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How to Win Nami vs Graves Counter MatchupNami is in the a tier of champions

Nami vs Graves

How to Beat Graves as Nami in LoLNami is in the a tier of champions
SupportMage
Marksman

How to Beat Graves as Nami

based on 5,238 Nami vs Graves matchups
Win Rate
48.8 %
K/D/A
3.36
Pick Rate
4.9 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion evaluate millions of recently ranked League rounds every week. Within our dataset, Nami faced Graves in 5238 games. Using so many games with Nami versus Graves gives us a lot of confidence in our capacity to prepare actionable stats and a solid build to counter your opposition. This champ pairing is relatively uncommon. Nami is forced to battle against Graves in only 4.9% of her matches.

Nami vs Graves Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Nami does a below average job of countering Graves. On average, she wins a acceptable 48.8% of the time the champs clash against each other in. In Nami versus Graves matches, Nami’s side is 0.0% more expected to gain first blood. This indicates that she probably will be able to get first blood against Graves.

Best Nami vs Graves Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsBandleglass Mirror

Core Nami Items

~22 Mins
Ardent CenserImperial MandateMoonstone Renewer

Optional Items

RedemptionStaff of Flowing WaterShurelya's BattlesongEchoes of Helia

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
ResolveBone PlatingRevitalize
Ability HasteAdaptive 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
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R
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E
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E
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Q
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Q
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R

Guide to Countering Graves as Nami

Tips for Playing as Nami against Graves

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 Graves

Leaving the Smoke Screen's area of effect removes the harmful effect immediately.

Graves deals mostly physical damage so Armor is an effective counter.

Nami vs Graves Counter Stats

Nami Image
Win Rate
48.8 %
VS
Win Rate
51.2 %
Graves Image
1.7
< Kills >
7
5
< Deaths >
5.7
15.1
< Assists >
6.6
0.31
< Killing Sprees >
1.63
24
< Minions Killed >
54
0.03
< Dragons Killed >
1.55
0.56
< Inhibitors >
0.51
832
< Physical Damage >
17,393
8,220
< Magic Damage >
825
506
< True Damage >
1,554
9,559
< Damage Dealt >
19,774
16,051
< Damage Taken >
29,445
8,425
< Gold Earned >
12,716
2.24
< Towers >
1.78
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.39
10,330
< Total Healing >
13,764
10,700
< Experience >
14,410
60
< Vision Score >
24
26
< Wards Placed >
6
194
< Time Dealing CC >
488

How to Counter Graves with Nami in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here feature some valuable Nami versus Graves matchup statistics that can help you interpret the differences and similarities between these two champions. As an example, Nami’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Graves’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Nami may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Graves. This observation is largely fueled by the differences in assists.

Nami typically has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than her counter does. Commonly, she receives less damage than Graves. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also hint that the champion with increased HP has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Nami and Graves

Damage Types Compared

Nami
Graves
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Nami
Graves

Who is Better, Nami or Graves?

Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Nami usually loses when playing against Graves, with a 48.8% win rate. Thus, Nami makes a bad counter for Graves.

While Nami does have a lower winrate compared to Graves, when facing one another, Nami also has a greater difficulty level that makes her a more difficult character to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Nami into Graves.

Additionally, Nami also has a very large amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Graves. 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 Graves matchups, Graves is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.

Nami is a somewhat poor counter to Graves. Make sure you focus your tactics on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Nami against Graves.

Other Champion Matchups Against Nami

Nami Loses Against

ZyraZyra45.5% winrateTeemoTeemo45.6% winrateFizzFizz45.7% winrateBlitzcrankBlitzcrank45.9% winrate

Nami Wins Against

SivirSivir55.9% winrateKalistaKalista54.3% winrateLeBlancLeBlanc53.6% winrateHweiHwei53.1% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

LilliaLillia+ 53.4% 6433 GamesKayleKayle+ 53.5% 2990 GamesSennaSenna+ 53.6% 971 GamesTaricTaric+ 57.3% 82 Games

Additional Information for Nami Players

How We Calculated Our Nami vs Graves Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Graves as Nami, we analyzed 5,238 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 Graves 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.

Other Useful Resources

Nami Build Graves Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Nami in order to counter Graves during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and stats displayed above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Nami on average gets less CS compared to Graves. Champs who typically don't acquire much CS often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values reported on this page to do well.

The best items to have in your Nami versus Graves build include Ardent Censer, Imperial Mandate, and Moonstone Renewer. When Nami included at least these three pieces in her build, she performed a lot better when fighting Graves than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Nami had an average winrate of 48.8% when countering Graves with this counter build.

To have the best chance of coming out on top against Graves as Nami, Nami players should take the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Bone Plating, and Revitalize runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Of all the runes that we analyzed for Nami vs Graves matchups, this mixture of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 48.8% winrate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Graves as Nami are displayed for all ranked divisions combined. If you want to filter the stats and builds to an individual skill level, you can use the selection menu located earlier on the page.