Gwen vs Nami
How to Beat Nami as Gwen
based on 2,270 Gwen vs Nami matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Gwen vs Nami Matchup Summary
Best Gwen vs Nami Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nami as Gwen
Tips for Playing as Gwen against Nami
Gwen can still damage enemies outside her Hallowed Mists, especially with her Ultimate's range.
Some of Gwen's Abilities can apply her passive to multiple enemies, so aim them at groups to get maximum damage and healing.
Always be Attacking - In addition to dealing bonus damage, Gwen's Attacks empower or reset many of her Abilities.
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.
Gwen vs Nami Counter Stats
How to Counter Nami with Gwen in LoL
The stats provided here underscore several influential Gwen versus Nami matchup stats that may help us interpret the differences between this pair of champions. For instance, Gwen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Nami’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Gwen may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Nami. This observation is largely a result of the difference in kills.
Gwen usually has a much larger longest killing spree than her enemy does. Typically, she takes more damage than Nami. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also indicate that the champion with more HP has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Gwen and Nami
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Who is Better, Gwen or Nami?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Gwen usually loses when taking on Nami, with a 48.8% win rate. Therefore, Gwen makes a bad counter for Nami.
While Gwen does have a lower winrate compared to Nami, when on opposite teams, Gwen also has a greater difficulty level that makes her a more difficult character to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Gwen into Nami.
Furthermore, Gwen also has some 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 is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Gwen vs Nami matchups, Nami is the better champ with a lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Gwen is a somewhat poor counter to Nami. You will do well by focussing your tactics on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Gwen against Nami.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Gwen to counter Nami during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Gwen often racks up much more CS as Nami. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers displayed here to do well.
The most important items to have in your Gwen versus Nami build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Cosmic Drive, and Riftmaker. When Gwen incorporated at least these three items in her build, she performed much better vs Nami than with many other common item sets. In fact, Gwen had an average winrate of 48.8% when countering Nami with this counter build.
To have the best chance of coming out on top against Nami as Gwen, Gwen players should use the Conqueror, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Gwen vs Nami battles, this blending of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 48.8% win rate overall.
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