Nautilus vs Zed
How to Beat Zed as Nautilus
based on 5,792 Nautilus vs Zed matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nautilus vs Zed Matchup Summary
Best Nautilus vs Zed Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zed as Nautilus
Tips for Playing as Nautilus against Zed
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 Zed
Zed's Shadow Slash can only slow you if his shadow hits you with it.
Zed receives bonus effect from Attack Damage items he purchases, so Armor is super effective against him.
After Zed uses his Living Shadow, he is at his most vulnerable as his damage, slow, and mobility are both dependent upon it.
Nautilus vs Zed Counter Stats
How to Counter Zed with Nautilus in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page feature several important Nautilus against Zed matchup stats that can help you grasp the differences between the two. As an example, Nautilus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Zed’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Nautilus may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Zed. This observation is largely fueled by the differences in assists.
Nautilus usually has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than his matchup does. On average, he takes a similar amount of damage to Zed. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the champ with higher health has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Nautilus and Zed
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Who is Better, Nautilus or Zed?
Both League champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Nautilus usually wins when playing against Zed, with a 51.5% win rate. Therefore, Nautilus makes a good counter for Zed.
While Nautilus does have a higher winrate compared to Zed, when facing one another, Nautilus also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less challenging champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Nautilus into Zed.
Furthermore, Nautilus has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Zed. This often 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 Zed matchups, Nautilus is the better champ with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Nautilus is a decent counter to Zed. You will do well by focussing your actions on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Nautilus against Zed.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Nautilus to counter Zed during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nautilus on average picks up a lot less CS compared to Zed. Champs who on average don't get many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The most important items to have in your Nautilus versus Zed build include Thornmail, Frozen Heart, and Locket of the Iron Solari. When Nautilus used at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better versus Zed than with most other typical builds. In fact, Nautilus had an average win rate of 51.5% battling Zed with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of crushing Zed as Nautilus, Nautilus players should use the Glacial Augment, Hextech Flashtraption, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Nautilus vs Zed battles, this composite of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 51.5% winrate overall.
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