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How to Win Nami vs Pantheon Counter MatchupNami is in the a tier of champions

Nami vs Pantheon

How to Beat Pantheon as Nami in LoLNami is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Pantheon as Nami

based on 4,891 Nami vs Pantheon matchups
Win Rate
49.6 %
K/D/A
3.24
Pick Rate
4.5 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We get our counter stats from the millions of rated League of Legends games that we analyze each and every week. Our guide on how to beat Pantheon as Nami resulted from an examination of 4891 ranked matches where both champs engaged each other. This matchup is relatively uncommon. Nami fights Pantheon in only 4.5% of her matches.

Nami vs Pantheon Matchup Summary

Nami has done a ok job of countering Pantheon. Normally, she wins a acceptable 49.6% of matches the champs fight each other in. In Nami vs Pantheon matches, Nami’s team is 0.1% less expected to obtain first blood. This indicates that she probably won't be able to get first blood versus Pantheon.

Best Nami vs Pantheon Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Glowing MoteBandleglass Mirror

Core Nami Items

~22 Mins
Dream MakerStaff of Flowing WaterMoonstone Renewer

Optional Items

Ardent CenserRedemptionMikael's BlessingShurelya's Battlesong

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Nami to level upw
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Second ability for Nami to level upe
>
Last skill for Nami to max outq

Runes

SorcerySummon AeryManaflow BandTranscendenceScorch
ResolveFont of LifeRevitalize
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceArmor
Nami's passive ability p
Nami's q ability q
Nami's w ability w
Nami's e ability e
Nami's ultimate ability r
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W
2
E
3
Q
4
W
5
W
6
R
7
W
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E
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W
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E
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R
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Guide to Countering Pantheon as Nami

Tips for Playing as Nami against Pantheon

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 Pantheon

Pantheon's Aegis Assault makes him invulnerable from the front. Get behind him or wait it out.

Grand Starfall gives several seconds of warning before Pantheon arrives. Use this time to get out of the way or to form a plan to deal with him.

Be careful near Pantheon if your health is low - a thrown Comet Spear executes low health enemies.

Nami vs Pantheon Counter Stats

Nami Image
Win Rate
49.6 %
VS
Win Rate
50.4 %
Pantheon Image
1.9
< Kills >
6.9
5.5
< Deaths >
6.8
15.9
< Assists >
6.9
0.33
< Killing Sprees >
1.58
24
< Minions Killed >
106
0.03
< Dragons Killed >
0.25
0.55
< Inhibitors >
0.43
877
< Physical Damage >
18,847
8,450
< Magic Damage >
776
550
< True Damage >
1,188
9,877
< Damage Dealt >
20,811
16,633
< Damage Taken >
25,755
8,547
< Gold Earned >
11,137
2.21
< Towers >
1.68
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.06
10,158
< Total Healing >
4,936
10,824
< Experience >
12,828
58
< Vision Score >
31
25
< Wards Placed >
14
196
< Time Dealing CC >
69

How to Counter Pantheon with Nami in LoL

The stat comparisons shown on this page emphasize some vital Nami vs. Pantheon counter stats that may help us understand the differences between the two. As an example, Nami’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Pantheon’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Nami may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Pantheon. This observation is in large part fueled by the differences in assists.

Nami often has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than her enemy does. Typically, she takes less damage than Pantheon. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also illustrate that the champ with increased HP has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Nami and Pantheon

Damage Types Compared

Nami
Pantheon
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Nami
Pantheon

Who is Better, Nami or Pantheon?

Both League champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Nami usually fairs equally well when facing off against Pantheon, with a 49.6% win rate. Thus, Nami makes an ok counter to Pantheon.

While Nami does have a lower win rate than Pantheon, when they face off with one another, Nami also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more challenging champion to develop with. You should be careful when picking Nami into Pantheon.

Furthermore, Nami also has a very large amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Pantheon. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Nami vs Pantheon matchups, Pantheon is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.

Nami is a somewhat poor counter for Pantheon. You will do well by focussing your actions on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Nami against Pantheon.

Additional Information for Nami Players

How We Calculated Our Nami vs Pantheon Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Pantheon as Nami, we analyzed 4,891 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 Pantheon as Nami 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 truly master Nami in order to counter Pantheon during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Nami on average accumulates a lot less CS compared to Pantheon. Champs who typically don't acquire much CS often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers reported on this page to do well.

The most crucial items to use in your Nami versus Pantheon build consist of Dream Maker, Staff of Flowing Water, and Moonstone Renewer. When Nami combined at least these three pieces in her build, she performed a lot better vs. Pantheon than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Nami boasted an average winrate of 49.6% when countering Pantheon with these items in her kit.

To have the highest chance of annihilating Pantheon as Nami, you should equip the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Font of Life, and Revitalize runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Of all the runes players used for Nami vs Pantheon counter picks, this combo of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 49.6% win rate overall.

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