Syndra vs Nami
How to Beat Nami as Syndra
based on 2,640 Syndra vs Nami matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Syndra vs Nami Matchup Summary
Best Syndra vs Nami Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nami as Syndra
Tips for Playing as Syndra against Nami
To maximize your ultimate's damage use it when there are many spheres on the battlefield.
After you hit an enemy champion with Force of Will follow up with Dark Sphere, they'll be slowed and have a hard time avoiding it.
Get one of your spells to rank 5 as quickly as possible, they gain powerful bonus effects at max rank.
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.
Syndra vs Nami Counter Stats
How to Counter Nami with Syndra in LoL
The stats provided here emphasize several influential Syndra against Nami counter stats that may help us understand the differences between the pair. As an example, Syndra’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Nami’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Syndra may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Nami. This observation is in large part fueled by the difference in kills.
Syndra typically has a much larger longest kill spree than her counter does. On average, she takes a similar amount of damage to Nami. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the champion with higher health has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Syndra and Nami
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Who is Better, Syndra or Nami?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Syndra usually fairs equally well when playing against Nami, with a 50.7% win rate. As a result, Syndra makes an ok counter to Nami.
While Syndra does have a higher winrate compared to Nami, when facing one another, Syndra also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes her a more time consuming character to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Syndra into Namias her relative depth means you may not be able to reach her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Syndra also has a good 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 isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Syndra vs Nami matchups, Syndra is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Syndra is a decent counter to Nami. Focus your actions on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Syndra against Nami.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Syndra in order to counter Nami during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and tips presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Syndra usually accumulates much more CS compared to Nami. Champs who on average don't earn much CS typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. 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 have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values displayed on this page to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Syndra versus Nami build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Stormsurge. When Syndra bought at least these three pieces in her build, she performed much better vs. Nami than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Syndra boasted an average winrate of 50.7% when countering Nami with these items in her kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of coming out on top against Nami as Syndra, Syndra players should take the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Minion Dematerializer, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the runes players chose for Syndra vs Nami clashes, this combo of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 50.7% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Nami as Syndra are presented for all ranked divisions combined. If you want to scope the stats and builds to a distinct rank, you should use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.