Poppy vs Nautilus
How to Beat Nautilus as Poppy
based on 2,702 Poppy vs Nautilus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Poppy vs Nautilus Matchup Summary
Best Poppy vs Nautilus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nautilus as Poppy
Tips for Playing as Poppy against Nautilus
Keeper's Verdict can be released immediately to send the enemy straight up, take advantage of this in duels.
Iron Ambassador tends to land near walls, try to take advantage of this with Heroic Charge.
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.
Poppy vs Nautilus Counter Stats
How to Counter Nautilus with Poppy in LoL
The stats shown here feature several valuable Poppy against Nautilus matchup statistics that can help us realize the differences between this pair of champions. For instance, Poppy’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Nautilus’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Poppy may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Nautilus..
Poppy usually has a slightly larger longest killing spree than her opponent does. On average, she receives more damage than Nautilus. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the champion with more health has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Poppy and Nautilus
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Who is Better, Poppy or Nautilus?
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Poppy usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Nautilus, with a 50.4% win rate. Thus, Poppy makes an ok counter to Nautilus.
While Poppy does have a higher win rate compared to Nautilus, when facing one another, Poppy also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more complex champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Poppy into Nautilus.
Additionally, Poppy also has a lot of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Nautilus. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Poppy vs Nautilus matchups, Poppy is the better champion with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Poppy is a decent counter to Nautilus. Make sure you focus your gameplay on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Poppy against Nautilus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Poppy in order to counter Nautilus during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Poppy usually gets more CS as Nautilus. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values displayed on this page to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Poppy versus Nautilus build include Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Poppy incorporated at least these three items in her build, she performed much better vs. Nautilus than with many other common item sets. In fact, Poppy had an average win rate of 50.4% when playing against Nautilus with this build.
To have the greatest chance of coming out on top against Nautilus as Poppy, you should take the Grasp of the Undying, Shield Bash, Bone Plating, Revitalize, Biscuit Delivery, and Time Warp Tonic runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds players picked for Poppy vs Nautilus LoL games, this combo of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 50.4% winrate overall.
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