Delaying the activation of Undying Rage is a very effective way to make an enemy champion over-commit to trying to kill you.
If the enemy is stacking Armor, try building items like Last Whisper or Youmuu's Ghostblade.
Bloodlust is an excellent way to heal Tryndamere. Try not to let it fade off before you activate it.
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.
The stat comparisons shown on this page highlight several critical Tryndamere vs. Nautilus counter stats that can help you appreciate the differences and similarities between this set of champs. Tryndamere’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Nautilus’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Tryndamere may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Nautilus. This observation is in large part caused by the difference in kills.
Tryndamere typically has a much larger longest kill spree than his foe does. On average, he takes more damage than Nautilus. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Both League champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Tryndamere usually fairs equally well when facing off against Nautilus, with a 50.8% win rate. As a result, Tryndamere makes an ok counter for Nautilus.
While Tryndamere does have a higher winrate than Nautilus, when on opposite teams, Tryndamere also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less difficult champion to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Tryndamere into Nautilus.
Additionally, Tryndamere also has only a small amount of utility and CC, 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 is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Tryndamere vs Nautilus matchups, Tryndamere is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Tryndamere is a decent counter to Nautilus. Focus your play on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Tryndamere against Nautilus.
If you would like to truly master Tryndamere 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 tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and stats shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Tryndamere on average picks up much more CS as Nautilus. Champions who typically don't earn much CS often don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Tryndamere versus Nautilus build consist of Guinsoo's Rageblade, Blade of The Ruined King, and Navori Quickblades. When Tryndamere combined at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better vs Nautilus than with many other common builds. In fact, Tryndamere boasted an average winrate of 50.8% battling Nautilus with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of coming out on top against Nautilus as Tryndamere, Tryndamere players should equip the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Tryndamere vs Nautilus fights, this mixture of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 50.8% win rate overall.
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