Ahri vs Nami
How to Beat Nami as Ahri
based on 2,966 Ahri vs Nami matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Ahri vs Nami Matchup Summary
Best Ahri vs Nami Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nami as Ahri
Tips for Playing as Ahri against Nami
Initiate team fights using Charm, and chase down stragglers with Spirit Rush.
Spirit Rush enables Ahri's abilities, it opens up paths for Charm, helps double hitting with Orb of Deception, and closes to make use of Fox-Fire.
Use Charm to set up your combos, it will make landing Orb of Deception and Fox-Fire dramatically easier.
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.
Ahri vs Nami Counter Stats
How to Counter Nami with Ahri in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here underscore several significant Ahri against Nami counter statistics that may help you explain the differences between the pair. For instance, Ahri’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Nami’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Ahri may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Nami. This observation is largely caused by the difference in kills.
Ahri often has a much larger longest killing spree than her foe does. On average, she receives more damage than Nami. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to escape further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Ahri and Nami
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Who is Better, Ahri or Nami?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Ahri usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Nami, with a 49.0% win rate. Thus, Ahri makes an ok counter for Nami.
While Ahri does have a lower winrate compared to Nami, when they face off with one another, Ahri also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more challenging champion to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Ahri into Nami.
Furthermore, Ahri also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Nami. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Ahri vs Nami matchups, Nami is the better champion with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Ahri is a somewhat poor counter to Nami. Focus your tactics on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Ahri against Nami.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Ahri in order to counter Nami during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Ahri usually racks up much more CS as Nami. Champs who on average don't take much CS usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers displayed here to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Ahri versus Nami build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Luden's Companion. When Ahri included at least these three items in her build, she did much better vs. Nami than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Ahri had an average win rate of 49.0% battling Nami with this counter build.
To have the greatest chance of annihilating Nami as Ahri, you should equip the Electrocute, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players picked for Ahri vs Nami clashes, this sequence of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 49.0% win rate overall.
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