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Nami vs Aphelios

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

based on 2,586 Nami vs Aphelios matchups
Win Rate
50.6 %
K/D/A
3.56
Pick Rate
2.4 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion evaluate millions of recently ranked LoL matches each and every week. In our database, Nami faced Aphelios 2586 times. Having so many matchups for Nami vs Aphelios gives us faith in our ability to produce actionable stats and a solid build to wreck your rival. This particular champ pairing is fairly rare. Nami has to counter Aphelios in only 2.4% of her rounds.

Nami vs Aphelios Matchup Summary

Nami does a average job of beating Aphelios. Typically, she wins a acceptable 50.6% of matches the champions clash against each other in. In Nami versus Aphelios rounds, Nami’s team is 0.0% more probable to earn first blood. This implies that she most likely will be able to get first blood versus Aphelios.

Best Nami vs Aphelios Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsAmplifying Tome

Core Nami Items

~22 Mins
Ardent CenserImperial MandateStaff of Flowing Water

Optional Items

Dream MakerEchoes of HeliaShurelya's BattlesongMoonstone Renewer

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 ForceHealth Scaling
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
6
R
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W
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E
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E
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Guide to Countering Aphelios as Nami

Tips for Playing as Nami against Aphelios

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 Win Against Aphelios

Each of Aphelios' weapons have different weaknesses, try to exploit the ones that work best for your champion. Watch out for the purple Gravity gun, it can root you.

Nami vs Aphelios Counter Stats

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

How to Counter Aphelios with Nami in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here underscore some strategic Nami versus Aphelios matchup statistics that may help you distinguish the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Nami’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Aphelios’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Nami may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Aphelios. This observation is in large part caused by the differences in assists.

Nami usually has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than her matchup does. Typically, she takes a similar amount of damage to Aphelios. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to escape further damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Nami and Aphelios

Damage Types Compared

Nami
Aphelios
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Nami
Aphelios

Who is Better, Nami or Aphelios?

Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Nami usually fairs equally well when taking on Aphelios, with a 50.6% win rate. As a result, Nami makes an ok counter for Aphelios.

While Nami does have a higher winrate than Aphelios, when facing one another, Nami also has a much lower learning curve that makes her a less difficult character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Nami into Aphelios.

Furthermore, Nami also has a great amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Aphelios. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Nami vs Aphelios matchups, Nami is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.

Nami is a decent counter to Aphelios. Focus your gameplay on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Nami against Aphelios.

Other Champion Matchups Against Nami

Nami Loses Against

ZyraZyra45.5% winrateTeemoTeemo45.6% winrateFizzFizz45.7% winrateBlitzcrankBlitzcrank45.9% winrate

Nami Wins Against

SivirSivir55.9% winrateKalistaKalista54.3% winrateLeBlancLeBlanc53.6% winrateHweiHwei53.1% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

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Additional Information for Nami Players

How We Calculated Our Nami vs Aphelios Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Aphelios as Nami, 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 Aphelios as Nami 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

Nami Build Aphelios Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Nami in order to counter Aphelios during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and stats presented here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Nami often gets a lot less CS relative to Aphelios. Champs who typically don't take much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers displayed here to do well.

The ideal items to use in your Nami versus Aphelios build include Ardent Censer, Imperial Mandate, and Staff of Flowing Water. When Nami included at least these three pieces in her build, she performed much better vs Aphelios than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Nami had an average winrate of 50.6% when countering Aphelios with this counter build.

To have the best probability of crushing Aphelios as Nami, you should take the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Bone Plating, and Revitalize runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Nami vs Aphelios counters, this mixture of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 50.6% win rate overall.

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