Elise vs Nami
How to Beat Nami as Elise
based on 870 Elise vs Nami matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Elise vs Nami Matchup Summary
Best Elise vs Nami Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nami as Elise
Tips for Playing as Elise against Nami
Spider Form is most effective at finishing off enemies with low health; Human Form's Neurotoxin does more damage to healthy foes.
Elise's Spider Form and Spider Form abilities do not cost mana and can be prioritized when you are trying to conserve mana.
When in Spider Form, Spiderlings will attack the target that Elise uses Venomous Bite on.
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.
Elise vs Nami Counter Stats
How to Counter Nami with Elise in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here underscore several significant Elise vs. Nami matchup statistics that can help us distinguish the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Elise’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Nami’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Elise may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Nami. This observation is in large part fueled by the difference in kills.
Elise usually has a much larger longest kill spree than her opponent does. Typically, she takes more damage than Nami. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also imply that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to escape further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Elise and Nami
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Who is Better, Elise or Nami?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Elise usually fairs equally well when facing off against Nami, with a 50.9% win rate. Therefore, Elise makes an ok counter for Nami.
While Elise does have a higher winrate than Nami, when on opposite teams, Elise also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes her a more complex champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Elise into Namias her relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Elise also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Nami. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Elise vs Nami matchups, Elise is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Elise is a decent counter to Nami. Make sure you focus your actions on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Elise against Nami.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Elise in order to counter Nami during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and stats shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Elise on average picks up a similar amount of CS as Nami. Champs who typically don't get many minion kills often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values displayed here to do well.
The most important items to have in your Elise versus Nami build include Lich Bane, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Elise included at least these three pieces in her build, she performed much better when fighting Nami than with most other common builds. In fact, Elise had an average winrate of 50.9% battling Nami with these items in her kit.
To have the greatest chance of vanquishing Nami as Elise, you should equip the Electrocute, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Nimbus Cloak, and Waterwalking runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players chose for Elise vs Nami counters, this order of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 50.9% win rate overall.
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