Gwen with Nami
How to Synergize Gwen and Nami
based on 2,267 Gwen with Nami pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Gwen Nami Synergy Summary
Best Gwen vs Nami Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Gwen and Nami
Tips for Playing as Gwen with Nami
Gwen can still damage enemies outside her Hallowed Mists, especially with her Ultimate's range.
Some of Gwen's Abilities can apply her passive to multiple enemies, so aim them at groups to get maximum damage and healing.
Always be Attacking - In addition to dealing bonus damage, Gwen's Attacks empower or reset many of her Abilities.
Advice to Understand How Nami Will Play
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.
Gwen Nami Synergy Stats
How to Play with Nami as Gwen in LoL
The Gwen Nami synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Nami, compared to her overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how her gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Gwen sees a large worsening in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Nami. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Nami helps Gwen perform not as well in ranked League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Gwen is an ally to Nami, she observes a marginal improvement in her full damage output. This difference may signal that Nami provides cover for her to deal more damage or that her participation also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Gwen is played together with Nami on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when she plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing synergisticly with Nami.
Moreover, when Gwen plays with Nami on the same side, she on average takes a little more damage than when she fights alone. Receiving more damage could indicate that Nami does a poor job of covering Gwen in team fights.
Synergies between Gwen and Nami
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Is Gwen better when played alongside Nami?
There is no top companion for Gwen that will 100% of the time be her best ally. Yet, Nami is a relatively poor ally for Gwen. By being on the same side as Gwen, she drops their win rate by -1.6% to 46.5%. This clearly indicates that there is a harmful bond between Gwen and Nami that allows them to perform worse together than alone.
Nami has a lower difficulty than Gwen. That means Gwen players don't need to be cautious when finding Nami allies to fight alongside, as they will have to have a lower level of skill to fight well with you.
Working together, you should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to provide utility and CC for your side. When paired, these two will help their other teammates secure a victory.
Although, by aligning Gwen and Nami together, you may not be giving your side a great deal of protection for burst damage. Make sure to include other champs on your team that neutralizes this relative disparity in their capabilities.
Regardless of the ability of your Nami teammate, you should focus on increasing your income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well anyway.
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How We Calculated Our Gwen Nami Synergy Build and Stats
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Gwen in order to pair well with Nami during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and tips shown above, you should increase your win rate significantly.
The most important finished items to include in your Gwen and Nami synergy build include Nashor's Tooth, Hextech Rocketbelt, and Riftmaker. When Gwen incorporated at least these three finished items in her build, she performed a lot better as an ally of Nami than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Gwen boasted an average win rate of 46.5% when playing alongside Nami with these items in her kit.
To have the highest likelihood of vanquishing your oponents, Gwen players should take the Conqueror, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune builds that we analyzed for this team composition, this composite of runes resulted in the top win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 46.5% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to team up Nami with Gwen are presented for all ranked divisions. If you want to scope the statistics and builds to a particular skill level, you may use the selection menu earlier on the page.