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Nami vs Ivern

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

based on 1,189 Nami vs Ivern matchups
Win Rate
46.5 %
K/D/A
3.12
Pick Rate
1.1 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We produce our matchup statistics from the millions of ranked LoL games that we get from Riot Games each week. This guide on how to beat Ivern as Nami came out of an analysis of 1189 ranked games where both champions fought each other. This matchup is somewhat rare. Nami fights Ivern in only 1.1% of her games.

Nami vs Ivern Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Nami has done a terrible job of countering Ivern. Normally, she wins a lowly 46.5% of the time the champions clash against one another in. In Nami vs Ivern games, Nami’s team is 0.0% more expected to gain first blood, indicating that she most likely will get first blood versus Ivern.

Best Nami vs Ivern Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeGlowing Mote

Core Nami Items

~22 Mins
Ardent CenserImperial MandateStaff of Flowing Water

Optional Items

Moonstone RenewerShurelya's BattlesongDream MakerZaz'Zak's Realmspike

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
InspirationBiscuit DeliveryCosmic Insight
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
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W
2
E
3
Q
4
W
5
W
6
R
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W
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E
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W
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E
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Q
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Guide to Countering Ivern as Nami

Tips for Playing as Nami against Ivern

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 Ivern

Be careful when fighting Ivern alone if he has Daisy ready to help!

Ivern's brush has a long duration. Watch out for ambushes!

Ivern can be deceptively slippery. Be careful chasing him too far.

Nami vs Ivern Counter Stats

Nami Image
Win Rate
46.5 %
VS
Win Rate
53.5 %
Ivern Image
1.6
< Kills >
2.4
5
< Deaths >
4.4
14
< Assists >
13
0.29
< Killing Sprees >
0.52
24
< Minions Killed >
19
0.04
< Dragons Killed >
1.2
0.54
< Inhibitors >
0.58
809
< Physical Damage >
2,648
7,749
< Magic Damage >
5,884
474
< True Damage >
1,010
9,032
< Damage Dealt >
9,543
15,585
< Damage Taken >
16,483
8,231
< Gold Earned >
9,813
2.14
< Towers >
1.96
0
< Baron Takedowns >
0.34
10,035
< Total Healing >
6,362
10,198
< Experience >
12,563
58
< Vision Score >
26
26
< Wards Placed >
7
203
< Time Dealing CC >
256

How to Counter Ivern with Nami in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here highlight some strategic Nami against Ivern matchup statistics that may help you understand the differences between the pair. For instance, Nami’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Ivern’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Nami may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Ivern..

Nami normally has a similar longest killing spree as her counter does. Commonly, she takes a similar amount of damage to Ivern. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Nami and Ivern

Damage Types Compared

Nami
Ivern
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Nami
Ivern

Who is Better, Nami or Ivern?

Both League champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Nami usually loses when playing against Ivern, with a 46.5% win rate. Thus, Nami makes a poor counter to Ivern.

While Nami does have a lower winrate than Ivern, when facing one another, Nami also has a lower level of difficulty that makes her a less complex champion to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Nami into Ivern.

Furthermore, Nami has a lot of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Ivern. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Nami vs Ivern matchups, Ivern is the better champion with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.

Nami is a bad counter to Ivern. Focus your strategy on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Nami against Ivern.

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

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Additional Information for Nami Players

How We Calculated Our Nami vs Ivern Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Ivern as Nami, we analyzed 1,189 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 Ivern 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

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Nami to counter Ivern during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Nami often picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Ivern. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values reported on this page to do well.

The top items to prioritize in your Nami versus Ivern build consist of Ardent Censer, Imperial Mandate, and Staff of Flowing Water. When Nami included at least these three pieces in her build, she did much better versus Ivern than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Nami boasted an average win rate of 46.5% battling Ivern with these items in her kit.

To have the best chance of annihilating Ivern 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 sets players chose for Nami vs Ivern counter picks, this set of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 46.5% win rate overall.

If you would like to see Nami vs Ivern tips and matchup stats and build suggestions for a an individual rank, please choose one from the selection menu shown above. At first, the statistics and guides given are calculated using all rounds run with both champs.