While ganking, consider aiming Dredge Line at nearby terrain and following it up with Riptide for a higher hit rate.
Riptide has a delayed blast timing on activation - you can use this while running away or when enemies are incoming to serve as a deterrent.
Cast World Ender when you are sure you can force a fight.
Use Umbral Dash while casting The Darkin Blade to increase your chances of hitting the enemy.
Crowd Control abilities like Infernal Chains or your allies' immobilizing effects will help you set up The Darkin Blade.
The Nautilus Aatrox synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Aatrox, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Nautilus sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Aatrox. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Aatrox helps Nautilus perform worse in ranked League games. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Nautilus is paired with Aatrox, he sees a barely noticable drop in his full damage output. This could demonstrate that Aatrox doesn't help cover for him to dish out more damage or that his allyship also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Nautilus is played together with Aatrox on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Aatrox.
Additionally, when Nautilus plays with Aatrox on the same side, he on average takes a little less damage than when he plays alone. Taking not as much damage could indicate that Aatrox does a decent job of protecting Nautilus in team fights.
There is no universally accepted best companion for Nautilus that will no matter what be his top teammate. However, overall, Aatrox is a very typical teammate for Nautilus. By locking into the same side as Nautilus, he raises their win rate by 0.6% to 49.4%. This shows that there is not really a strong bond between Nautilus and Aatrox that results in them performing stronger together than without each other.
Aatrox has a lower difficulty than Nautilus. That means you don't need to be cautious when lining up Aatrox allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will have to have a relatively low level of skill to be able to do well with you.
Playing alongside, you will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to destroy wih physical damage. Together, these two can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
Although, by bringing Nautilus and Aatrox together, you may not be granting your side enough magic damage. We recommend you have other champs on your team that nullifies this relative disparity in their kit.
Regardless of your Aatrox ally's ability, you should focus on increasing your income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well, regardless.
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Nautilus in order to pair well with Aatrox during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League rounds, you should keep reading to gather additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you mind the build and stats shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The top finished items to use in your Nautilus and Aatrox synergy build include Trailblazer, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Solstice Sleigh. When Nautilus combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better as an ally of Aatrox than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Nautilus had an average winrate of 49.4% when playing alongside Aatrox with this build.
To have the best chance of defeating your oponents, you should use the Aftershock, Shield Bash, Conditioning, Revitalize, Legend: Tenacity, and Triumph runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players chose for this team composition, this set of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 49.4% win rate overall.
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