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How to Win Nami vs Garen Counter MatchupNami is in the a tier of champions

Nami vs Garen

How to Beat Garen as Nami in LoLNami is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Garen as Nami

based on 3,578 Nami vs Garen matchups
Win Rate
50.4 %
K/D/A
3.34
Pick Rate
3.3 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion evaluate millions of ranked League rounds each and every week. In our data, Nami battled Garen in 3578 rounds. Including so many games with Nami vs Garen gives us a lot of confidence in our capability to produce enlightening data and a solid build to shatter your opponent. This particular champion matchup is fairly rare. Nami fights Garen in only 3.3% of her matches.

Nami vs Garen Matchup Summary

Nami does a average job of countering Garen. Typically, she wins a acceptable 50.4% of matches the champs face off with each other in. In Nami vs Garen rounds, Nami’s team is 0.0% more expected to gain first blood, indicating that she probably will get first blood versus Garen.

Best Nami vs Garen Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeGlowing Mote

Core Nami Items

~22 Mins
Dream MakerImperial MandateMoonstone Renewer

Optional Items

RedemptionMikael's BlessingStaff of Flowing WaterArdent Censer

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
>
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
Q
3
E
4
W
5
W
6
R
7
W
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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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Guide to Countering Garen as Nami

Tips for Playing as Nami against Garen

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 Garen

Be careful about attacking Garen in brush. It often will lead to taking full damage from Judgment.

Stack armor items to lower the large amount of physical damage that Garen deals out.

Judgment deals maximum damage when only hitting a single target. If getting out of its radius isn't possible, move through allied minions to reduce damage taken.

Try to run away from Garen as your health gets lower, as he can execute you quickly with Demacian Justice.

Nami vs Garen Counter Stats

Nami Image
Win Rate
50.4 %
VS
Win Rate
49.6 %
Garen Image
1.7
< Kills >
5.8
5
< Deaths >
4.9
15
< Assists >
3.6
0.31
< Killing Sprees >
1.32
23
< Minions Killed >
179
0.03
< Dragons Killed >
0.12
0.56
< Inhibitors >
0.62
858
< Physical Damage >
13,752
8,249
< Magic Damage >
198
571
< True Damage >
4,563
9,679
< Damage Dealt >
18,513
15,895
< Damage Taken >
30,852
8,432
< Gold Earned >
12,099
2.28
< Towers >
2.8
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.03
10,058
< Total Healing >
3,086
10,737
< Experience >
15,204
57
< Vision Score >
17
25
< Wards Placed >
8
195
< Time Dealing CC >
141

How to Counter Garen with Nami in LoL

The stats shown here show some significant Nami against Garen counter stats that can help us understand the distinctions between the pair. Nami’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Garen’s ratio of NaN, showing that Nami may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Garen. This observation is in large part a result of the differences in assists.

Nami normally has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than her enemy does. On average, she receives less damage than Garen. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the champion with more health has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Nami and Garen

Damage Types Compared

Nami
Garen
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Nami
Garen

Who is Better, Nami or Garen?

Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Nami usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Garen, with a 50.4% win rate. Thus, Nami makes an ok counter for Garen.

While Nami does have a higher winrate than Garen, when they face off with one another, Nami also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more challenging character to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Nami into Garen.

Furthermore, Nami also has a great amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Garen. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Nami vs Garen matchups, Nami is the better champion with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.

Nami is a decent counter for Garen. Focus your play on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Nami against Garen.

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 Garen Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Garen as Nami, we analyzed 3,578 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 Garen 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

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Nami to counter Garen during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and tips presented above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Nami typically picks up a lot less CS compared to Garen. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values reported on this page to do well.

The most important items to prioritize in your Nami versus Garen build include Dream Maker, Imperial Mandate, and Moonstone Renewer. When Nami combined at least these three pieces in her build, she performed much better when fighting Garen than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Nami boasted an average winrate of 50.4% when playing against Garen with this build.

To have the greatest chance of beating Garen as Nami, you should equip the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Bone Plating, and Revitalize runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds we have analyed for Nami vs Garen counterpicks, this blending of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 50.4% win rate overall.

If you need to see Nami versus Garen tips and builds for a a distinct division, feel free to choose one from the selection menu above. If viewing for the first time, the statistics and strategies given are computed using every game run with both champs.