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

Nautilus vs Sylas

How to Beat Sylas as Nautilus in LoLNautilus is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Sylas as Nautilus

based on 5,640 Nautilus vs Sylas matchups
Win Rate
49.8 %
K/D/A
2.44
Pick Rate
3.5 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we evaluate millions of ranked League games every week. In our dataset, Nautilus faced Sylas 5640 times. Using so many matchups for Nautilus vs Sylas gives us a lot of confidence in our ability to provide enlightening stats and a supported build to counter Sylas. This champion matchup is fairly rare. Nautilus has to counter Sylas in only 3.5% of his matches.

Nautilus vs Sylas Matchup Summary

Nautilus has done a average job of countering Sylas. On average, he wins a acceptable 49.8% of games the champs battle each other in. In Nautilus against Sylas games, Nautilus’s team is 0.1% more expected to get first blood, indicating that he most likely will be able to get first blood versus Sylas.

Best Nautilus vs Sylas Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Null-Magic MantleKindlegem

Core Nautilus Items

~22 Mins
ThornmailKnight's VowSolstice Sleigh

Optional Items

Kaenic RookernForce of NatureFrozen HeartSunfire Aegis

Summoner Spells

summonerexhaust summoner spell D
summonerflash summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

ResolveAftershockShield BashBone PlatingUnflinching
InspirationBiscuit DeliveryCosmic Insight
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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W
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Q
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Guide to Countering Sylas as Nautilus

Tips for Playing as Nautilus against Sylas

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 Sylas

Try to fight Sylas when he isn't able to take your ultimate.

Sylas's healthbar can be deceptive, watch out for his Kingslayer!

Nautilus vs Sylas Counter Stats

Nautilus Image
Win Rate
49.8 %
VS
Win Rate
50.2 %
Sylas Image
2.2
< Kills >
7.9
6.4
< Deaths >
7.1
13.4
< Assists >
7.1
0.39
< Killing Sprees >
1.79
34
< Minions Killed >
122
0.05
< Dragons Killed >
0.18
0.41
< Inhibitors >
0.38
2,757
< Physical Damage >
559
5,883
< Magic Damage >
20,733
897
< True Damage >
776
9,538
< Damage Dealt >
22,069
21,415
< Damage Taken >
29,317
8,409
< Gold Earned >
11,232
1.53
< Towers >
1.57
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.05
2,043
< Total Healing >
7,491
10,167
< Experience >
13,257
51
< Vision Score >
19
22
< Wards Placed >
8
453
< Time Dealing CC >
282

How to Counter Sylas with Nautilus in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here underscore some vital Nautilus vs. Sylas counter statistics that may help us explain the differences between the pair. Nautilus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Sylas’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Nautilus may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Sylas. This observation is largely a result of the differences in assists.

Nautilus typically has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than his opponent does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Sylas. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to escape further harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Nautilus and Sylas

Damage Types Compared

Nautilus
Sylas
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Nautilus
Sylas

Who is Better, Nautilus or Sylas?

Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Nautilus usually fairs equally well when playing against Sylas, with a 49.8% win rate. Thus, Nautilus makes an ok counter for Sylas.

While Nautilus does have a lower winrate than Sylas, when facing one another, Nautilus also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more complex character to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Nautilus into Sylas.

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

While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Nautilus vs Sylas matchups, Sylas is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.

Nautilus is a somewhat poor counter to Sylas. Focus your actions on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Nautilus against Sylas.

Other Champion Matchups Against Nautilus

Nautilus Loses Against

LilliaLillia42.3% winrateTaricTaric42.6% winrateSwainSwain43.7% winrateBraumBraum44.5% winrate

Nautilus Wins Against

YuumiYuumi59.1% winrateNidaleeNidalee56% winrateZoeZoe53.2% winrateLuluLulu53.1% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

SennaSenna+ 52.9% 2292 GamesZileanZilean+ 53.5% 275 GamesMiss FortuneMiss Fortune+ 53.6% 22115 GamesLilliaLillia+ 53.8% 10266 Games

Additional Information for Nautilus Players

How We Calculated Our Nautilus vs Sylas Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Sylas as Nautilus, we analyzed 5,640 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 Sylas 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.

Other Useful Resources

Nautilus Build Sylas Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Nautilus in order to counter Sylas during both the early game 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 increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Nautilus on average gets a lot less CS as Sylas. Champs who on average don't get much CS typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values shown on this page to do well.

The top items to have in your Nautilus versus Sylas build include Thornmail, Knight's Vow, and Solstice Sleigh. When Nautilus used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better countering Sylas than with most other common builds. In fact, Nautilus boasted an average winrate of 49.8% when countering Sylas with these items in his kit.

To have the best chance of defeating Sylas as Nautilus, you should equip the Aftershock, Shield Bash, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Nautilus vs Sylas counters, this composite of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 49.8% win rate overall.

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