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How to Synergize Nami and Annie

based on 1,450 Nami with Annie pairs
Win Rate
50.4 %
K/D/A
3.33
Pick Rate
1.3 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

Our servers take in data from from millions of LoL games directly from Riot Games each and every week. Nami has fought alongside Annie in 1450 recent, competitive matches. By accumulating so much relevant data from the creators of LoL, we have complete confidence that we can showcase robust, accurate builds to help Nami play with Annie. It is very rare for Nami to play with Annie as allies. This has only occurred in about 1.3% of rounds with Nami.

Nami Annie Synergy Summary

Nami does a average job of fighting on the same side as Annie. On average, she wins an acceptable 50.4% of rounds the champs fight alongside one another. If you want to maximize your potential as Nami when playing alongside Annie by learning how to better synergize your play style with her, then check out the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Nami vs Annie Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Faerie CharmAmplifying Tome

Core Nami Items

~22 Mins
Dream MakerImperial MandateMoonstone Renewer

Optional Items

Ardent CenserShurelya's BattlesongStaff of Flowing WaterZaz'Zak's Realmspike

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Nami to level upw
>
Second ability for Nami to level upe
>
Last skill for Nami to max outq

Runes

SorcerySummon AeryManaflow BandTranscendenceScorch
InspirationBiscuit DeliveryCosmic Insight
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceArmor
Nami's passive ability p
Nami's q ability q
Nami's w ability w
Nami's e ability e
Nami's ultimate ability r
1
W
2
E
3
Q
4
W
5
W
6
R
7
W
8
E
9
W
10
E
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R
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E
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E
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Q
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Q
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R

Guide to Synergizing Nami and Annie

Tips for Playing as Nami with Annie

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.

Advice to Understand How Annie Will Play

Molten Shield is a good spell to cast to work up to Annie's stun, so sometimes it's beneficial to grab at least 1 rank in it early.

Striking killing blows on minions with Disintegrate enables Annie to farm extremely well early in the game.

Storing a stun for use with her ultimate can turn the tide of a team fight.

Nami Annie Synergy Stats

Nami Image
Win Rate
50.4 %
VS
Win Rate
49.6 %
Annie Image
1.7
< Kills >
1.7
5.2
< Deaths >
5.3
15.6
< Assists >
15.2
0.31
< Killing Sprees >
0.31
24
< Minions Killed >
24
0.03
< Dragons Killed >
0.03
0.55
< Inhibitors >
0.55
856
< Physical Damage >
855
8,294
< Magic Damage >
8,267
548
< True Damage >
557
9,699
< Damage Dealt >
9,680
16,325
< Damage Taken >
16,333
8,472
< Gold Earned >
8,444
2.29
< Towers >
2.22
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
10,293
< Total Healing >
10,128
10,900
< Experience >
10,716
58
< Vision Score >
58
25
< Wards Placed >
25
196
< Time Dealing CC >
195

How to Play with Annie as Nami in LoL

The Nami Annie synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Annie, compared to her overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how her gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.

Overall, Nami sees a large worsening in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Annie. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Annie helps Nami perform poorer in ranked League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Nami is an ally to Annie, she gets a marginal improvement in her complete damage output. This change may indicate that Annie helps provide protection for her to dish out more damage or that her support also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Nami is played with Annie on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when she plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing synergisticly with Annie.

Additionally, when Nami plays with Annie on the same side, she on average receives a little less damage than when she fights alone. Receiving not as much damage could indicate that Annie does a decent job of protecting Nami in teamfights.

Synergies between Nami and Annie

Damage Types Compared

Nami
Annie
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Nami
Annie

Is Nami better when played alongside Annie?

There is no perfect champion pairing for Nami that will no matter what be her ideal ally. Yet, Annie is a decent companion for Nami. By locking into the same side as Nami, she increases their win rate by 1.3% to 50.4%. This signals that there is a good synergy between Nami and Annie that allows them to perform better together than alone.

Annie has a greater difficulty than Nami. That means Nami players need to be very careful when arranging Annie teammates to fight alongside, as they will require a greater level of skill to play well with you.

When playing on the same side, you should witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to to do a lot of AP damage. Together, these champions can deal quite a lot of AP type damage.

Although, by aligning Nami and Annie together, you may not be providing your other allies much AD. Make sure to bring other champions on your team that neutralizes this hole in their potential.

Regardless of the skill of your Annie ally, you should focus on maximizing your income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well anyway.

Additional Information for Nami Players

How We Calculated Our Nami Annie Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Nami and Annie, we analyzed 1,450 ranked and recent League of Legends matches. We perform advanced data cleaning and statistical methods to guarantee that our team synergy stats are accurate and reliable. You can be confident that our recommended build to pair Nami with Annie comes from actual data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view your division's most relevant stats and build.

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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing

To learn all of the intricacies of Nami in order to work well with Annie during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends rounds, you should keep reading to pick up some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented above, you should grow your win rate significantly.

The most crucial finished items to get in your Nami and Annie synergy build include Dream Maker, Imperial Mandate, and Moonstone Renewer. When Nami included at least these three pieces in her build, she did a lot better when fighting alongside Annie than with most other common builds. In fact, Nami had an average win rate of 50.4% helping carry Annie with this build.

To have the greatest likelihood of coming out on top against your oponents, you should take the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Nami and Annie pairings, this mix of runes resulted in the top win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 50.4% winrate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to synergize Annie with Nami are displayed for every ranked division. To narrow the statistics and builds to a distinct skill level, you should use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.