Caitlyn vs Nami
How to Beat Nami as Caitlyn
based on 5,679 Caitlyn vs Nami matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Caitlyn vs Nami Matchup Summary
Best Caitlyn vs Nami Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nami as Caitlyn
Tips for Playing as Caitlyn against Nami
Fire 90 Caliber Net away from the opponent to close the gap or hop over walls.
Avoid using Ace in the Hole in large team melees as it might be blocked by the wrong target.
Make use of her Yordle Snap Traps by placing them pre-emptively to ensure that you'll have one off of cooldown during combat.
Advice to Win Against Nami
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.
Aqua Prison is a very powerful ability with a long cooldown, take advantage of the situation if Nami misses this ability.
Caitlyn vs Nami Counter Stats
How to Counter Nami with Caitlyn in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here highlight some influential Caitlyn versus Nami matchup statistics that may help us appreciate the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Caitlyn’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Nami’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Caitlyn may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Nami. This observation is in large part fueled by the difference in kills.
Caitlyn typically has a much larger longest kill spree than her foe does. Commonly, she takes more damage than Nami. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the champ with higher HP has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Caitlyn and Nami
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Who is Better, Caitlyn or Nami?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Caitlyn usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Nami, with a 49.7% win rate. Thus, Caitlyn makes an ok counter for Nami.
While Caitlyn does have a lower winrate than Nami, when they face off with one another, Caitlyn also has a greater difficulty level that makes her a more challenging champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Caitlyn into Nami.
Additionally, Caitlyn also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Nami. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Caitlyn 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 teammates during team fights.
Caitlyn is a somewhat poor counter for Nami. You will do well by focussing your strategy on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Caitlyn against Nami.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Caitlyn 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 lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Caitlyn most often racks up much more CS compared to Nami. Champions who typically don't earn many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values reported here to do well.
The top items to use in your Caitlyn versus Nami build consist of Galeforce, Rapid Firecannon, and Stormrazor. When Caitlyn combined at least these three pieces in her build, she did a lot better vs Nami than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Caitlyn had an average winrate of 49.7% when countering Nami with this counter build.
To have the best probability of annihilating Nami as Caitlyn, you should take the Fleet Footwork, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune sets we have analyed for Caitlyn vs Nami counter picks, this mix of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 49.7% winrate overall.
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