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.
The Vex Nautilus synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of their gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Nautilus, compared to their overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how their gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Vex sees a very large drop in their KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Nautilus. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Nautilus helps Vex perform worse in ranked LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Vex is an ally to Nautilus, they observes a marginal improvement in their total damage output. This could signal that Nautilus helps provide cover for them to deal more damage or that his allyship also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Vex is played with Nautilus on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when they plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that they is worse when playing alongside Nautilus.
Additionally, when Vex plays with Nautilus on the same side, they on average takes a little less damage than when they plays alone. Taking not as much damage could mean that Nautilus does a decent job of protecting Vex during teamfights.
There is no top ally for Vex that will always be their ideal ally. Yet, Nautilus is a not very good ally for Vex. By playing on the same side as Vex, he decreases their win rate by -2.4% to 46.4%. This proves that there is a bad bond between Vex and Nautilus that allows them to perform worse together than without each other.
Nautilus has a much greater difficulty compared to Vex. That means Vex players need to be careful when arranging Nautilus allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will have to have a much higher level of skill to fight well with you.
When playing cooperatively, you should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to provide utility and CC for your side. When paired, these champions should be able to manipulate the pace of team fights.
Although, by aligning Vex and Nautilus together, you probably will not be providing your other allies very much anti-tank damage dealing potential. Plan to bring other champs on your team that neutralizes this gap in their kit.
Regardless of your Nautilus ally's skill level, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well, regardless.
To truly master Vex to work well with Nautilus during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League games, you should continue reading to pick up some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The ideal finished items to build first in your Vex and Nautilus synergy build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Vex used at least these three great items in their build, they did much better when paired up with Nautilus than with most other common item sets. In fact, Vex had an average winrate of 46.4% helping carry Nautilus with these items in their kit.
To have the best chance of defeating your oponents, Vex players should take the Electrocute, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune builds players chose for Vex and Nautilus pairings, this order of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 46.4% winrate overall.
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