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Nami vs Draven

How to Beat Draven as Nami in LoLNami is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Draven as Nami

based on 3,693 Nami vs Draven matchups
Win Rate
50.7 %
K/D/A
3.35
Pick Rate
3.4 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We get our matchup statistics from the millions of ranked League of Legends games that we analyze each week. Our guide on how to beat Draven as Nami came out of an examination of 3693 ranked matches where both champions clashed against one another. This pairing is fairly rare. Nami fights Draven in only 3.4% of her rounds.

Nami vs Draven Matchup Summary

Nami has done a average job of countering Draven. Typically, she wins a acceptable 50.7% of games the champions face one another in. In Nami against Draven games, Nami’s side is 0.1% less probable to earn first blood. This implies that she most likely won't get first blood against Draven.

Best Nami vs Draven Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeBandleglass Mirror

Core Nami Items

~22 Mins
Ardent CenserImperial MandateStaff of Flowing Water

Optional Items

Shurelya's BattlesongRedemptionDream MakerMoonstone Renewer

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Nami to level upw
>
Second ability for Nami to level upe
>
Last skill for Nami to max outq

Runes

SorcerySummon AeryManaflow BandTranscendenceScorch
ResolveFont of LifeRevitalize
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceArmor
Nami's passive ability p
Nami's q ability q
Nami's w ability w
Nami's e ability e
Nami's ultimate ability r
1
W
2
Q
3
E
4
W
5
W
6
R
7
W
8
E
9
W
10
E
11
R
12
E
13
E
14
Q
15
Q
16
R

Guide to Countering Draven as Nami

Tips for Playing as Nami against Draven

Nami's ultimate can come in very handy for initiating on enemies who are far away.

Using Ebb and Flow during an engagement with enemy champions will help sway the battle in your favor.

Aqua Prison has a long cooldown, make sure to use it at the right moment.

Advice to Win Against Draven

Disrupt Draven with the goal of making him drop his axes. If you do, his power drops dramatically.

Launch skillshots toward the landing position of Draven's Spinning Axes.

Nami vs Draven Counter Stats

Nami Image
Win Rate
50.7 %
VS
Win Rate
49.3 %
Draven Image
1.8
< Kills >
8.1
5.2
< Deaths >
6.6
15.6
< Assists >
5.3
0.33
< Killing Sprees >
1.87
23
< Minions Killed >
175
0.03
< Dragons Killed >
0.26
0.55
< Inhibitors >
0.52
879
< Physical Damage >
22,109
8,297
< Magic Damage >
123
494
< True Damage >
457
9,671
< Damage Dealt >
22,689
15,876
< Damage Taken >
22,372
8,380
< Gold Earned >
13,660
2.25
< Towers >
2.45
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.07
9,862
< Total Healing >
6,742
10,536
< Experience >
12,214
57
< Vision Score >
15
25
< Wards Placed >
7
193
< Time Dealing CC >
87

How to Counter Draven with Nami in LoL

The stats shown here show some critical Nami versus Draven counter stats that can help us understand the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Nami’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Draven’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Nami may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Draven. This observation is largely caused by the differences in assists.

Nami typically has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than her matchup does. On average, she takes less damage than Draven. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the champ with increased health has less agility and thus is not able to escape further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Nami and Draven

Damage Types Compared

Nami
Draven
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Nami
Draven

Who is Better, Nami or Draven?

Both League champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Nami usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Draven, with a 50.7% win rate. As a result, Nami makes an ok counter to Draven.

While Nami does have a higher winrate than Draven, when on opposite teams, Nami also has a lower level of difficulty that makes her a less difficult character to learn. You should be careful when picking Nami into Draven.

Furthermore, Nami also has a very large amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Draven. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Nami vs Draven matchups, Nami is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.

Nami is a decent counter for Draven. Make sure you focus your strategy on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Nami against Draven.

Additional Information for Nami Players

How We Calculated Our Nami vs Draven Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Draven as Nami, we analyzed 3,693 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Draven as Nami comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Nami to counter Draven during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Nami usually racks up a lot less CS compared to Draven. Champions who on average don't take much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values displayed on this page to do well.

The best items to prioritize in your Nami versus Draven build include Ardent Censer, Imperial Mandate, and Staff of Flowing Water. When Nami used at least these three items in her build, she did a lot better vs. Draven than with many other common builds. In fact, Nami had an average win rate of 50.7% battling Draven with these items in her kit.

To have the best likelihood of annihilating Draven as Nami, you should equip the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Font of Life, and Revitalize runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the runes players used for Nami vs Draven battles, this mix of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 50.7% winrate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Draven as Nami are given for all ranked divisions combined. To narrow the stats and builds to a particular division, you should use the selection menu located earlier on the page.