Akali vs Nami
How to Beat Nami as Akali
based on 6,362 Akali vs Nami matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Akali vs Nami Matchup Summary
Best Akali vs Nami Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nami as Akali
Tips for Playing as Akali against Nami
Akali excels at killing fragile champions. Let your team initiate and then strike at the people in the back.
Twilight Shroud offers safety in even the most dangerous situations. Use that time to save up energy for a quick strike later.
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.
Akali vs Nami Counter Stats
How to Counter Nami with Akali in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here clarify some vital Akali versus Nami counter statistics that can help you figure out the differences and similarities between the pair. Akali’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Nami’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Akali may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Nami. This observation is largely a result of the difference in kills.
Akali often has a much larger longest killing spree than her enemy does. On average, she receives more damage than Nami. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the champion with higher HP has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Akali and Nami
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Who is Better, Akali or Nami?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Akali usually fairs equally well when facing off against Nami, with a 50.5% win rate. Thus, Akali makes an ok counter for Nami.
While Akali does have a higher win rate compared to Nami, when they face off with one another, Akali also has a greater difficulty level that makes her a more complex champ to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Akali into Namias her relative depth means you may not be able to reach her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Akali has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Nami. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Akali vs Nami matchups, Akali is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Akali is a decent counter to Nami. Focus your play on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Akali against Nami.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Akali in order to counter Nami during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Akali typically picks up much more CS compared to Nami. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The ideal items to use in your Akali versus Nami build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Shadowflame. When Akali combined at least these three pieces in her build, she did significantly better when facing Nami than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Akali boasted an average winrate of 50.5% when countering Nami with these items in her kit.
To have the best likelihood of beating Nami as Akali, Akali players should equip the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Second Wind, and Overgrowth runes from the Domination and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Akali vs Nami counterpicks, this mixture of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 50.5% winrate overall.
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