Nami vs Shaco
How to Beat Shaco as Nami
based on 3,770 Nami vs Shaco matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nami vs Shaco Matchup Summary
Best Nami vs Shaco Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Shaco as Nami
Tips for Playing as Nami against Shaco
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 Shaco
If Shaco is doing well early-game, it is worth the investment to place Stealth Wards near his Jungle camps.
If Shaco uses Deceive to enter a fight he won't be able to quickly use it again to get away. Work with your team to quickly focus him down.
Nami vs Shaco Counter Stats
How to Counter Shaco with Nami in LoL
The stats provided here clarify some important Nami versus Shaco matchup stats that can help you figure out the distinctions between the two. For instance, Nami’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Shaco’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Nami may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Shaco. This observation is largely a result of the differences in assists.
Nami normally has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than her matchup does. On average, she takes less damage than Shaco. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the champion with more health has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Nami and Shaco
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Who is Better, Nami or Shaco?
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Nami usually loses when taking on Shaco, with a 48.9% win rate. As a result, Nami makes a poor counter to Shaco.
While Nami does have a lower win rate than Shaco, when they face off with one another, Nami also has a much lower learning curve that makes her a less complex character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Nami into Shaco.
Additionally, Nami has a great amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Shaco. 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 for every situation in League of Legends, in Nami vs Shaco matchups, Shaco is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Nami is a somewhat poor counter for Shaco. Make sure you focus your tactics on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Nami against Shaco.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Nami to counter Shaco during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nami often racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Shaco. Champions who typically don't earn many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Nami versus Shaco build include Dream Maker, Imperial Mandate, and Dawncore. When Nami combined at least these three items in her build, she did a lot better versus Shaco than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Nami boasted an average win rate of 48.9% when countering Shaco with these items in her kit.
To have the best chance of defeating Shaco as Nami, Nami players should use the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Bone Plating, and Revitalize runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds players picked for Nami vs Shaco face-offs, this combination of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 48.9% winrate overall.
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