Talon vs Nautilus
How to Beat Nautilus as Talon
based on 3,442 Talon vs Nautilus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Talon vs Nautilus Matchup Summary
Best Talon vs Nautilus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nautilus as Talon
Tips for Playing as Talon against Nautilus
Shadow Assault is a powerful escape tool, but can also be offensively used to assault a group.
You can use Assassin's Path to get behind the enemy and set up for Noxian Diplomacy's melee attack.
Remember to pick your target before the fight. Focusing all of Talon's abilities on one target can be very rewarding, but splitting them up between many may leave you helpless.
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.
Talon vs Nautilus Counter Stats
How to Counter Nautilus with Talon in LoL
The stats shown on this page emphasize some valuable Talon versus Nautilus matchup stats that can help us interpret the differences and similarities between this set of champs. For instance, Talon’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Nautilus’s ratio of NaN, showing that Talon may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Nautilus. This observation is largely a result of the difference in kills.
Talon often has a much larger longest kill spree than his foe does. Typically, he receives more damage than Nautilus. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Talon and Nautilus
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Who is Better, Talon or Nautilus?
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Talon usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Nautilus, with a 49.5% win rate. Therefore, Talon makes an ok counter for Nautilus.
While Talon does have a lower win rate compared to Nautilus, when on opposite teams, Talon also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more time consuming character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Talon into Nautilusas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Talon has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Nautilus. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Talon vs Nautilus matchups, Nautilus is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Talon is a somewhat poor counter for Nautilus. Make sure you focus your play on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Talon against Nautilus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Talon in order to counter Nautilus 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 pay attention to the build and tips displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Talon typically picks up much more CS relative to Nautilus. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values shown here to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Talon versus Nautilus build consist of Youmuu's Ghostblade, Serylda's Grudge, and Hubris. When Talon used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better countering Nautilus than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Talon boasted an average win rate of 49.5% when playing against Nautilus with this build.
To have the greatest chance of beating Nautilus as Talon, you should use the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Nimbus Cloak, and Absolute Focus runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the runes that we analyzed for Talon vs Nautilus fights, this combo of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 49.5% winrate overall.
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