Nami vs Kha'Zix
How to Beat Kha'Zix as Nami
based on 3,383 Nami vs Kha'Zix matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nami vs Kha'Zix Matchup Summary
Best Nami vs Kha'Zix Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kha'Zix as Nami
Tips for Playing as Nami against Kha'Zix
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 Kha'Zix
Taste Their Fear deals bonus damage to targets that are isolated. Gain an advantage by fighting near allied minions, champions, or turrets.
Leap and Void Assault have long cooldowns. Kha'Zix is very vulnerable when these are not available.
Nami vs Kha'Zix Counter Stats
How to Counter Kha'Zix with Nami in LoL
The stats provided here highlight several important Nami against Kha'Zix counter stats that may help us interpret the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Nami’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Kha'Zix’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Nami may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Kha'Zix. This observation is largely a result of the differences in assists.
Nami normally has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than her enemy does. On average, she receives less damage than Kha'Zix. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the champion with higher HP has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Nami and Kha'Zix
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Who is Better, Nami or Kha'Zix?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Nami usually fairs equally well when facing off against Kha'Zix, with a 49.0% win rate. Thus, Nami makes an ok counter to Kha'Zix.
While Nami does have a lower winrate compared to Kha'Zix, when facing one another, Nami also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less complex champ to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Nami into Kha'Zix.
Furthermore, Nami also has a very large amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Kha'Zix. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Nami vs Kha'Zix matchups, Kha'Zix is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Nami is a somewhat poor counter to Kha'Zix. You will do well by focussing your play on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Nami against Kha'Zix.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Nami to counter Kha'Zix during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nami on average gets a similar amount of CS as Kha'Zix. Champs who on average don't earn much CS often don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers shown here to do well.
The best items to have in your Nami versus Kha'Zix build consist of Redemption, Ardent Censer, and Imperial Mandate. When Nami bought at least these three pieces in her build, she performed significantly better when facing Kha'Zix than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Nami had an average win rate of 49.0% when countering Kha'Zix with this build.
To have the best likelihood of vanquishing Kha'Zix as Nami, Nami players should use the Electrocute, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Manaflow Band, and Scorch runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players chose for Nami vs Kha'Zix LoL games, this combination of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 49.0% winrate overall.
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