Ashe vs Nami
How to Beat Nami as Ashe
based on 7,222 Ashe vs Nami matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Ashe vs Nami Matchup Summary
Best Ashe vs Nami Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nami as Ashe
Tips for Playing as Ashe against Nami
Hawkshot reveals units in brush. If a team fight is occuring in the jungle it can give you a significant advantage.
Volley arrows are blocked by the first enemy they hit, so keep your distance to avoid having them all absorbed by enemy frontliners.
Try to fire Enchanted Crystal Arrow in the same direction enemies are moving, so it is more likely to hit.
Advice to Win Against Nami
Aqua Prison is a very powerful ability with a long cooldown, take advantage of the situation if Nami misses this ability.
Tidal Wave has a very long range but travels slowly, be aware of when it is coming your way as you can move out of its path.
Try to avoid fighting an opponent affected by Tidecaller's Blessing, it lasts a short duration so waiting it out can help you greatly.
Ashe vs Nami Counter Stats
How to Counter Nami with Ashe in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here show some influential Ashe against Nami counter statistics that may help us figure out the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Ashe’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Nami’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Ashe may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Nami. This observation is largely a result of the difference in kills.
Ashe usually has a much larger longest kill spree than her matchup does. On average, she takes a similar amount of damage to Nami. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Ashe and Nami
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Who is Better, Ashe or Nami?
Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Ashe usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Nami, with a 50.4% win rate. Thus, Ashe makes an ok counter for Nami.
While Ashe does have a higher winrate compared to Nami, when on opposite teams, Ashe also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less complex champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Ashe into Nami.
Moreover, Ashe has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Nami. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Ashe vs Nami matchups, Ashe is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Ashe is a decent counter for Nami. Make sure you focus your play on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Ashe against Nami.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Ashe in order to counter Nami during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Ashe typically picks up much more CS relative to Nami. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers shown here to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Ashe versus Nami build include Trinity Force, Wit's End, and Terminus. When Ashe bought at least these three items in her build, she did a lot better vs Nami than with many other typical builds. In fact, Ashe boasted an average win rate of 50.4% battling Nami with this counter build.
To have the best likelihood of beating Nami as Ashe, Ashe players should take the Lethal Tempo, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Approach Velocity, and Biscuit Delivery runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Ashe vs Nami clashes, this combo of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 50.4% win rate overall.
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