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Nami with Kassadin

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How to Synergize Nami and Kassadin

based on 1,547 Nami with Kassadin pairs
Win Rate
48.5 %
K/D/A
3.17
Pick Rate
1.4 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

We take in the results of from millions of League of Legends games directly from Riot Games each week. Nami has fought alongside Kassadin in 1547 recently played, ranked matches. By accumulating so much complete data directly from the creators of League of Legends, we feel confident that we can provide you with high quality, usable builds to help Nami play with Kassadin. It is very rare for Nami to play alongside Kassadin on the same side. This pairing has only occurred in approx. 1.4% of rounds with Nami.

Nami Kassadin Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Nami does a poor job of playing alongside Kassadin. Normally, she wins an acceptable 48.5% of matches the champs fight alongside one another. If you want to do better as Nami when playing with Kassadin by learning how to better synergize your play style with him, then dig into the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Nami vs Kassadin Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeGlowing Mote

Core Nami Items

~22 Mins
Shurelya's BattlesongArdent CenserImperial Mandate

Optional Items

RedemptionStaff of Flowing WaterMoonstone RenewerDream Maker

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

SorcerySummon AeryManaflow BandTranscendenceScorch
ResolveBone PlatingRevitalize
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
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W
2
E
3
Q
4
W
5
W
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R
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W
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E
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E
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Guide to Synergizing Nami and Kassadin

Tips for Playing as Nami with Kassadin

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 Kassadin Will Play

Kassadin's ultimate has many uses and is on a shorter cooldown than most, use it often.

Kassadin has multiple item paths; he can go caster via Mana and Ability Power or anti-caster with Cooldown Reduction and Magic Resist.

Try to get the Ancient Golem buff to counteract Riftwalk's increasing Mana cost.

Nami Kassadin Synergy Stats

Nami Image
Win Rate
48.5 %
VS
Win Rate
51.5 %
Kassadin Image
1.6
< Kills >
1.7
5.2
< Deaths >
5.3
14.9
< Assists >
15.2
0.28
< Killing Sprees >
0.31
23
< Minions Killed >
24
0.03
< Dragons Killed >
0.03
0.5
< Inhibitors >
0.55
847
< Physical Damage >
855
7,951
< Magic Damage >
8,267
534
< True Damage >
557
9,332
< Damage Dealt >
9,680
15,635
< Damage Taken >
16,333
8,234
< Gold Earned >
8,444
2.07
< Towers >
2.22
0
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
9,857
< Total Healing >
10,128
10,526
< Experience >
10,716
58
< Vision Score >
58
25
< Wards Placed >
25
192
< Time Dealing CC >
195

How to Play with Kassadin as Nami in LoL

The Nami Kassadin synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Kassadin, 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 very large drop in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Kassadin. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Kassadin helps Nami perform not as well in competitive League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Nami plays on the same team as Kassadin, she gets a little decrease in her total damage dealt. This change may signal that Kassadin does not support by providing protection for her to dish out more damage or that his allyship also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Nami is played with Kassadin on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when she plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing alongside Kassadin.

Additionally, when Nami plays with Kassadin on the same side, she often receives a little less damage than when she plays alone. Receiving not as much damage could indicate that Kassadin does a decent job of covering Nami during teamfights.

Synergies between Nami and Kassadin

Damage Types Compared

Nami
Kassadin
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Nami
Kassadin

Is Nami better when played alongside Kassadin?

There is no top synergy for Nami that will always be her #1 synergy. However, Kassadin is a very typical teammate for Nami. By locking into the same side as Nami, he decreases their win rate by -0.6% to 48.5%. This shows that there is not really a strong synergy between Nami and Kassadin that results in them performing not as well together than alone.

Kassadin has a greater difficulty than Nami. That means you need to be very careful when enlisting Kassadin comrades to play with, as they will have to have a greater level of skill to do well with you.

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

Although, by grouping Nami and Kassadin together, you may not be giving your team enough anti-tank damage dealing potential. We recommend you bring other champs on your team that offsets this relative disparity in this pairing's capabilities.

Regardless of your Kassadin ally's ability, you need to focus on maximizing your income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Nami Players

How We Calculated Our Nami Kassadin Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Nami and Kassadin, we analyzed 1,547 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 Kassadin 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 pair well with Kassadin during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends rounds, you should keep reading to gather additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed above, you should grow your win rate significantly.

The top finished items to have in your Nami and Kassadin synergy build include Shurelya's Battlesong, Ardent Censer, and Imperial Mandate. When Nami incorporated at least these three great items in her build, she did a lot better when fighting alongside Kassadin than with many other common builds. In fact, Nami had an average win rate of 48.5% when synergizing her build and playstyle to Kassadin with these items in her kit.

To have the greatest probability of annihilating your oponents, you should take the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Bone Plating, and Revitalize runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the runes players chose for this champion pairing, this composite of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 48.5% winrate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to pair Kassadin with Nami are displayed for every ranked division. To filter the statistics and builds to a specific skill level, you may use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.