Varus vs Nami
How to Beat Nami as Varus
based on 4,307 Varus vs Nami matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Varus vs Nami Matchup Summary
Best Varus vs Nami Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nami as Varus
Tips for Playing as Varus against Nami
Try to take advantage of Piercing Arrow's very long range to snipe at enemy champions before a fight or as they're trying to flee.
An early point in Blighted Quiver helps harass enemy champions and get killing blows on minions.
During short range fights it's sometimes best to fire Piercing Arrow quickly, rather than charging it to full power.
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.
Varus vs Nami Counter Stats
How to Counter Nami with Varus in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here underscore some critical Varus against Nami matchup stats that can help us grasp the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Varus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Nami’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Varus may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Nami. This observation is largely fueled by the difference in kills.
Varus typically has a much larger longest killing spree than his opponent does. Typically, he receives a similar amount of damage to Nami. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Varus and Nami
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Who is Better, Varus or Nami?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Varus usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Nami, with a 49.5% win rate. Therefore, Varus makes an ok counter for Nami.
While Varus does have a lower winrate than Nami, when they face off with one another, Varus also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less time consuming champion to learn. You should be careful when picking Varus into Nami.
Additionally, Varus has almost no 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 is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Varus vs Nami matchups, Nami is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Varus is a somewhat poor counter for Nami. Focus your strategy on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Varus against Nami.
Other Champion Matchups Against Varus
Additional Information for Varus Players
How We Calculated Our Varus vs Nami Build and Stats
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Varus to counter Nami during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions shown above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Varus typically gets much more CS relative to Nami. Champions who typically don't earn many minion kills often 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, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The top items to have in your Varus versus Nami build include Runaan's Hurricane, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Blade of The Ruined King. When Varus used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better against Nami than with most other common item sets. In fact, Varus had an average win rate of 49.5% battling Nami with this counter build.
To have the best likelihood of beating Nami as Varus, Varus players should use the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Varus vs Nami face-offs, this composite of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 49.5% winrate overall.
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