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Nami with Shaco

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How to Synergize Nami and Shaco

based on 2,752 Nami with Shaco pairs
Win Rate
47.5 %
K/D/A
3.18
Pick Rate
2.6 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

We pull the results of from millions of League of Legends matches directly from Riot Games each and every week. Nami has fought alongside Shaco in 2752 recently played, competitive matches. By pooling so much complete data from the developers of League of Legends, we are totally sure that we can provide you with high quality, insightful builds to help Nami synergize with Shaco. It is relatively rare for Nami to play with Shaco on the same side. This pairing has only occurred in about 2.6% of games with Nami.

Nami Shaco Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Nami has done a below average job of teaming up with Shaco. Normally, she wins a dismal 47.5% of games the champs appear on the same team. If you want to maximize your potential as Nami when playing with Shaco by figuring out how to better synergize your strategy with him, then check out the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Nami vs Shaco Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeBandleglass Mirror

Core Nami Items

~22 Mins
Shurelya's BattlesongImperial MandateStaff of Flowing Water

Optional Items

RedemptionEchoes of HeliaArdent CenserDream Maker

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
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
1
W
2
E
3
Q
4
W
5
W
6
R
7
W
8
E
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W
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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 Shaco

Tips for Playing as Nami with Shaco

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 Shaco Will Play

Using Deceive over terrain can help you make a clean escape.

Try getting items with on-hit effects. These will also benefit your Hallucination clone.

Backstab's damage can be increased with increased Critical Damage effects like Infinity Edge.

Nami Shaco Synergy Stats

Nami Image
Win Rate
47.5 %
VS
Win Rate
52.5 %
Shaco Image
1.8
< Kills >
1.7
5.5
< Deaths >
5.3
15.7
< Assists >
15.2
0.31
< Killing Sprees >
0.31
24
< Minions Killed >
24
0.03
< Dragons Killed >
0.03
0.54
< Inhibitors >
0.55
870
< Physical Damage >
855
8,534
< Magic Damage >
8,267
611
< True Damage >
557
10,016
< Damage Dealt >
9,680
17,186
< Damage Taken >
16,333
8,635
< Gold Earned >
8,444
2.12
< Towers >
2.22
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
10,663
< Total Healing >
10,128
11,104
< Experience >
10,716
59
< Vision Score >
58
25
< Wards Placed >
25
200
< Time Dealing CC >
195

How to Play with Shaco as Nami in LoL

The Nami Shaco synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Shaco, 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 Shaco. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Shaco helps Nami perform worse in ranked League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Nami plays on the same team as Shaco, she gets a marginal improvement in her total damage output. This change could signal that Shaco supports by providing protection for her to dish out more damage or that his presence also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Nami is played together with Shaco on the same team, 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 Shaco.

Additionally, when Nami plays with Shaco on the same side, she typically takes more damage than when she plays alone. Taking more damage could indicate that Shaco does a poor job of protecting Nami during teamfights.

Synergies between Nami and Shaco

Damage Types Compared

Nami
Shaco
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Nami
Shaco

Is Nami better when played alongside Shaco?

There is no top champion pairing for Nami that will 100% of the time be her best teammate. However, Shaco is a below average companion for Nami. By playing on the same team as Nami, he lowers their win rate by -1.6% to 47.5%. This shows that there is a bad strategic relationship between Nami and Shaco that results in them performing worse together than alone.

Shaco has a much greater difficulty compared to Nami. That means Nami players should be careful when lining up Shaco allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a much greater level of skill to fight well with you.

When playing on the same side, you will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to to do a lot of AP damage. When paired, these champions are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.

Conversely, by grouping Nami and Shaco together, you probably will not be granting your other allies a great deal of engage. We recommend you pick other champions on your team that nullifies this gap in this pairing's kit.

Regardless of the ability of your Shaco teammate, you should focus on maximizing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you will do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Nami Players

How We Calculated Our Nami Shaco Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Nami and Shaco, we analyzed 2,752 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 Shaco 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

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Nami to work well with Shaco during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL, you should keep reading to master a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed here, you should grow your win rate by a lot.

The top items to have in your Nami and Shaco synergy build include Shurelya's Battlesong, Imperial Mandate, and Staff of Flowing Water. When Nami included at least these three pieces in her build, she did a lot better when fighting alongside Shaco than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Nami boasted an average winrate of 47.5% when synergizing her build and playstyle to Shaco with these items in her kit.

To have the greatest likelihood of annihilating your oponents, Nami players should use 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 Nami and Shaco pairings, this combo of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 47.5% win rate overall.

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