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How to Win Rakan vs Nautilus Counter MatchupRakan is in the a tier of champions

Rakan vs Nautilus

How to Beat Nautilus as Rakan in LoLRakan is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Nautilus as Rakan

based on 5,101 Rakan vs Nautilus matchups
Win Rate
51.8 %
K/D/A
2.98
Pick Rate
4.6 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we evaluate millions of ranked League of Legends matches every week. In our data, Rakan battled Nautilus 5101 times. Having so many matchups for Rakan versus Nautilus provides us confidence in our capability to produce useful stats and a solid build to suppress Nautilus. This particular counter matchup is relatively uncommon. Rakan encounters Nautilus in only 4.6% of his rounds.

Rakan vs Nautilus Matchup Summary

Rakan does a decent job of countering Nautilus. Typically, he wins a acceptable 51.8% of matches the champs battle one another in. In Rakan vs Nautilus rounds, Rakan’s team is 0.1% less expected to earn first blood. This implies that he most likely won't get first blood against Nautilus.

Best Rakan vs Nautilus Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Cloth ArmorWinged Moonplate

Core Rakan Items

~22 Mins
TrailblazerZeke's ConvergenceFrozen Heart

Optional Items

Knight's VowThornmailForce of NatureDream Maker

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Rakan to level upw
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Second ability for Rakan to level upe
>
Last skill for Rakan to max outq

Runes

ResolveGuardianFont of LifeBone PlatingUnflinching
DominationZombie WardUltimate Hunter
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceArmor
Rakan's passive ability p
Rakan's q ability q
Rakan's w ability w
Rakan's e ability e
Rakan's ultimate ability r
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W
2
E
3
Q
4
W
5
W
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R
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W
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Guide to Countering Nautilus as Rakan

Tips for Playing as Rakan against Nautilus

Rakan's dash speeds increase with his Move Speed. Use the extra speed to surprise your enemies!

Danger is as fun as you let it be.

Rakan requires allies near him to make the most out of his tools.

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.

Rakan vs Nautilus Counter Stats

Rakan Image
Win Rate
51.8 %
VS
Win Rate
48.2 %
Nautilus Image
1.5
< Kills >
2
5.6
< Deaths >
6
15.2
< Assists >
13.2
0.24
< Killing Sprees >
0.36
31
< Minions Killed >
36
0.04
< Dragons Killed >
0.05
0.49
< Inhibitors >
0.42
1,278
< Physical Damage >
2,625
4,776
< Magic Damage >
5,653
733
< True Damage >
861
6,789
< Damage Dealt >
9,140
19,454
< Damage Taken >
20,715
8,189
< Gold Earned >
8,330
1.84
< Towers >
1.6
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
5,623
< Total Healing >
2,031
10,083
< Experience >
10,068
63
< Vision Score >
53
30
< Wards Placed >
23
179
< Time Dealing CC >
485

How to Counter Nautilus with Rakan in LoL

The stat comparisons shown on this page underscore several valuable Rakan versus Nautilus matchup stats that may help us understand the distinctions between the two. For instance, Rakan’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Nautilus’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Rakan may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Nautilus..

Rakan often has a similar longest kill spree as his opponent does. On average, he receives a similar amount of damage to Nautilus. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also indicate that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Rakan and Nautilus

Damage Types Compared

Rakan
Nautilus
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Rakan
Nautilus

Who is Better, Rakan or Nautilus?

Both LoL champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Rakan usually wins when trying to fight Nautilus, with a 51.8% win rate. Therefore, Rakan makes a good counter to Nautilus.

While Rakan does have a higher win rate compared to Nautilus, when facing one another, Rakan also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less complex champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Rakan into Nautilus.

Additionally, Rakan also has a lot of CC and other utility, 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 a single best champion in League of Legends, in Rakan vs Nautilus matchups, Rakan is the better champion with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.

Rakan is a decent counter to Nautilus. Focus your play on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Rakan against Nautilus.

Other Champion Matchups Against Rakan

Rakan Loses Against

LilliaLillia43.9% winrateSingedSinged44.6% winrateSwainSwain45.1% winrateTaricTaric45.9% winrate

Rakan Wins Against

NidaleeNidalee59% winrateYuumiYuumi58.4% winrateSejuaniSejuani56.4% winrateKennenKennen55.1% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

BrandBrand+ 54.7% 3868 GamesSwainSwain+ 54.7% 1847 GamesVel'KozVel'Koz+ 55.2% 817 GamesLilliaLillia+ 55.6% 6914 Games

Additional Information for Rakan Players

How We Calculated Our Rakan vs Nautilus Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Nautilus as Rakan, we analyzed 5,101 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 Rakan 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.

Other Useful Resources

Rakan Build Nautilus Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Rakan in order 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 mind the build and stats displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Rakan typically racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Nautilus. Champions who on average don't earn much CS usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values shown here to do well.

The ideal items to prioritize in your Rakan versus Nautilus build consist of Trailblazer, Zeke's Convergence, and Frozen Heart. When Rakan bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better when fighting Nautilus than with most other typical builds. In fact, Rakan had an average winrate of 51.8% when playing against Nautilus with this counter build.

To have the highest likelihood of crushing Nautilus as Rakan, Rakan players should take the Guardian, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Zombie Ward, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Resolve and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune builds we have analyed for Rakan vs Nautilus face-offs, this composite of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 51.8% win rate overall.

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