Caitlyn vs Nami
How to Beat Nami as Caitlyn
based on 10,976 Caitlyn vs Nami matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Caitlyn vs Nami Matchup Summary
Best Caitlyn vs Nami Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nami as Caitlyn
Tips for Playing as Caitlyn against Nami
Fire 90 Caliber Net away from the opponent to close the gap or hop over walls.
Avoid using Ace in the Hole in large team melees as it might be blocked by the wrong target.
Make use of her Yordle Snap Traps by placing them pre-emptively to ensure that you'll have one off of cooldown during combat.
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.
Caitlyn vs Nami Counter Stats
How to Counter Nami with Caitlyn in LoL
The stats shown on this page clarify several important Caitlyn vs. Nami counter statistics that may help you appreciate the distinctions between the two. For instance, Caitlyn’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Nami’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Caitlyn may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Nami. This observation is in large part caused by the difference in kills.
Caitlyn usually has a much larger longest killing spree than her matchup does. On average, she receives a similar amount of damage to Nami. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the champion with increased HP has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Caitlyn and Nami
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Who is Better, Caitlyn or Nami?
Both League champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Caitlyn usually fairs equally well when facing off against Nami, with a 50.8% win rate. Thus, Caitlyn makes an ok counter to Nami.
While Caitlyn does have a higher win rate compared to Nami, when facing one another, Caitlyn also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more challenging champ to develop with. You should be careful when picking Caitlyn into Nami.
Additionally, Caitlyn has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Nami. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Caitlyn vs Nami matchups, Caitlyn is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Caitlyn is a decent counter for Nami. Focus your strategy on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Caitlyn against Nami.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Caitlyn in order to counter Nami during both the laning 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 pay attention to the build and stats presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Caitlyn typically racks up much more CS as Nami. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities 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 values displayed here to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Caitlyn versus Nami build include Rapid Firecannon, Stormrazor, and The Collector. When Caitlyn included at least these three items in her build, she did a lot better against Nami than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Caitlyn boasted an average win rate of 50.8% when countering Nami with this counter build.
To have the greatest chance of annihilating Nami as Caitlyn, Caitlyn players should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Minion Dematerializer, Cosmic Insight, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players chose for Caitlyn vs Nami counters, this composite of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 50.8% winrate overall.
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