focussing your strategy on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Malphite against Nautilus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Malphite to counter Nautilus during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Malphite often gets much more CS compared to Nautilus. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values displayed on this page to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Malphite versus Nautilus build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Malignance, and Stormsurge. When Malphite incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better against Nautilus than with many other common item sets. In fact, Malphite boasted an average winrate of 50.1% when countering Nautilus with this build.
To have the best chance of annihilating Nautilus as Malphite, you should equip the Grasp of the Undying, Shield Bash, Conditioning, Overgrowth, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Resolve and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the runes players used for Malphite vs Nautilus counterpicks, this composite of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 50.1% winrate overall.
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