Nami vs Evelynn
How to Beat Evelynn as Nami
based on 2,840 Nami vs Evelynn matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nami vs Evelynn Matchup Summary
Best Nami vs Evelynn Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Evelynn as Nami
Tips for Playing as Nami against Evelynn
Nami's ultimate can come in very handy for initiating on enemies who are far away.
Using Ebb and Flow during an engagement with enemy champions will help sway the battle in your favor.
Aqua Prison has a long cooldown, make sure to use it at the right moment.
Advice to Win Against Evelynn
Purchasing Vision Wards can help you detect Evelynn's location in order to prepare for her ambushes.
A large share of Evelynn's threat is in her charm, 'Allure.' Protect allies marked with 'Allure' or, if you are marked, make sure allies are between you and where Evelynn may attack from.
If you suspect Evelynn is about to ambush one of your teammates, let them know by pinging the minimap and typing in chat.
Nami vs Evelynn Counter Stats
How to Counter Evelynn with Nami in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page highlight several important Nami against Evelynn matchup stats that may help you interpret the differences between the two. Nami’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Evelynn’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Nami may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Evelynn. This observation is in large part fueled by the differences in assists.
Nami usually has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than her opponent does. Commonly, she receives less damage than Evelynn. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also indicate that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Nami and Evelynn
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Who is Better, Nami or Evelynn?
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Nami usually loses when trying to fight Evelynn, with a 48.4% win rate. Therefore, Nami makes a poor counter to Evelynn.
While Nami does have a lower win rate than Evelynn, when they face off with one another, Nami also has a much lower difficulty level that makes her a less challenging champ to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Nami into Evelynn.
Moreover, Nami also has a great amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Evelynn. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Nami vs Evelynn matchups, Evelynn is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Nami is a somewhat poor counter to Evelynn. Make sure you focus your tactics on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Nami against Evelynn.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Nami in order to counter Evelynn during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and tips shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nami most often racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Evelynn. Champs who typically don't get much CS typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values reported on this page to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Nami versus Evelynn build consist of Ardent Censer, Dream Maker, and Echoes of Helia. When Nami bought at least these three items in her build, she performed a lot better countering Evelynn than with most other typical builds. In fact, Nami boasted an average winrate of 48.4% when playing against Evelynn with this counter build.
To have the best chance of defeating Evelynn as Nami, you should take the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players picked for Nami vs Evelynn counter picks, this combo of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 48.4% win rate overall.
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