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Nami vs Sylas

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

based on 3,593 Nami vs Sylas matchups
Win Rate
51.3 %
K/D/A
3.19
Pick Rate
3.3 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion evaluate millions of ranked League of Legends matches each and every week. In our data, Nami engaged Sylas in 3593 rounds. Having so many games with Nami vs Sylas provides us confidence in our ability to produce enlightening statistics and a recommended build to counter your opponent. This particular pairing is somewhat rare. Nami fights Sylas in only 3.3% of her matches.

Nami vs Sylas Matchup Summary

Nami has done a decent job of countering Sylas. Typically, she wins a acceptable 51.3% of the time the champions battle one another in. In Nami vs Sylas matches, Nami’s team is 0.1% less expected to get first blood, implying that she most likely won't get first blood versus Sylas.

Best Nami vs Sylas Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsAmplifying Tome

Core Nami Items

~22 Mins
RedemptionArdent CenserImperial Mandate

Optional Items

Echoes of HeliaStaff of Flowing WaterDream MakerMoonstone 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
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W
2
E
3
Q
4
W
5
W
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R
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W
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E
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W
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Guide to Countering Sylas as Nami

Tips for Playing as Nami against Sylas

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 Sylas

Try to fight Sylas when he isn't able to take your ultimate.

Sylas's healthbar can be deceptive, watch out for his Kingslayer!

Nami vs Sylas Counter Stats

Nami Image
Win Rate
51.3 %
VS
Win Rate
48.7 %
Sylas Image
1.8
< Kills >
7.9
5.4
< Deaths >
7.1
15.4
< Assists >
6
0.31
< Killing Sprees >
1.79
23
< Minions Killed >
125
0.03
< Dragons Killed >
0.2
0.57
< Inhibitors >
0.39
861
< Physical Damage >
632
8,358
< Magic Damage >
20,928
524
< True Damage >
760
9,744
< Damage Dealt >
22,320
15,808
< Damage Taken >
29,876
8,383
< Gold Earned >
11,369
2.27
< Towers >
1.54
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.04
9,629
< Total Healing >
7,583
10,595
< Experience >
13,470
57
< Vision Score >
20
25
< Wards Placed >
9
190
< Time Dealing CC >
284

How to Counter Sylas with Nami in LoL

The stats shown here show some influential Nami against Sylas matchup stats that can help us distinguish the differences between the two. Nami’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Sylas’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Nami may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Sylas. This observation is largely a result of the differences in assists.

Nami usually has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than her opponent does. Typically, she takes less damage than Sylas. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to escape further harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Nami and Sylas

Damage Types Compared

Nami
Sylas
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Nami
Sylas

Who is Better, Nami or Sylas?

Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Nami usually wins when facing off against Sylas, with a 51.3% win rate. As a result, Nami makes a good counter to Sylas.

While Nami does have a higher winrate than Sylas, when facing one another, Nami also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more challenging character to learn. You should be careful when picking Nami into Sylas.

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

While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Nami vs Sylas matchups, Nami is the better champ with a higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.

Nami is a decent counter to Sylas. You will do well by focussing your strategy on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Nami against Sylas.

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 Sylas Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Sylas as Nami, we analyzed 3,593 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 Sylas 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 Sylas during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and stats presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Nami most often gets a lot less CS compared to Sylas. Champs who typically don't take many minion kills often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers displayed on this page to do well.

The most important items to focus on in your Nami versus Sylas build consist of Redemption, Ardent Censer, and Imperial Mandate. When Nami incorporated at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better countering Sylas than with many other typical builds. In fact, Nami had an average win rate of 51.3% when countering Sylas with this counter build.

To have the highest likelihood of annihilating Sylas as Nami, you should take 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 used for Nami vs Sylas counterpicks, this sequence of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 51.3% win rate overall.

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