Naafiri vs Nami
How to Beat Nami as Naafiri
based on 1,390 Naafiri vs Nami matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Naafiri vs Nami Matchup Summary
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Guide to Countering Nami as Naafiri
Tips for Playing as Naafiri against Nami
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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.
Naafiri vs Nami Counter Stats
How to Counter Nami with Naafiri in LoL
The stats provided here emphasize some critical Naafiri vs. Nami counter statistics that may help you grasp the differences between this pair of champions. As an example, Naafiri’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Nami’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Naafiri may be more central to their team's team fighting capacity than Nami. This observation is in large part a result of the difference in kills.
Naafiri usually has a much larger longest kill spree than their matchup does. Typically, they takes more damage than Nami. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
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Who is Better, Naafiri or Nami?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Naafiri usually fairs equally well when taking on Nami, with a 50.8% win rate. Therefore, Naafiri makes an ok counter for Nami.
While Naafiri does have a higher winrate compared to Nami, when facing one another, Naafiri also has a lower learning curve that makes them a less difficult champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Naafiri into Nami.
Moreover, Naafiri also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Nami. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Naafiri vs Nami matchups, Naafiri is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Naafiri is a decent counter to Nami. Make sure you focus your play on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Naafiri against Nami.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Naafiri to counter Nami during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips presented above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Naafiri on average racks up much more CS compared to Nami. Champs who typically don't get much CS often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions 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 do better than the numbers shown here to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Naafiri versus Nami build include Serylda's Grudge, Axiom Arc, and Profane Hydra. When Naafiri included at least these three items in their build, they did a lot better vs. Nami than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Naafiri boasted an average winrate of 50.8% battling Nami with this counter build.
To have the best likelihood of crushing Nami as Naafiri, Naafiri players should take the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune sets players chose for Naafiri vs Nami counterpicks, this mix of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 50.8% win rate overall.
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