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How to Win Nami vs Zoe Counter MatchupNami is in the a tier of champions

Nami vs Zoe

How to Beat Zoe as Nami in LoLNami is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Zoe as Nami

based on 1,403 Nami vs Zoe matchups
Win Rate
50.3 %
K/D/A
3.15
Pick Rate
1.3 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We get our counter stats from the millions of ranked League of Legends rounds that we analyze each and every week. This guide on how to beat Zoe as Nami resulted from an evaluation of 1403 ranked games where both champions faced off against one another. This particular champ matchup is relatively rare. Nami fights Zoe in only 1.3% of her rounds.

Nami vs Zoe Matchup Summary

Nami has done a average job of beating Zoe. Typically, she wins a acceptable 50.3% of the time the champions fight each other in. In Nami vs Zoe rounds, Nami’s team is 0.1% less likely to obtain first blood, indicating that she most likely won't get first blood versus Zoe.

Best Nami vs Zoe Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Faerie CharmGlowing Mote

Core Nami Items

~22 Mins
Ardent CenserImperial MandateStaff of Flowing Water

Optional Items

Mikael's BlessingZaz'Zak's RealmspikeShurelya's BattlesongMoonstone 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
InspirationBiscuit DeliveryCosmic Insight
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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Guide to Countering Zoe as Nami

Tips for Playing as Nami against Zoe

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 Zoe

Zoe's Paddle Star deals more damage the further it has flown.

Sleepy Trouble Bubble travels further over walls. Stop Zoe from hiding in fog of war to prevent her from setting the spell up.

Zoe must return to her starting point after casting Portal Jump, making her vulnerable to a counterattack.

Nami vs Zoe Counter Stats

Nami Image
Win Rate
50.3 %
VS
Win Rate
49.7 %
Zoe Image
1.7
< Kills >
6.8
5.4
< Deaths >
5.7
15.3
< Assists >
7.2
0.3
< Killing Sprees >
1.56
23
< Minions Killed >
135
0.03
< Dragons Killed >
0.07
0.58
< Inhibitors >
0.45
858
< Physical Damage >
1,734
8,070
< Magic Damage >
18,263
536
< True Damage >
3,374
9,465
< Damage Dealt >
23,373
16,837
< Damage Taken >
18,710
8,455
< Gold Earned >
11,089
2.25
< Towers >
1.81
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
10,475
< Total Healing >
2,296
10,647
< Experience >
13,242
58
< Vision Score >
26
25
< Wards Placed >
12
190
< Time Dealing CC >
137

How to Counter Zoe with Nami in LoL

The stat comparisons shown on this page clarify several valuable Nami versus Zoe counter statistics that can help you explain the distinctions between the two. For instance, Nami’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Zoe’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Nami may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Zoe. This observation is in large part a result of the differences in assists.

Nami typically has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than her matchup does. Typically, she receives a similar amount of damage to Zoe. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the champion with more health has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Nami and Zoe

Damage Types Compared

Nami
Zoe
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Nami
Zoe

Who is Better, Nami or Zoe?

Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Nami usually fairs equally well when taking on Zoe, with a 50.3% win rate. Therefore, Nami makes an ok counter for Zoe.

While Nami does have a higher win rate compared to Zoe, when facing one another, Nami also has a greater difficulty level that makes her a more time consuming champion to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Nami into Zoe.

Additionally, Nami has a lot of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Zoe. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Nami vs Zoe matchups, Nami is the better champ with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.

Nami is a decent counter for Zoe. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Nami against Zoe.

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

LilliaLillia+ 53.4% 6433 GamesKayleKayle+ 53.5% 2990 GamesSennaSenna+ 53.6% 971 GamesTaricTaric+ 57.3% 82 Games

Additional Information for Nami Players

How We Calculated Our Nami vs Zoe Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Zoe as Nami, we analyzed 1,403 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 Zoe 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 to counter Zoe during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Nami most often racks up a lot less CS as Zoe. Champions who typically don't get many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They 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, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers reported on this page to do well.

The best items to focus on in your Nami versus Zoe build include Ardent Censer, Imperial Mandate, and Staff of Flowing Water. When Nami used at least these three pieces in her build, she performed significantly better when facing Zoe than with most other typical builds. In fact, Nami boasted an average winrate of 50.3% battling Zoe with this build.

To have the highest likelihood of vanquishing Zoe as Nami, you should take the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes that we analyzed for Nami vs Zoe face-offs, this combination of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 50.3% win rate overall.

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