Annie vs Nami
How to Beat Nami as Annie
based on 1,770 Annie vs Nami matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Annie vs Nami Matchup Summary
Best Annie vs Nami Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nami as Annie
Tips for Playing as Annie against Nami
Molten Shield is a good spell to cast to work up to Annie's stun, so sometimes it's beneficial to grab at least 1 rank in it early.
Striking killing blows on minions with Disintegrate enables Annie to farm extremely well early in the game.
Storing a stun for use with her ultimate can turn the tide of a team fight.
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.
Annie vs Nami Counter Stats
How to Counter Nami with Annie in LoL
The stats provided here clarify some critical Annie vs. Nami counter statistics that may help you distinguish the differences and similarities between the two. Annie’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Nami’s ratio of NaN, showing that Annie may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Nami. This observation is in large part a result of the difference in kills.
Annie normally has a much larger longest killing spree than her foe does. On average, she receives a similar amount of damage to Nami. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Annie and Nami
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Who is Better, Annie or Nami?
Both League champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Annie usually fairs equally well when playing against Nami, with a 49.0% win rate. As a result, Annie makes an ok counter to Nami.
While Annie does have a lower win rate compared to Nami, when facing one another, Annie also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more difficult character to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Annie into Nami.
Moreover, Annie has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Nami. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Annie vs Nami matchups, Nami is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Annie is a somewhat poor counter to Nami. You will do well by focussing your actions on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Annie against Nami.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Annie in order to counter Nami during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and stats displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Annie usually racks up much more CS relative to Nami. Champs who on average don't get much CS often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values shown on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Annie versus Nami build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Annie bought at least these three items in her build, she did much better countering Nami than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Annie boasted an average winrate of 49.0% battling Nami with these items in her kit.
To have the highest likelihood of crushing Nami as Annie, you should take the Electrocute, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Manaflow Band, and Absolute Focus runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Annie vs Nami counters, this combination of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 49.0% win rate overall.
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