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How to Win Nami vs Rek'Sai Counter MatchupNami is in the a tier of champions

Nami vs Rek'Sai

How to Beat Rek'Sai as Nami in LoLNami is in the b tier of champions
SupportMage
Fighter

How to Beat Rek'Sai as Nami

based on 612 Nami vs Rek'Sai matchups
Win Rate
50.8 %
K/D/A
3.15
Pick Rate
0.6 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we summarize millions of recently ranked LoL rounds every week. In our database, Nami faced Rek'Sai in 612 rounds. With so many matchups for Nami vs Rek'Sai provides us confidence in our capacity to prepare enlightening stats and a pro build to wreck your opposition. This matchup is fairly rare. Nami is forced to battle against Rek'Sai in only 0.6% of her matches.

Nami vs Rek'Sai Matchup Summary

Nami has done a ok job of beating Rek'Sai. Typically, she wins a acceptable 50.8% of the time the champs oppose one another in. In Nami against Rek'Sai rounds, Nami’s team is 0.0% more likely to get first blood. This indicates that she most likely will get first blood against Rek'Sai.

Best Nami vs Rek'Sai Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeBandleglass Mirror

Core Nami Items

~22 Mins
Shurelya's BattlesongArdent CenserDream Maker

Optional Items

Zaz'Zak's RealmspikeStaff of Flowing WaterImperial MandateMoonstone 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
InspirationBiscuit DeliveryCosmic Insight
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
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 Rek'Sai as Nami

Tips for Playing as Nami against Rek'Sai

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 Rek'Sai

When Rek'Sai is near, she can see the position of you and your allies, but only if you're moving.

If you see one of Rek'Sai's tunnels, briefly stand on one of the entrances to destroy it.

Rek'Sai's Furious Bite gains damage as she builds Fury. Be very careful around her when her Fury is full.

Nami vs Rek'Sai Counter Stats

Nami Image
Win Rate
50.8 %
VS
Win Rate
49.2 %
Rek'Sai Image
1.8
< Kills >
7.2
5.4
< Deaths >
6.2
15.2
< Assists >
6.9
0.3
< Killing Sprees >
1.64
23
< Minions Killed >
32
0.03
< Dragons Killed >
1.35
0.56
< Inhibitors >
0.43
880
< Physical Damage >
13,723
8,198
< Magic Damage >
63
535
< True Damage >
3,475
9,614
< Damage Dealt >
17,262
16,039
< Damage Taken >
34,774
8,402
< Gold Earned >
11,783
2.36
< Towers >
1.42
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.36
9,790
< Total Healing >
16,720
10,571
< Experience >
13,246
60
< Vision Score >
22
26
< Wards Placed >
6
191
< Time Dealing CC >
284

How to Counter Rek'Sai with Nami in LoL

The stats shown here underscore several important Nami vs. Rek'Sai matchup statistics that may help us figure out the differences between the two. For instance, Nami’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Rek'Sai’s ratio of NaN, showing that Nami may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Rek'Sai. This observation is in large part fueled by the differences in assists.

Nami normally has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than her foe does. On average, she receives less damage than Rek'Sai. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also show that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to escape further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Nami and Rek'Sai

Damage Types Compared

Nami
Rek'Sai
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Nami
Rek'Sai

Who is Better, Nami or Rek'Sai?

Both LoL champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Nami usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Rek'Sai, with a 50.8% win rate. Thus, Nami makes an ok counter to Rek'Sai.

While Nami does have a higher winrate than Rek'Sai, when facing one another, Nami also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more difficult champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Nami into Rek'Sai.

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

While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Nami vs Rek'Sai 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 teamfights.

Nami is a decent counter for Rek'Sai. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Nami against Rek'Sai.

Other Champion Matchups Against Nami

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Nami Wins Against

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Additional Information for Nami Players

How We Calculated Our Nami vs Rek'Sai Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Rek'Sai as Nami, we analyzed 612 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 Rek'Sai 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 truly master Nami to counter Rek'Sai during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Nami usually picks up a similar amount of CS as Rek'Sai. Champs who on average don't earn much CS typically don't have to have 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 a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers reported on this page to do well.

The most crucial items to have in your Nami versus Rek'Sai build include Shurelya's Battlesong, Ardent Censer, and Dream Maker. When Nami included at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better vs. Rek'Sai than with many other common builds. In fact, Nami had an average winrate of 50.8% when playing against Rek'Sai with this counter build.

To have the best likelihood of crushing Rek'Sai as Nami, you should take 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 players used for Nami vs Rek'Sai fights, this sequence of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 50.8% winrate overall.

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