Nami vs Vladimir
How to Beat Vladimir as Nami
based on 3,292 Nami vs Vladimir matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nami vs Vladimir Matchup Summary
Best Nami vs Vladimir Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Vladimir as Nami
Tips for Playing as Nami against Vladimir
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 Vladimir
Items that counter Health stacking, such as Liandry's Torment and Blade of the Ruined King, are very effective against Vladimir.
Making Vladimir use Sanguine Pool at the start of a fight will maximize the Health cost of the ability to him.
Try to take Vladimir down before Hemoplague detonates, as it will heal him for each afflicted enemy Champion.
Nami vs Vladimir Counter Stats
How to Counter Vladimir with Nami in LoL
The stats shown here clarify several strategic Nami vs. Vladimir counter statistics that may help us distinguish the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Nami’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Vladimir’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Nami may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Vladimir. This observation is in large part caused by the differences in assists.
Nami typically has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than her counter does. Typically, she receives less damage than Vladimir. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also show that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Nami and Vladimir
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Who is Better, Nami or Vladimir?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Nami usually fairs equally well when taking on Vladimir, with a 50.5% win rate. Therefore, Nami makes an ok counter for Vladimir.
While Nami does have a higher winrate compared to Vladimir, when facing one another, Nami also has a lower level of difficulty that makes her a less time consuming champ to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Nami into Vladimir.
Additionally, Nami also has a great amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Vladimir. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Nami vs Vladimir matchups, Nami is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Nami is a decent counter for Vladimir. You will do well by focussing your tactics on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Nami against Vladimir.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Nami to counter Vladimir during both the lane 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 pay attention to the build and stats shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nami most often accumulates a lot less CS as Vladimir. Champions who typically don't get much CS usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers reported here to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Nami versus Vladimir build include Shurelya's Battlesong, Imperial Mandate, and Staff of Flowing Water. When Nami included at least these three pieces in her build, she did significantly better versus Vladimir than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Nami had an average winrate of 50.5% when countering Vladimir with these items in her kit.
To have the highest chance of annihilating Vladimir as Nami, you should equip the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Bone Plating, and Revitalize runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Of all the runes players picked for Nami vs Vladimir counter picks, this combination of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 50.5% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Vladimir as Nami are shown for all skill levels, merged. If you want to scope the stats and builds to a particular rank, you can use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.