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League of Legends Champion NamiNami is in the a tier of champions

Nami

SupportMage
Nami is a supportRolesupport
DifficultyAverage
Power SpikeMid-Game
Surging Tides abilityp
Aqua Prison abilityq
Ebb and Flow abilityw
Tidecaller's Blessing abilitye
Tidal Wave abilityr
StatsBuildCounters
Runes
Synergies
support

Nami Build

based on 58,708 matches
Win Rate
50.1 %
Pick Rate
4.8 %
Ban Rate
0.4 %

How We Come Up with Our Nami Builds

We process over 1 Million League of Legends games every day to bring you the most accurate Nami build so you can destroy your enemies and improve you win rate. We've broken down our Nami builds by rank, position, and enemy team type, so you can find the most accurate set of Nami core items and runes for any situation.

Nami Build Summary

Nami is a a decent utility lane champion in League of Legends. Her best rune sets are Sorcery Inspiration. Including the specific runes shown below into your Nami build will help provide you with the additional stats to help her play well through the laning phase of the match and into the late game. You should focus on building up her w ability first.

Best vsAll Build for Nami

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Control WardSpellthief's Edge

Early Items

~5 Mins
Faerie CharmIonian Boots of Lucidity

Core Nami Items

~22 Mins
Shurelya's BattlesongImperial MandateStaff of Flowing WaterMobility Boots

Optional Items

Vigilant WardstoneRabadon's DeathcapZhonya's HourglassSeraph's Embrace

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
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Last skill for Nami to max outq

Runes

SorcerySummon AeryManaflow BandTranscendenceScorch
InspirationMagical FootwearCosmic Insight
Ability HasteAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
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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Q
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W
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E
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W
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W
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R
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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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E
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Q
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Q
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R

Nami Matchups Overview

Nami is Weak Against

AmumuAmumu43% winrateGalioGalio43.3% winrateMaokaiMaokai44.5% winrateZyraZyra46.2% winrate

Nami is Strong Against

TaricTaric56.1% winratePantheonPantheon54.4% winrateYuumiYuumi54.1% winrateSwainSwain53.2% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

Singedtop+ 52.5% 650 GamesUdyrjungle+ 54% 1114 GamesZiggsbottom+ 57.5% 308 GamesKennenmiddle+ 59% 122 Games

More Gameplay Tips for Nami Players

Tips and Tricks

Cast Tidecaller's Blessing on your ADC or whichever ally that has strong attack damage.

Learn how to carefully time your Aqua Prison because it has a small cast range.

Engage with the Tidal Wave and Aqua Prison combo.

Additional Nami Build Insights

League of Legends Nami players will likely find her to be a complex champ to build out properly. You will find that her build is modified when she is playing against either generic or homogenous team compositions, demonstrating you should not choose the same Nami build every round of League of Legends

The best items to use in your champ's build include: Shurelya's Battlesong, Imperial Mandate, and Staff of Flowing Water. Players who added these pieces in their builds had a significantly better win rate than players who utilized other builds for Nami. Moreover, if you are battling a varied enemy team arrangement, you should really consider grabbing her the Sorcery, and Inspiration runes. In recent matches, she won the greatest percentage of her matches when built with these runes.

We established our Nami build suggestions by examining 58,708 recently ranked League matches with her in them. We only advise the best winrate Nami builds that were used by ranked LoL players enough times for us to advise them. With so many games in our dataset, we are quite confident in our provided builds.