Graves vs Nami
How to Beat Nami as Graves
based on 5,238 Graves vs Nami matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Graves vs Nami Matchup Summary
Best Graves vs Nami Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nami as Graves
Tips for Playing as Graves against Nami
Smoke Screen can be used both to escape and to set up a kill.
Using Quickdraw to get into range and delivering a point blank Buckshot can do lots of damage.
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.
Graves vs Nami Counter Stats
How to Counter Nami with Graves in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page show several valuable Graves against Nami matchup statistics that can help us figure out the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Graves’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Nami’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Graves may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Nami. This observation is largely a result of the difference in kills.
Graves typically has a much larger longest kill spree than his counter does. On average, he receives more damage than Nami. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the champ with more HP has less agility and thus is not able to escape further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Graves and Nami
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Who is Better, Graves or Nami?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Graves usually wins when playing against Nami, with a 51.2% win rate. As a result, Graves makes a good counter to Nami.
While Graves does have a higher win rate compared to Nami, when on opposite teams, Graves also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less challenging character to learn. You should be careful when picking Graves into Nami.
Additionally, Graves also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Nami. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Graves vs Nami matchups, Graves is the better champion with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Graves is a decent counter to Nami. Make sure you focus your gameplay on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Graves against Nami.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Graves to counter Nami during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Graves typically accumulates more CS relative to Nami. Champions who typically don't get many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values displayed on this page to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Graves versus Nami build include Infinity Edge, Bloodthirster, and The Collector. When Graves bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better vs. Nami than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Graves had an average win rate of 51.2% when playing against Nami with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of coming out on top against Nami as Graves, Graves players should use the Fleet Footwork, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Graves vs Nami LoL games, this sequence of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 51.2% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Nami as Graves are presented for all ranked divisions. If you want to scope the statistics and builds to an individual skill level, you can use the selection menu earlier on the page.