Nautilus vs Lucian
How to Beat Lucian as Nautilus
based on 9,883 Nautilus vs Lucian matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nautilus vs Lucian Matchup Summary
Best Nautilus vs Lucian Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Lucian as Nautilus
Tips for Playing as Nautilus against Lucian
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 Lucian
Lucian cannot change the aim of The Culling. Take advantage of this by avoiding the angle of the bullets.
Lucian has strong burst, but little sustained damage.
Piercing Light does not give Lucian extra Attack Range. He still needs to find a target in range to line up his shot. Avoid Piercing Light by anticipating the angle Lucian will choose.
Nautilus vs Lucian Counter Stats
How to Counter Lucian with Nautilus in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here emphasize several important Nautilus against Lucian counter stats that may help you distinguish the distinctions between the two. As an example, Nautilus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Lucian’s ratio of NaN, showing that Nautilus may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Lucian. This observation is in large part fueled by the differences in assists.
Nautilus often has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his opponent does. On average, he takes a similar amount of damage to Lucian. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the champ with higher health has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Nautilus and Lucian
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Who is Better, Nautilus or Lucian?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Nautilus usually fairs equally well when facing off against Lucian, with a 49.9% win rate. As a result, Nautilus makes an ok counter to Lucian.
While Nautilus does have a lower winrate than Lucian, when on opposite teams, Nautilus also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more complex champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Nautilus into Lucian.
Furthermore, Nautilus has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Lucian. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Nautilus vs Lucian matchups, Lucian is the better champ with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Nautilus is a somewhat poor counter to Lucian. Make sure you focus your strategy on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Nautilus against Lucian.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Nautilus to counter Lucian during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nautilus typically accumulates a lot less CS as Lucian. Champs who on average don't take much CS usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Nautilus versus Lucian build consist of Knight's Vow, Frozen Heart, and Locket of the Iron Solari. When Nautilus bought at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better versus Lucian than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Nautilus boasted an average winrate of 49.9% when countering Lucian with this build.
To have the greatest probability of defeating Lucian as Nautilus, Nautilus players should equip the Aftershock, Shield Bash, Conditioning, Revitalize, Legend: Tenacity, and Triumph runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Nautilus vs Lucian clashes, this combination of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 49.9% win rate overall.
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