Nami vs Varus
How to Beat Varus as Nami
based on 4,307 Nami vs Varus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nami vs Varus Matchup Summary
Best Nami vs Varus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Varus as Nami
Tips for Playing as Nami against Varus
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 Varus
When he gets a kill or assist, Varus temporarily gains Attack Speed and is much more dangerous.
You'll get bound in place if a tendril from Varus' ultimate, Chain of Corruption, reaches you. You can cause the tendril to die however by running far enough away from it.
If you are affected by Blight, Varus' abilities will deal extra damage to you.
Nami vs Varus Counter Stats
How to Counter Varus with Nami in LoL
The stats shown on this page feature several influential Nami vs. Varus matchup statistics that may help us interpret the differences between the pair. As an example, Nami’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Varus’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Nami may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Varus. This observation is in large part fueled by the differences in assists.
Nami typically has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than her enemy does. On average, she receives a similar amount of damage to Varus. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the champ with increased HP has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Nami and Varus
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Who is Better, Nami or Varus?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Nami usually fairs equally well when facing off against Varus, with a 50.5% win rate. Thus, Nami makes an ok counter to Varus.
While Nami does have a higher winrate compared to Varus, when on opposite teams, Nami also has a much greater learning curve that makes her a more complex champ to learn. You should be careful when picking Nami into Varus.
Furthermore, Nami also has a very large amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Varus. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Nami vs Varus matchups, Nami is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Nami is a decent counter for Varus. Focus your tactics on maximizing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Nami against Varus.
Other Champion Matchups Against Nami
Additional Information for Nami Players
How We Calculated Our Nami vs Varus Build and Stats
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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 Varus during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nami on average gets a lot less CS as Varus. Champions who on average don't take much CS often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values shown on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Nami versus Varus build include Shurelya's Battlesong, Imperial Mandate, and Staff of Flowing Water. When Nami included at least these three pieces in her build, she performed a lot better when facing Varus than with most other common item sets. In fact, Nami had an average win rate of 50.5% battling Varus with these items in her kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of crushing Varus 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 sets that we analyzed for Nami vs Varus counter picks, this blending of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 50.5% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Varus as Nami are presented for all ranked divisions. To scope the statistics and builds to an individual division, you can use the selection menu earlier on the page.