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.
Seeds grant vision to your team.
Placing a seed in your spell's path after you have cast it gives you the best chance of having a seed in the proper spot.
Zyra is a great ambusher - look for opportunities to set a trap of seeds in brush, then lure enemies in.
The Nautilus Zyra synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Zyra, 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 very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Zyra. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Zyra helps Nautilus perform poorer in ranked League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Nautilus is an ally to Zyra, he observes a massive increase in his total damage dealt. This difference could indicate that Zyra supports by providing cover for him to deal more damage or that her participation also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Nautilus is played alongside Zyra on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Zyra.
Moreover, when Nautilus plays with Zyra on the same team, he typically takes significantly more damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt more damage could mean that Zyra does a poor job of covering Nautilus during team fights.
There is no universally accepted best ally for Nautilus that will always be his top teammate. Yet, Zyra is a very typical ally for Nautilus. By being on the same team as Nautilus, she decreases their win rate by -0.5% to 48.3%. This proves that there is only a small synergy between Nautilus and Zyra that results in them performing not as well together than alone.
Zyra has a greater difficulty than Nautilus. That means you need to be cautious when lining up Zyra allies to fight alongside, as they will need a greater level of skill to be able to do well with you.
Playing cooperatively, you should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to to do a lot of AP damage. Together, these champs can deal quite a lot of AP type damage.
In contrast, by pairing Nautilus and Zyra together, you will not be giving your side a lot of attack damage. Plan to include other champs on your team that nullifies this hole in this pairing's capabilities.
Regardless of the ability of your Zyra teammate, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you will do well, regardless.
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Nautilus to pair well with Zyra during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League rounds, you should keep reading to learn additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and tips displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The best finished items to have in your Nautilus and Zyra synergy build include Knight's Vow, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Celestial Opposition. When Nautilus combined at least these three finished items in his build, he did significantly better when paired up with Zyra than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Nautilus boasted an average winrate of 48.3% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Zyra with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of annihilating your oponents, Nautilus players should equip the Aftershock, Shield Bash, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes that we analyzed for this champion pairing, this combo of runes yielded the top win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 48.3% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to team up Zyra with Nautilus are shown for all skill levels combined. If you would like to scope the statistics and builds to an individual rank, you should use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.