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How to Win Volibear vs Nautilus Counter MatchupVolibear is in the b tier of champions

Volibear vs Nautilus

How to Beat Nautilus as Volibear in LoLVolibear is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Nautilus as Volibear

based on 3,505 Volibear vs Nautilus matchups
Win Rate
50.7 %
K/D/A
1.8
Pick Rate
4.3 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we summarize millions of ranked LoL rounds each week. In our database, Volibear faced off against Nautilus in 3505 matches. Including so many matchups for Volibear vs Nautilus provides us faith in our capability to produce informative statistics and a pro build to shatter Nautilus. This pairing is somewhat uncommon. Volibear fights Nautilus in only 4.3% of his games.

Volibear vs Nautilus Matchup Summary

Volibear has done a average job of beating Nautilus. Typically, he wins a acceptable 50.7% of matches the champs face each other in. In Volibear vs Nautilus rounds, Volibear’s team is 0.1% less likely to gain first blood. This implies that he most likely won't get first blood versus Nautilus.

Best Volibear vs Nautilus Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Gustwalker HatchlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Blasting WandFiendish Codex

Core Volibear Items

~22 Mins
Rabadon's DeathcapNashor's ToothRiftmaker

Optional Items

Sterak's GageHeartsteelDead Man's PlateHullbreaker

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Volibear to level upw
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Second ability for Volibear to level upq
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Last skill for Volibear to max oute

Runes

PrecisionLethal TempoTriumphLegend: AlacrityLast Stand
ResolveDemolishRevitalize
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Volibear's passive ability p
Volibear's q ability q
Volibear's w ability w
Volibear's e ability e
Volibear's ultimate ability r
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E
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Q
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W
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W
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W
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Guide to Countering Nautilus as Volibear

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.

Volibear vs Nautilus Counter Stats

Volibear Image
Win Rate
50.7 %
VS
Win Rate
49.3 %
Nautilus Image
5.5
< Kills >
2.2
6.5
< Deaths >
6.1
6.2
< Assists >
13.3
1.26
< Killing Sprees >
0.41
127
< Minions Killed >
35
0.5
< Dragons Killed >
0.06
0.53
< Inhibitors >
0.43
10,574
< Physical Damage >
2,690
8,250
< Magic Damage >
5,861
676
< True Damage >
868
19,500
< Damage Dealt >
9,419
32,044
< Damage Taken >
21,497
11,464
< Gold Earned >
8,482
2.56
< Towers >
1.56
0.11
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
8,082
< Total Healing >
2,228
13,930
< Experience >
10,395
17
< Vision Score >
49
8
< Wards Placed >
22
536
< Time Dealing CC >
482

How to Counter Nautilus with Volibear in LoL

The stats shown on this page emphasize several valuable Volibear versus Nautilus matchup statistics that can help you explain the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Volibear’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Nautilus’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Volibear may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Nautilus. This observation is largely a result of the difference in kills.

Volibear usually has a much larger longest kill spree than his enemy does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Nautilus. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Volibear and Nautilus

Damage Types Compared

Volibear
Nautilus
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Volibear
Nautilus

Who is Better, Volibear or Nautilus?

Both LoL champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Volibear usually fairs equally well when taking on Nautilus, with a 50.7% win rate. Thus, Volibear makes an ok counter for Nautilus.

While Volibear does have a higher winrate compared to Nautilus, when they face off with one another, Volibear also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less difficult champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Volibear into Nautilus.

Furthermore, Volibear also has some amount 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 lot of burst damage.

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

Volibear is a decent counter for Nautilus. You will do well by focussing your strategy on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Volibear against Nautilus.

Additional Information for Volibear Players

How We Calculated Our Volibear vs Nautilus Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Nautilus as Volibear, we analyzed 3,505 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 Volibear 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 learn all of the intricacies of Volibear to counter Nautilus during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Volibear on average racks up much more CS compared to Nautilus. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills often don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values displayed here to do well.

The ideal items to use in your Volibear versus Nautilus build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Nashor's Tooth, and Riftmaker. When Volibear incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better against Nautilus than with many other common item sets. In fact, Volibear boasted an average win rate of 50.7% when playing against Nautilus with these items in his kit.

To have the greatest probability of vanquishing Nautilus as Volibear, you should use the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Demolish, and Revitalize runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players used for Volibear vs Nautilus fights, this sequence of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 50.7% win rate overall.

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