Nami vs Fiddlesticks
How to Beat Fiddlesticks as Nami
based on 1,775 Nami vs Fiddlesticks matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nami vs Fiddlesticks Matchup Summary
Best Nami vs Fiddlesticks Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Fiddlesticks as Nami
Tips for Playing as Nami against Fiddlesticks
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.
Nami vs Fiddlesticks Counter Stats
How to Counter Fiddlesticks with Nami in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here show several influential Nami vs. Fiddlesticks counter statistics that can help us understand the differences between the pair. For instance, Nami’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Fiddlesticks’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Nami may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Fiddlesticks. This observation is in large part fueled by the differences in assists.
Nami often has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than her opponent does. Typically, she receives less damage than Fiddlesticks. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the champion with more health has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Nami and Fiddlesticks
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Who is Better, Nami or Fiddlesticks?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Nami usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Fiddlesticks, with a 50.0% win rate. Therefore, Nami makes an ok counter to Fiddlesticks.
While Nami does have a higher win rate compared to Fiddlesticks, when on opposite teams, Nami also has a much lower difficulty level that makes her a less time consuming character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Nami into Fiddlesticks.
Moreover, Nami has a great deal of utility and CC, a similar amount to Fiddlesticks. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Nami vs Fiddlesticks matchups, Fiddlesticks is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Nami is a decent counter to Fiddlesticks. Make sure you focus your strategy on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Nami against Fiddlesticks.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Nami in order to counter Fiddlesticks during both the early game 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 pay attention to the build and suggestions shown 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 less CS compared to Fiddlesticks. Champions who on average don't earn much CS typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers shown here to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Nami versus Fiddlesticks build consist of Ardent Censer, Dream Maker, and Staff of Flowing Water. When Nami included at least these three items in her build, she performed a lot better vs. Fiddlesticks than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Nami boasted an average winrate of 50.0% battling Fiddlesticks with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of defeating Fiddlesticks as Nami, you should equip the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players picked for Nami vs Fiddlesticks counter picks, this mix of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 50.0% winrate overall.
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