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Nami vs Rumble

How to Beat Rumble as Nami in LoLNami is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Rumble as Nami

based on 1,918 Nami vs Rumble matchups
Win Rate
48.9 %
K/D/A
3.15
Pick Rate
1.8 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We summarize our matchup stats from the millions of ranked League of Legends matches that we review each week. Our guide on how to beat Rumble as Nami resulted from an examination of 1918 ranked matches where both champs faced off against one another. This counter matchup is fairly rare. Nami has to counter Rumble in only 1.8% of her matches.

Nami vs Rumble Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Nami has done a poor job of beating Rumble. Normally, she wins a acceptable 48.9% of the time the champs oppose each other in. In Nami against Rumble rounds, Nami’s side is 0.1% less probable to earn first blood. This indicates that she probably won't get first blood against Rumble.

Best Nami vs Rumble Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsAmplifying Tome

Core Nami Items

~22 Mins
Ardent CenserZaz'Zak's RealmspikeImperial Mandate

Optional Items

RedemptionMoonstone RenewerStaff of Flowing WaterShurelya's Battlesong

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
1
W
2
E
3
Q
4
W
5
W
6
R
7
W
8
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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Q
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Q
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R

Guide to Countering Rumble as Nami

Tips for Playing as Nami against Rumble

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 Rumble

Rumble deals almost entirely magic damage. Build some Magic Resistance to reduce his damage.

Watch Rumble's Heat bar carefully. If you see him Overheat, go in for the kill while his skills are disabled.

Rumble's ultimate can deal a lot of damage if you stay inside the area of effect. When you see the missiles falling, move out of the way as quickly as possible.

Nami vs Rumble Counter Stats

Nami Image
Win Rate
48.9 %
VS
Win Rate
51.1 %
Rumble Image
1.7
< Kills >
6.9
5.5
< Deaths >
6.2
15.6
< Assists >
6.8
0.3
< Killing Sprees >
1.61
24
< Minions Killed >
150
0.03
< Dragons Killed >
0.26
0.55
< Inhibitors >
0.41
848
< Physical Damage >
947
8,283
< Magic Damage >
23,027
532
< True Damage >
1,056
9,663
< Damage Dealt >
25,031
16,812
< Damage Taken >
25,302
8,522
< Gold Earned >
11,781
2.2
< Towers >
1.64
0
< Baron Takedowns >
0.07
10,404
< Total Healing >
3,845
10,822
< Experience >
14,560
61
< Vision Score >
20
26
< Wards Placed >
9
195
< Time Dealing CC >
281

How to Counter Rumble with Nami in LoL

The stats shown here clarify several significant Nami against Rumble matchup stats that can help us distinguish the differences between the two. For instance, Nami’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Rumble’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Nami may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Rumble. This observation is in large part a result of the differences in assists.

Nami normally has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than her counter does. Typically, she takes less damage than Rumble. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Nami and Rumble

Damage Types Compared

Nami
Rumble
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Nami
Rumble

Who is Better, Nami or Rumble?

Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Nami usually loses when trying to fight Rumble, with a 48.9% win rate. Thus, Nami makes a poor counter to Rumble.

While Nami does have a lower winrate than Rumble, when on opposite teams, Nami also has a much lower learning curve that makes her a less time consuming character to learn. You should be careful when picking Nami into Rumble.

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

While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Nami vs Rumble matchups, Rumble is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.

Nami is a somewhat poor counter for Rumble. Make sure you focus your tactics on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Nami against Rumble.

Additional Information for Nami Players

How We Calculated Our Nami vs Rumble Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Rumble as Nami, we analyzed 1,918 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 Rumble 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.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Nami in order to counter Rumble 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 pay attention to the build and tips shown here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Nami most often racks up a lot less CS relative to Rumble. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers displayed on this page to do well.

The top items to use in your Nami versus Rumble build include Ardent Censer, Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, and Imperial Mandate. When Nami bought at least these three items in her build, she did a lot better vs. Rumble than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Nami boasted an average winrate of 48.9% when playing against Rumble with this counter build.

To have the best likelihood of crushing Rumble as Nami, you should use the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds players used for Nami vs Rumble matchups, this order of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 48.9% winrate overall.

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