Nami vs Yasuo
How to Beat Yasuo as Nami
based on 7,125 Nami vs Yasuo matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nami vs Yasuo Matchup Summary
Best Nami vs Yasuo Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Yasuo as Nami
Tips for Playing as Nami against Yasuo
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 Yasuo
Yasuo's shield from Resolve lasts only 2 seconds. Dealing damage to him will trigger it. Wait it out, then engage.
Steel Tempest is very narrow. Dodge laterally if possible.
Yasuo is at his weakest just after he has launched a whirlwind. Engage at that point.
When Yasuo lands two Steel Tempests in a row, his next will fire a tornado. Watch and listen for the associated sound to prepare to dodge.
Nami vs Yasuo Counter Stats
How to Counter Yasuo with Nami in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page show several significant Nami against Yasuo matchup stats that can help us realize the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Nami’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Yasuo’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Nami may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Yasuo. This observation is largely a result of the differences in assists.
Nami normally has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than her opponent does. Typically, she receives less damage than Yasuo. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the champ with more HP has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Nami and Yasuo
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Who is Better, Nami or Yasuo?
Both League champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Nami usually loses when trying to fight Yasuo, with a 47.6% win rate. Therefore, Nami makes a poor counter for Yasuo.
While Nami does have a lower win rate compared to Yasuo, when on opposite teams, Nami also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes her a less challenging champ to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Nami into Yasuo.
Furthermore, Nami also has a lot of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Yasuo. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Nami vs Yasuo matchups, Yasuo is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Nami is a trash counter to Yasuo. Focus your tactics on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Nami against Yasuo.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Nami in order to counter Yasuo 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 pay attention to the build and stats presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nami on average accumulates a lot less CS compared to Yasuo. Champs who on average don't acquire much CS usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers displayed here to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Nami versus Yasuo build include Mikael's Blessing, Dream Maker, and Staff of Flowing Water. When Nami included at least these three pieces in her build, she performed significantly better vs Yasuo than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Nami had an average win rate of 47.6% when countering Yasuo with this build.
To have the greatest chance of coming out on top against Yasuo as Nami, you should take the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Font of Life, and Revitalize runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds players used for Nami vs Yasuo face-offs, this set of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 47.6% win rate overall.
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