Nami vs Qiyana
How to Beat Qiyana as Nami
based on 1,510 Nami vs Qiyana matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nami vs Qiyana Matchup Summary
Best Nami vs Qiyana Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Qiyana as Nami
Tips for Playing as Nami against Qiyana
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 Qiyana Counter Stats
How to Counter Qiyana with Nami in LoL
The stats shown here show several important Nami versus Qiyana counter statistics that can help you interpret the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Nami’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Qiyana’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Nami may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Qiyana. This observation is in large part a result of the differences in assists.
Nami normally has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than her opponent does. Commonly, she takes less damage than Qiyana. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Nami and Qiyana
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Who is Better, Nami or Qiyana?
Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Nami usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Qiyana, with a 50.3% win rate. Therefore, Nami makes an ok counter for Qiyana.
While Nami does have a higher winrate than Qiyana, when on opposite teams, Nami also has a lower difficulty level that makes her a less challenging champ to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Nami into Qiyana.
Moreover, Nami also has a very large amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Qiyana. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Nami vs Qiyana matchups, Nami is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Nami is a decent counter to Qiyana. Make sure you focus your strategy on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Nami against Qiyana.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Nami in order to counter Qiyana during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nami usually racks up a lot less CS compared to Qiyana. Champs who typically don't take many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Nami versus Qiyana build include Dream Maker, Imperial Mandate, and Moonstone Renewer. When Nami bought at least these three items in her build, she performed a lot better when facing Qiyana than with many other common builds. In fact, Nami had an average win rate of 50.3% battling Qiyana with this build.
To have the best probability of coming out on top against Qiyana as Nami, you should use the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Bone Plating, and Revitalize runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds players chose for Nami vs Qiyana counter picks, this order of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 50.3% win rate overall.
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