Yasuo vs Nami
How to Beat Nami as Yasuo
based on 7,125 Yasuo vs Nami matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Yasuo vs Nami Matchup Summary
Best Yasuo vs Nami Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nami as Yasuo
Tips for Playing as Yasuo against Nami
Last Breath can be cast on any target that is knocked Airborne, even by one of your allies.
Dash through a minion to have Sweeping Blade available to chase your opponent should they flee; Dash directly to your opponent to preserve a minion as your escape route.
At level 18, Yasuo's Steel Tempest reaches its Attack Speed cap with 55% Attack Speed from items.
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.
Yasuo vs Nami Counter Stats
How to Counter Nami with Yasuo in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here highlight some important Yasuo against Nami matchup statistics that can help you distinguish the differences and similarities between the pair. Yasuo’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Nami’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Yasuo may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Nami. This observation is in large part fueled by the difference in kills.
Yasuo normally has a much larger longest kill spree than his enemy does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Nami. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Yasuo and Nami
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Who is Better, Yasuo or Nami?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Yasuo usually wins when facing off against Nami, with a 52.4% win rate. Thus, Yasuo makes a good counter for Nami.
While Yasuo does have a higher win rate compared to Nami, when they face off with one another, Yasuo also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more challenging character to learn. You should be be fine when picking Yasuo into Namias his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Yasuo also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Nami. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Yasuo vs Nami matchups, Yasuo is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Yasuo is a good counter for Nami. You will do well by focussing your actions on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Yasuo against Nami.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Yasuo to counter Nami during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Yasuo usually picks up much more CS compared to Nami. Champs who on average don't take much CS often don't need 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, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The best items to have in your Yasuo versus Nami build include Guardian Angel, Infinity Edge, and Immortal Shieldbow. When Yasuo incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better versus Nami than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Yasuo had an average winrate of 52.4% battling Nami with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of coming out on top against Nami as Yasuo, you should use the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds players picked for Yasuo vs Nami LoL games, this combination of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 52.4% win rate overall.
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