Swain vs Nautilus
How to Beat Nautilus as Swain
based on 6,306 Swain vs Nautilus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Swain vs Nautilus Matchup Summary
Best Swain vs Nautilus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nautilus as Swain
Tips for Playing as Swain against Nautilus
While laning, try to use Death's Hand's piercing damage to damage opponents from a safe distance.
Vision of Empire is quite difficult to land on its own, look for skirmishes around the map where enemies may be distracted or crowd controlled so you can land it more easily.
If you're having trouble rooting an enemy with Nevermove, try throwing it at opponents when they are near their minions so the explosion surprises them.
Demonic Ascension may make Swain very hard to kill but he's pretty easy to get away from. Try building items that can slow opponents to keep them in range if their mobility is overwhelming.
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.
Swain vs Nautilus Counter Stats
How to Counter Nautilus with Swain in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page highlight some important Swain vs. Nautilus matchup stats that can help us figure out the differences and similarities between this pair of champs. Swain’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Nautilus’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Swain may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Nautilus. This observation is in large part fueled by the difference in kills.
Swain often has a much larger longest kill spree than his opponent does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Nautilus. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also hint that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Swain and Nautilus
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Who is Better, Swain or Nautilus?
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Swain usually wins when trying to fight Nautilus, with a 56.3% win rate. Therefore, Swain makes a fantastic counter for Nautilus.
While Swain does have a much higher winrate compared to Nautilus, when on opposite teams, Swain also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more challenging champion to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Swain into Nautilusas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Swain has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Nautilus. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Swain vs Nautilus matchups, Swain is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Swain is a great counter for Nautilus. Make sure you focus your play on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Swain against Nautilus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Swain to counter Nautilus during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips shown above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Swain usually gets more CS compared to Nautilus. Champions who typically don't acquire much CS usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well 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 situation, try to surpass the values shown here to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Swain versus Nautilus build consist of Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Celestial Opposition, and Liandry's Torment. When Swain combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better when fighting Nautilus than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Swain boasted an average winrate of 56.3% when playing against Nautilus with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of beating Nautilus as Swain, Swain players should take the Conqueror, Presence of Mind, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players picked for Swain vs Nautilus fights, this combination of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 56.3% winrate overall.
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