Attacking a
Vulnerable
target marked by Valor will put Harrier on cooldown. Quickly consuming Harrier marks will allow you to generate them faster.
Use Behind Enemy Lines for traveling very long distances quickly, for farming minions around the map, or for chasing wounded targets.
Vault is powerful but must be used with caution, as enemies can attack Quinn when she strikes them. Vault can sometimes be used to cross terrain if your back is to a wall.
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.
The stat comparisons shown here show several strategic Quinn against Nami matchup stats that can help you explain the differences and similarities between this set of champs. For instance, Quinn’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Nami’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Quinn may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Nami. This observation is in large part a result of the difference in kills.
Quinn typically has a much larger longest killing spree than her opponent does. Typically, she takes more damage than Nami. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the champion with higher HP has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Quinn usually fairs equally well when playing against Nami, with a 50.4% win rate. As a result, Quinn makes an ok counter for Nami.
While Quinn does have a higher winrate compared to Nami, when they face off with one another, Quinn also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more time consuming champ to develop with. You should be careful when picking Quinn into Nami.
Furthermore, Quinn has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Nami. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Quinn vs Nami matchups, Quinn is the better champion with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Quinn is a decent counter to Nami. You will do well by focussing your play on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Quinn against Nami.
To truly master Quinn to counter Nami during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention 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.
Quinn often picks up much more CS as Nami. Champions who typically don't take much CS typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Quinn versus Nami build consist of Lord Dominik's Regards, Youmuu's Ghostblade, and The Collector. When Quinn combined at least these three items in her build, she performed a lot better against Nami than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Quinn had an average win rate of 50.4% when playing against Nami with this build.
To have the greatest probability of coming out on top against Nami as Quinn, you should use the Fleet Footwork, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity, Cut Down, Absolute Focus, and Scorch runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players chose for Quinn vs Nami fights, this composite of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 50.4% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Nami as Quinn are shown for all ranked divisions combined. If you would like to scope the statistics and builds to a particular skill level, you should use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.