Nami vs Naafiri
How to Beat Naafiri as Nami
based on 1,390 Nami vs Naafiri matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nami vs Naafiri Matchup Summary
Best Nami vs Naafiri Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Naafiri as Nami
Tips for Playing as Nami against Naafiri
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.
Nami vs Naafiri Counter Stats
How to Counter Naafiri with Nami in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here underscore several influential Nami against Naafiri matchup statistics that may help us distinguish the differences between this pair of champs. For instance, Nami’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Naafiri’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Nami may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Naafiri. This observation is in large part fueled by the differences in assists.
Nami normally has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than her counter does. Commonly, she takes less damage than Naafiri. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the champ with higher health has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Nami and Naafiri
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Who is Better, Nami or Naafiri?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Nami usually fairs equally well when playing against Naafiri, with a 49.2% win rate. As a result, Nami makes an ok counter to Naafiri.
While Nami does have a lower winrate than Naafiri, when on opposite teams, Nami also has a much greater learning curve that makes her a more time consuming character to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Nami into Naafiri.
Additionally, Nami has a very large amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Naafiri. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Nami vs Naafiri matchups, Naafiri is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Nami is a somewhat poor counter for Naafiri. You will do well by focussing your play on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Nami against Naafiri.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Nami to counter Naafiri during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and stats displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nami most often picks up a lot less CS relative to Naafiri. Champs who typically don't acquire much CS usualy 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, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Nami versus Naafiri build consist of Shurelya's Battlesong, Dream Maker, and Imperial Mandate. When Nami combined at least these three items in her build, she performed a lot better against Naafiri than with many other common item sets. In fact, Nami had an average win rate of 49.2% when countering Naafiri with this counter build.
To have the best probability of defeating Naafiri as Nami, Nami players should equip the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Nami vs Naafiri LoL games, this blending of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 49.2% win rate overall.
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