Orianna vs Nami
How to Beat Nami as Orianna
based on 1,488 Orianna vs Nami matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Orianna vs Nami Matchup Summary
Best Orianna vs Nami Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nami as Orianna
Tips for Playing as Orianna against Nami
Command: Protect can be used on yourself to return the Ball back to you quickly. Combine this with Command: Attack for a quick harassment.
Command: Dissonance is a very powerful escape tool if Orianna has the Ball. The combination of speed and leaving a slowing obstacle can be quite powerful.
Command: Shockwave can be used to drag enemies towards you or away from you if you position the Ball properly.
Advice to Win Against Nami
Aqua Prison is a very powerful ability with a long cooldown, take advantage of the situation if Nami misses this ability.
Tidal Wave has a very long range but travels slowly, be aware of when it is coming your way as you can move out of its path.
Try to avoid fighting an opponent affected by Tidecaller's Blessing, it lasts a short duration so waiting it out can help you greatly.
Orianna vs Nami Counter Stats
How to Counter Nami with Orianna in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here show some valuable Orianna versus Nami counter statistics that can help us interpret the differences and similarities between this set of champions. As an example, Orianna’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Nami’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Orianna may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Nami. This observation is largely fueled by the difference in kills.
Orianna usually has a much larger longest kill spree than her foe does. Typically, she receives a similar amount of damage to Nami. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Orianna and Nami
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Who is Better, Orianna or Nami?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Orianna usually loses when facing off against Nami, with a 48.1% win rate. Thus, Orianna makes a poor counter for Nami.
While Orianna does have a lower winrate compared to Nami, when they face off with one another, Orianna also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more complex champion to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Orianna into Namias her relative depth means you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Orianna has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Nami. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Orianna vs Nami matchups, Nami is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Orianna is a somewhat poor counter for Nami. Make sure you focus your strategy on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Orianna against Nami.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Orianna in order to counter Nami 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 listen to the build and tips presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Orianna usually gets much more CS compared to Nami. Champions who on average don't get much CS usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They 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 require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values shown here to do well.
The most important items to have in your Orianna versus Nami build include Zhonya's Hourglass, Shadowflame, and Luden's Companion. When Orianna bought at least these three pieces in her build, she performed significantly better when facing Nami than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Orianna boasted an average win rate of 48.1% when countering Nami with these items in her kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of annihilating Nami as Orianna, Orianna players should use 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 combinations we have analyed for Orianna vs Nami clashes, this combination of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 48.1% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Nami as Orianna are given for all skill levels combined. To narrow the statistics and builds to a specific division, you may use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.