Draven vs Nami
How to Beat Nami as Draven
based on 3,693 Draven vs Nami matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Draven vs Nami Matchup Summary
Best Draven vs Nami Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nami as Draven
Tips for Playing as Draven against Nami
If Draven doesn't move, Spinning Axe will fall near his present location. It will fall directly on him, or just to the right or left.
If Draven does move after attacking, Spinning Axe will lead him in the direction of his movement. Use this to control where the Spinning Axe will go.
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.
Draven vs Nami Counter Stats
How to Counter Nami with Draven in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here show several strategic Draven versus Nami matchup stats that may help us interpret the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Draven’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Nami’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Draven may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Nami. This observation is largely a result of the difference in kills.
Draven usually has a much larger longest kill spree than his opponent does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Nami. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Draven and Nami
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Who is Better, Draven or Nami?
Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Draven usually fairs equally well when facing off against Nami, with a 49.3% win rate. Therefore, Draven makes an ok counter for Nami.
While Draven does have a lower winrate than Nami, when on opposite teams, Draven also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more complex champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Draven into Namias his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Draven has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Nami. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Draven vs Nami matchups, Nami is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Draven is a somewhat poor counter for Nami. Focus your tactics on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Draven against Nami.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Draven in order to counter Nami during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Draven often picks up much more CS as Nami. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values reported on this page to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Draven versus Nami build consist of Bloodthirster, The Collector, and Hubris. When Draven used at least these three items in his build, he performed much better countering Nami than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Draven boasted an average winrate of 49.3% battling Nami with this counter build.
To have the best probability of beating Nami as Draven, you should use the Lethal Tempo, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Last Stand, Eyeball Collection, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune builds players chose for Draven vs Nami clashes, this mixture of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 49.3% winrate overall.
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