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How to Win Kha'Zix vs Nami Counter MatchupKha'Zix is in the a tier of champions

Kha'Zix vs Nami

How to Beat Nami as Kha'Zix in LoLKha'Zix is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Nami as Kha'Zix

based on 3,383 Kha'Zix vs Nami matchups
Win Rate
51 %
K/D/A
2.31
Pick Rate
3.1 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We produce our matchup statistics from the millions of ranked League matches that we evaluate each week. Our guide on how to beat Nami as Kha'Zix came out of an examination of 3383 ranked games where both champions engaged each other. This champ matchup is relatively rare. Kha'Zix encounters Nami in only 3.1% of his matches.

Kha'Zix vs Nami Matchup Summary

Kha'Zix does a decent job of countering Nami. Typically, he wins a acceptable 51.0% of matches the champions face off with each other in. In Kha'Zix versus Nami rounds, Kha'Zix’s side is 0.0% more expected to earn first blood. This implies that he most likely will be able to get first blood versus Nami.

Best Kha'Zix vs Nami Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Gustwalker HatchlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordThe Brutalizer

Core Kha'Zix Items

~22 Mins
Youmuu's GhostbladeHubrisOpportunity

Optional Items

Edge of NightSerylda's GrudgeMaw of MalmortiusAxiom Arc

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Kha'Zix to level upq
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Second ability for Kha'Zix to level upw
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Last skill for Kha'Zix to max oute

Runes

InspirationFirst StrikeMagical FootwearFuture's MarketCosmic Insight
DominationSudden ImpactTreasure Hunter
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Kha'Zix's passive ability p
Kha'Zix's q ability q
Kha'Zix's w ability w
Kha'Zix's e ability e
Kha'Zix's ultimate ability r
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Guide to Countering Nami as Kha'Zix

Tips for Playing as Kha'Zix against Nami

Enemies are considered isolated if they have no allies within a short distance. The damage of Taste Their Fear is massively increased against these targets.

Unseen Threat activates when Kha'Zix cannot be seen by the enemy team. Reactivate by using brush or Void Assault. Don't forget to apply Unseen Threat by autoattacking enemy champions.

Kha'Zix has a great deal of freedom to choose where and when to fight. Pick your battles carefully to succeed.

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.

Kha'Zix vs Nami Counter Stats

Kha'Zix Image
Win Rate
51 %
VS
Win Rate
49 %
Nami Image
8.3
< Kills >
1.7
6.1
< Deaths >
5.6
5.8
< Assists >
15.1
1.94
< Killing Sprees >
0.29
27
< Minions Killed >
24
1.75
< Dragons Killed >
0.03
0.36
< Inhibitors >
0.57
18,100
< Physical Damage >
844
1,104
< Magic Damage >
8,091
1,004
< True Damage >
505
20,209
< Damage Dealt >
9,440
33,410
< Damage Taken >
16,801
12,931
< Gold Earned >
8,518
1.07
< Towers >
2.27
0.38
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
16,576
< Total Healing >
10,117
14,088
< Experience >
10,826
24
< Vision Score >
60
5
< Wards Placed >
26
220
< Time Dealing CC >
193

How to Counter Nami with Kha'Zix in LoL

The stat comparisons shown on this page highlight several important Kha'Zix versus Nami counter statistics that may help you figure out the differences and similarities between the pair. Kha'Zix’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Nami’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Kha'Zix may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Nami. This observation is largely fueled by the difference in kills.

Kha'Zix often has a much larger longest kill spree than his matchup does. Typically, he takes more damage than Nami. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the champion with more health has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Kha'Zix and Nami

Damage Types Compared

Kha'Zix
Nami
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Kha'Zix
Nami

Who is Better, Kha'Zix or Nami?

Both League champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Kha'Zix usually wins when trying to fight Nami, with a 51.0% win rate. Therefore, Kha'Zix makes a good counter for Nami.

While Kha'Zix does have a higher winrate compared to Nami, when they face off with one another, Kha'Zix also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more complex champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Kha'Zix into Nami.

Moreover, Kha'Zix has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Nami. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Kha'Zix vs Nami matchups, Kha'Zix is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.

Kha'Zix is a decent counter to Nami. Make sure you focus your actions on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Kha'Zix against Nami.

Additional Information for Kha'Zix Players

How We Calculated Our Kha'Zix vs Nami Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Nami as Kha'Zix, we analyzed 3,383 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Nami as Kha'Zix comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Kha'Zix in order to counter Nami during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Kha'Zix typically accumulates a similar amount of CS as Nami. Champs who typically don't take much CS often don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers reported on this page to do well.

The most crucial items to prioritize in your Kha'Zix versus Nami build include Youmuu's Ghostblade, Hubris, and Opportunity. When Kha'Zix incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better versus Nami than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Kha'Zix boasted an average win rate of 51.0% battling Nami with these items in his kit.

To have the greatest chance of crushing Nami as Kha'Zix, you should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Future's Market, Cosmic Insight, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Kha'Zix vs Nami counters, this composite of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 51.0% winrate overall.

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