Kassadin vs Nami
How to Beat Nami as Kassadin
based on 1,636 Kassadin vs Nami matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kassadin vs Nami Matchup Summary
Best Kassadin vs Nami Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nami as Kassadin
Tips for Playing as Kassadin against Nami
Kassadin's ultimate has many uses and is on a shorter cooldown than most, use it often.
Kassadin has multiple item paths; he can go caster via Mana and Ability Power or anti-caster with Cooldown Reduction and Magic Resist.
Try to get the Ancient Golem buff to counteract Riftwalk's increasing Mana cost.
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.
Kassadin vs Nami Counter Stats
How to Counter Nami with Kassadin in LoL
The stats shown here highlight some strategic Kassadin against Nami counter statistics that can help you interpret the distinctions between the pair. Kassadin’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Nami’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Kassadin may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Nami. This observation is largely fueled by the difference in kills.
Kassadin usually has a much larger longest kill spree than his matchup does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Nami. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Kassadin and Nami
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Who is Better, Kassadin or Nami?
Both League champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Kassadin usually wins when taking on Nami, with a 54.1% win rate. Therefore, Kassadin makes a great counter to Nami.
While Kassadin does have a much higher winrate than Nami, when they face off with one another, Kassadin also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more challenging champ to learn and master. You should be be fine when picking Kassadin into Namias his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Kassadin has some amount of utility and CC, 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 isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Kassadin vs Nami matchups, Kassadin is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Kassadin is a great counter for Nami. Make sure you focus your gameplay on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Kassadin against Nami.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Kassadin to counter Nami during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kassadin on average gets much more CS relative to Nami. Champs who on average don't get many minion kills often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers displayed here to do well.
The best items to use in your Kassadin versus Nami build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Malignance, and Rod of Ages. When Kassadin combined at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better against Nami than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Kassadin had an average win rate of 54.1% when countering Nami with this build.
To have the greatest chance of coming out on top against Nami as Kassadin, Kassadin players should equip the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Future's Market, Cosmic Insight, Sudden Impact, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Kassadin vs Nami matchups, this mixture of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 54.1% winrate overall.
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