Xayah vs Nautilus
How to Beat Nautilus as Xayah
based on 3,030 Xayah vs Nautilus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Xayah vs Nautilus Matchup Summary
Best Xayah vs Nautilus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nautilus as Xayah
Tips for Playing as Xayah against Nautilus
Xayah's attacks and abilities leave Feathers on the ground that she can later recall for massive area damage and control.
Xayah can use Featherstorm to dodge almost any ability while also creating a ton of Feathers. Try to utilize the offensive and defensive aspects of this ability.
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.
Xayah vs Nautilus Counter Stats
How to Counter Nautilus with Xayah in LoL
The stats shown on this page feature some vital Xayah against Nautilus counter stats that can help us interpret the differences between this set of champions. Xayah’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Nautilus’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Xayah may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Nautilus. This observation is in large part fueled by the difference in kills.
Xayah typically has a much larger longest killing spree than her foe does. Commonly, she receives a similar amount of damage to Nautilus. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also indicate that the champion with increased HP has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Xayah and Nautilus
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Who is Better, Xayah or Nautilus?
Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Xayah usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Nautilus, with a 50.4% win rate. As a result, Xayah makes an ok counter to Nautilus.
While Xayah does have a higher win rate than Nautilus, when they face off with one another, Xayah also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less complex champion to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Xayah into Nautilus.
Additionally, Xayah has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Nautilus. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Xayah vs Nautilus matchups, Xayah is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Xayah is a decent counter to Nautilus. Make sure you focus your gameplay on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Xayah against Nautilus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Xayah in order to counter Nautilus during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Xayah typically picks up much more CS as Nautilus. Champions who typically don't get much CS usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers shown here to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Xayah versus Nautilus build consist of Guardian Angel, Kraken Slayer, and Navori Quickblades. When Xayah bought at least these three pieces in her build, she performed significantly better against Nautilus than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Xayah boasted an average win rate of 50.4% when playing against Nautilus with these items in her kit.
To have the best likelihood of crushing Nautilus as Xayah, you should take the Lethal Tempo, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the runes players chose for Xayah vs Nautilus clashes, this combo of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 50.4% winrate overall.
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