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Nami vs Rakan

How to Beat Rakan as Nami in LoLNami is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Rakan as Nami

based on 3,354 Nami vs Rakan matchups
Win Rate
47 %
K/D/A
3.2
Pick Rate
3.1 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We calculate our matchup statistics from the millions of recently ranked League of Legends matches that we evaluate each week. Our guide on how to beat Rakan as Nami came out of an examination of 3354 ranked matches where both champions clashed against one another. This particular counter matchup is fairly rare. Nami encounters Rakan in only 3.1% of her games.

Nami vs Rakan Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Nami does a poor job of beating Rakan. Normally, she wins a lowly 47.0% of matches the champs face each other in. In Nami against Rakan matches, Nami’s team is 0.0% more probable to get first blood. This indicates that she probably will be able to get first blood against Rakan.

Best Nami vs Rakan Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Glowing MoteBandleglass Mirror

Core Nami Items

~22 Mins
Ardent CenserDream MakerStaff of Flowing Water

Optional Items

Echoes of HeliaShurelya's BattlesongImperial MandateMoonstone Renewer

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
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
1
W
2
E
3
Q
4
W
5
W
6
R
7
W
8
E
9
W
10
E
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R
12
E
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E
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Q
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Q
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R

Guide to Countering Rakan as Nami

Tips for Playing as Nami against Rakan

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 Rakan

Champions with crowd control that can be applied quickly excel against Rakan.

Catching Rakan with no allies around severely inhibits his mobility. Try to find him alone.

Rakan's movement abilities forecast their destination. Try to use this to your advantage.

Nami vs Rakan Counter Stats

Nami Image
Win Rate
47 %
VS
Win Rate
53 %
Rakan Image
1.6
< Kills >
1.4
5.1
< Deaths >
5
14.7
< Assists >
13.8
0.29
< Killing Sprees >
0.23
25
< Minions Killed >
32
0.03
< Dragons Killed >
0.03
0.54
< Inhibitors >
0.52
910
< Physical Damage >
1,142
8,097
< Magic Damage >
4,823
534
< True Damage >
738
9,542
< Damage Dealt >
6,703
15,480
< Damage Taken >
19,426
8,248
< Gold Earned >
8,174
2.21
< Towers >
1.9
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
9,508
< Total Healing >
5,800
10,311
< Experience >
10,207
59
< Vision Score >
67
25
< Wards Placed >
32
198
< Time Dealing CC >
162

How to Counter Rakan with Nami in LoL

The stats shown here highlight several significant Nami vs. Rakan counter stats that may help us distinguish the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Nami’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Rakan’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Nami may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Rakan..

Nami often has a similar longest kill spree as her opponent does. Typically, she receives less damage than Rakan. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the champ with more HP has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Nami and Rakan

Damage Types Compared

Nami
Rakan
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Nami
Rakan

Who is Better, Nami or Rakan?

Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Nami usually loses when facing off against Rakan, with a 47.0% win rate. Thus, Nami makes a poor counter to Rakan.

While Nami does have a lower winrate than Rakan, when they face off with one another, Nami also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more time consuming champ to pick up and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Nami into Rakan.

Additionally, Nami has a very large amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Rakan. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Nami vs Rakan matchups, Rakan is the better champion with a much lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.

Nami is a terribly counter to Rakan. You will do well by focussing your strategy on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Nami against Rakan.

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

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Additional Information for Nami Players

How We Calculated Our Nami vs Rakan Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Rakan as Nami, we analyzed 3,354 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 Rakan 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 learn all of the intricacies of Nami in order to counter Rakan during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Nami usually racks up a similar amount of CS as Rakan. Champs who on average don't get many minion kills often don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. 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, often need many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values shown here to do well.

The best items to have in your Nami versus Rakan build include Ardent Censer, Dream Maker, and Staff of Flowing Water. When Nami included at least these three pieces in her build, she performed much better when fighting Rakan than with many other common item sets. In fact, Nami had an average winrate of 47.0% when playing against Rakan with this counter build.

To have the highest likelihood of beating Rakan as Nami, Nami players should equip the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Bone Plating, and Revitalize runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Nami vs Rakan counters, this composite of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 47.0% win rate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Rakan as Nami are presented for all skill levels combined. If you would like to filter the stats and builds to a specific player tier, you can use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.