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How to Win Nautilus vs Lee Sin Counter MatchupNautilus is in the a tier of champions

Nautilus vs Lee Sin

How to Beat Lee Sin as Nautilus in LoLNautilus is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Lee Sin as Nautilus

based on 4,862 Nautilus vs Lee Sin matchups
Win Rate
52.3 %
K/D/A
2.48
Pick Rate
3 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion analyze millions of ranked LoL games each and every week. Within our dataset, Nautilus faced Lee Sin 4862 times. Including so many games with Nautilus versus Lee Sin provides us faith in our ability to prepare actionable statistics and a supported build to destroy your foe. This champ pairing is relatively rare. Nautilus encounters Lee Sin in only 3.0% of his matches.

Nautilus vs Lee Sin Matchup Summary

Nautilus does a good job of beating Lee Sin. Typically, he wins a fantastic 52.3% of the time the champs battle one another in. In Nautilus versus Lee Sin games, Nautilus’s side is 0.1% more expected to earn first blood, implying that he most likely will get first blood against Lee Sin.

Best Nautilus vs Lee Sin Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Ruby CrystalGlowing Mote

Core Nautilus Items

~22 Mins
Zeke's ConvergenceKnight's VowLocket of the Iron Solari

Optional Items

HeartsteelKaenic RookernSunfire AegisFrozen Heart

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Nautilus to level upq
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Second ability for Nautilus to level upw
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Last skill for Nautilus to max oute

Runes

ResolveAftershockShield BashConditioningRevitalize
PrecisionTriumphLegend: Tenacity
Ability HasteArmorHealth Scaling
Nautilus's passive ability p
Nautilus's q ability q
Nautilus's w ability w
Nautilus's e ability e
Nautilus's ultimate ability r
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Q
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W
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Q
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Q
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Guide to Countering Lee Sin as Nautilus

Tips for Playing as Nautilus against Lee Sin

While ganking, consider aiming Dredge Line at nearby terrain and following it up with Riptide for a higher hit rate.

Riptide has a delayed blast timing on activation - you can use this while running away or when enemies are incoming to serve as a deterrent.

Advice to Win Against Lee Sin

Lee Sin relies heavily on following up with his abilities. Use disables to prevent him from chaining together his abilities and attacks.

Stay spread out to minimize the impact of Lee Sin's ultimate, Dragon's Rage.

Lee Sin has powerful tools to combat physical damage in Iron Will and Cripple but he is still vulnerable to magic damage.

Nautilus vs Lee Sin Counter Stats

Nautilus Image
Win Rate
52.3 %
VS
Win Rate
47.7 %
Lee Sin Image
2.1
< Kills >
7.2
6.3
< Deaths >
6.1
13.5
< Assists >
8.9
0.37
< Killing Sprees >
1.66
35
< Minions Killed >
33
0.05
< Dragons Killed >
1.42
0.44
< Inhibitors >
0.42
2,737
< Physical Damage >
13,182
5,811
< Magic Damage >
2,782
891
< True Damage >
1,003
9,439
< Damage Dealt >
16,968
21,713
< Damage Taken >
35,011
8,524
< Gold Earned >
11,708
1.61
< Towers >
1.43
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.32
2,205
< Total Healing >
16,585
10,345
< Experience >
12,983
54
< Vision Score >
24
23
< Wards Placed >
11
471
< Time Dealing CC >
442

How to Counter Lee Sin with Nautilus in LoL

The stat comparisons shown on this page feature several critical Nautilus vs. Lee Sin matchup stats that can help us grasp the differences between this pair of champs. Nautilus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Lee Sin’s ratio of NaN, showing that Nautilus may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Lee Sin. This observation is in large part fueled by the differences in assists.

Nautilus normally has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than his matchup does. On average, he receives less damage than Lee Sin. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also illustrate that the champ with more HP has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Nautilus and Lee Sin

Damage Types Compared

Nautilus
Lee Sin
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Nautilus
Lee Sin

Who is Better, Nautilus or Lee Sin?

Both LoL champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Nautilus usually wins when taking on Lee Sin, with a 52.3% win rate. Therefore, Nautilus makes a good counter to Lee Sin.

While Nautilus does have a higher win rate compared to Lee Sin, when facing one another, Nautilus also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more time consuming character to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Nautilus into Lee Sin.

Furthermore, Nautilus has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Lee Sin. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Nautilus vs Lee Sin matchups, Nautilus is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.

Nautilus is an above average counter for Lee Sin. You will do well by focussing your play on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Nautilus against Lee Sin.

Additional Information for Nautilus Players

How We Calculated Our Nautilus vs Lee Sin Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Lee Sin as Nautilus, we analyzed 4,862 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 Lee Sin as Nautilus 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

To learn all of the intricacies of Nautilus to counter Lee Sin during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips presented above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Nautilus often picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Lee Sin. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values reported on this page to do well.

The ideal items to use in your Nautilus versus Lee Sin build consist of Zeke's Convergence, Knight's Vow, and Locket of the Iron Solari. When Nautilus combined at least these three items in his build, he performed much better vs Lee Sin than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Nautilus boasted an average winrate of 52.3% when countering Lee Sin with these items in his kit.

To have the best likelihood of coming out on top against Lee Sin as Nautilus, Nautilus players should use the Aftershock, Shield Bash, Conditioning, Revitalize, Legend: Tenacity, and Triumph runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players picked for Nautilus vs Lee Sin face-offs, this blending of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 52.3% winrate overall.

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