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Aphelios vs Nami

How to Beat Nami as Aphelios in LoLAphelios is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Nami as Aphelios

based on 2,586 Aphelios vs Nami matchups
Win Rate
49.4 %
K/D/A
1.9
Pick Rate
2.9 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion analyze millions of ranked League rounds each and every week. In our database, Aphelios faced off against Nami in 2586 games. With so many games with Aphelios versus Nami gives us confidence in our capacity to produce actionable stats and a pro build to wreck your rival. This counter matchup is fairly rare. Aphelios encounters Nami in only 2.9% of his games.

Aphelios vs Nami Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Aphelios has done a dismal job of beating Nami. On average, he wins a acceptable 49.4% of matches the champs oppose each other in. In Aphelios versus Nami rounds, Aphelios’s team is 0.0% more probable to obtain first blood. This indicates that he probably will get first blood versus Nami.

Best Aphelios vs Nami Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsNoonquiver

Core Aphelios Items

~22 Mins
Infinity EdgeBloodthirsterThe Collector

Optional Items

Runaan's HurricaneYoumuu's GhostbladeImmortal ShieldbowLord Dominik's Regards

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerheal summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Aphelios to level upq
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Second ability for Aphelios to level upe
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Last skill for Aphelios to max outq

Runes

PrecisionFleet FootworkOverhealLegend: BloodlineCut Down
SorceryAbsolute FocusGathering Storm
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Aphelios's passive ability p
Aphelios's q ability q
Aphelios's w ability w
Aphelios's e ability e
Aphelios's ultimate ability r
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Guide to Countering Nami as Aphelios

Tips for Playing as Aphelios against Nami

Each of Aphelios' weapons have different strengths, so try to find the right situation for your current weapons.

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.

Aphelios vs Nami Counter Stats

Aphelios Image
Win Rate
49.4 %
VS
Win Rate
50.6 %
Nami Image
6.2
< Kills >
1.8
6.2
< Deaths >
4.8
5.6
< Assists >
15.3
1.44
< Killing Sprees >
0.33
178
< Minions Killed >
23
0.2
< Dragons Killed >
0.03
0.52
< Inhibitors >
0.59
19,730
< Physical Damage >
822
1,392
< Magic Damage >
7,996
422
< True Damage >
521
21,545
< Damage Dealt >
9,340
18,378
< Damage Taken >
15,724
11,737
< Gold Earned >
8,417
2.44
< Towers >
2.35
0.07
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
5,119
< Total Healing >
10,236
12,320
< Experience >
10,570
17
< Vision Score >
58
8
< Wards Placed >
25
137
< Time Dealing CC >
194

How to Counter Nami with Aphelios in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here show some significant Aphelios against Nami counter stats that may help us appreciate the differences and similarities between this pair of champions. Aphelios’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Nami’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Aphelios may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Nami. This observation is in large part a result of the difference in kills.

Aphelios often has a much larger longest killing spree than his opponent does. Commonly, he takes a similar amount of damage to Nami. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the champ with more health has less agility and thus is not able to escape further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Aphelios and Nami

Damage Types Compared

Aphelios
Nami
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Aphelios
Nami

Who is Better, Aphelios or Nami?

Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Aphelios usually fairs equally well when playing against Nami, with a 49.4% win rate. As a result, Aphelios makes an ok counter to Nami.

While Aphelios does have a lower winrate compared to Nami, when facing one another, Aphelios also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more complex champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Aphelios into Namias his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Additionally, Aphelios also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Nami. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Aphelios vs Nami matchups, Nami is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.

Aphelios is a somewhat poor counter for Nami. Focus your strategy on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Aphelios against Nami.

Other Champion Matchups Against Aphelios

Aphelios Loses Against

BraumBraum44.1% winrateIvernIvern44.5% winrateMiss FortuneMiss Fortune45.1% winrateAniviaAnivia45.6% winrate

Aphelios Wins Against

YuumiYuumi54.8% winrateLeBlancLeBlanc54.5% winrateZeriZeri54.2% winrateHweiHwei53.3% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

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Additional Information for Aphelios Players

How We Calculated Our Aphelios vs Nami Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Nami as Aphelios, we analyzed 2,586 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Nami as Aphelios comes from real 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 the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

Other Useful Resources

Aphelios Build Nami Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Aphelios to counter Nami during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips shown above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Aphelios most often gets much more CS relative to Nami. Champs who typically don't earn many minion kills often don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers reported here to do well.

The top items to prioritize in your Aphelios versus Nami build consist of Infinity Edge, Bloodthirster, and The Collector. When Aphelios incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better countering Nami than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Aphelios had an average win rate of 49.4% when playing against Nami with this build.

To have the best likelihood of annihilating Nami as Aphelios, Aphelios players should equip the Fleet Footwork, Overheal, Legend: Bloodline, Cut Down, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the runes that we analyzed for Aphelios vs Nami LoL games, this combination of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 49.4% winrate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Nami as Aphelios are shown for all skill levels combined. If you want to narrow the statistics and builds to a specific skill level, you should use the selection menu earlier on the page.