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How to Win Tristana vs Nautilus Counter MatchupTristana is in the b tier of champions

Tristana vs Nautilus

How to Beat Nautilus as Tristana in LoLTristana is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Nautilus as Tristana

based on 5,383 Tristana vs Nautilus matchups
Win Rate
48.7 %
K/D/A
2.16
Pick Rate
4.2 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We produce our matchup stats from the millions of rated League matches that we evaluate every week. Our guide on how to beat Nautilus as Tristana resulted from an analysis of 5383 ranked matches where both champions opposed one another. This champion matchup is somewhat uncommon. Tristana encounters Nautilus in only 4.2% of her games.

Tristana vs Nautilus Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Tristana does a poor job of beating Nautilus. Normally, she wins a acceptable 48.7% of matches the champions fight one another in. In Tristana against Nautilus rounds, Tristana’s team is 0.1% less likely to earn first blood, implying that she probably won't get first blood against Nautilus.

Best Tristana vs Nautilus Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Recurve BowNoonquiver

Core Tristana Items

~22 Mins
Guardian AngelBloodthirsterKraken Slayer

Optional Items

Immortal ShieldbowRapid FirecannonThe CollectorNavori Quickblades

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Tristana to level upe
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Second ability for Tristana to level upq
>
Last skill for Tristana to max outw

Runes

DominationHail of BladesTaste of BloodEyeball CollectionTreasure Hunter
PrecisionTriumphLegend: Bloodline
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Tristana's passive ability p
Tristana's q ability q
Tristana's w ability w
Tristana's e ability e
Tristana's ultimate ability r
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E
2
W
3
Q
4
E
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E
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R
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E
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Guide to Countering Nautilus as Tristana

Tips for Playing as Tristana against Nautilus

Use Rapid Fire to help stack up your Explosive Charge on enemy champions.

Her massive gun allows Tristana to fire on targets at a great distance. Utilize this to prevent your enemies from ever laying a hand on you.

Use Rocket Jump after you have stacked up your Explosive Charge on an enemy to finish them off with a burst of damage.

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.

Tristana vs Nautilus Counter Stats

Tristana Image
Win Rate
48.7 %
VS
Win Rate
51.3 %
Nautilus Image
7.2
< Kills >
2.3
6.2
< Deaths >
6
6.2
< Assists >
13.1
1.68
< Killing Sprees >
0.45
161
< Minions Killed >
35
0.22
< Dragons Killed >
0.06
0.55
< Inhibitors >
0.45
16,650
< Physical Damage >
2,813
2,124
< Magic Damage >
6,125
476
< True Damage >
893
19,251
< Damage Dealt >
9,831
20,709
< Damage Taken >
21,143
12,277
< Gold Earned >
8,557
2.72
< Towers >
1.61
0.06
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
5,592
< Total Healing >
2,204
12,492
< Experience >
10,403
18
< Vision Score >
49
9
< Wards Placed >
22
63
< Time Dealing CC >
504

How to Counter Nautilus with Tristana in LoL

The stats shown on this page clarify some important Tristana vs. Nautilus counter statistics that may help us distinguish the distinctions between this pair of champs. Tristana’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Nautilus’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Tristana may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Nautilus. This observation is in large part a result of the difference in kills.

Tristana typically has a much larger longest killing spree than her foe does. Commonly, she takes a similar amount of damage to Nautilus. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the champ with higher health has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Tristana and Nautilus

Damage Types Compared

Tristana
Nautilus
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Tristana
Nautilus

Who is Better, Tristana or Nautilus?

Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Tristana usually loses when playing against Nautilus, with a 48.7% win rate. Thus, Tristana makes a poor counter for Nautilus.

While Tristana does have a lower winrate compared to Nautilus, when they face off with one another, Tristana also has a lower difficulty level that makes her a less difficult champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Tristana into Nautilus.

Furthermore, Tristana also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Nautilus. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Tristana vs Nautilus matchups, Nautilus is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.

Tristana is a somewhat poor counter for Nautilus. Make sure you focus your actions on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Tristana against Nautilus.

Additional Information for Tristana Players

How We Calculated Our Tristana vs Nautilus Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Nautilus as Tristana, we analyzed 5,383 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 Nautilus as Tristana 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.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Tristana 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 tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Tristana most often gets much more CS compared to Nautilus. Champs who typically don't get much CS usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers shown here to do well.

The ideal items to use in your Tristana versus Nautilus build consist of Guardian Angel, Bloodthirster, and Kraken Slayer. When Tristana included at least these three items in her build, she did a lot better when fighting Nautilus than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Tristana boasted an average win rate of 48.7% when countering Nautilus with these items in her kit.

To have the greatest probability of annihilating Nautilus as Tristana, you should equip the Hail of Blades, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Legend: Bloodline, and Triumph runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players chose for Tristana vs Nautilus clashes, this composite of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 48.7% winrate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Nautilus as Tristana are shown for all skill levels combined. If you want to narrow the statistics and builds to a specific skill level, you may use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.