Gragas vs Nami
How to Beat Nami as Gragas
based on 2,001 Gragas vs Nami matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Gragas vs Nami Matchup Summary
Best Gragas vs Nami Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nami as Gragas
Tips for Playing as Gragas against Nami
Try to knock enemies back into your towers with Explosive Cask.
Try to combo Body Slam with Explosive Cask to set up kills for your team.
The damage reduction from Drunken Rage is applied when you start drinking, try to use it when you see damage coming your way.
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.
Gragas vs Nami Counter Stats
How to Counter Nami with Gragas in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here emphasize several critical Gragas vs. Nami counter stats that may help you figure out the differences between the two. For instance, Gragas’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Nami’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Gragas may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Nami. This observation is largely caused by the difference in kills.
Gragas normally has a much larger longest killing spree than his enemy does. On average, he takes more damage than Nami. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Gragas and Nami
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Who is Better, Gragas or Nami?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Gragas usually fairs equally well when taking on Nami, with a 49.0% win rate. Thus, Gragas makes an ok counter to Nami.
While Gragas does have a lower winrate compared to Nami, when on opposite teams, Gragas also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more time consuming champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Gragas into Nami.
Additionally, Gragas also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Nami. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Gragas vs Nami matchups, Nami is the better champ with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Gragas is a somewhat poor counter to Nami. Focus your actions on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Gragas against Nami.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Gragas 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 lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and stats displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Gragas usually racks up much more CS as Nami. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills often don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions 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 require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values reported on this page to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Gragas versus Nami build include Void Staff, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Gragas used at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better when fighting Nami than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Gragas had an average win rate of 49.0% when playing against Nami with these items in his kit.
To have the best likelihood of vanquishing Nami as Gragas, Gragas players should equip the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Gathering Storm, and Transcendence runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players used for Gragas vs Nami counterpicks, this set of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 49.0% winrate overall.
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