Sylas vs Nami
How to Beat Nami as Sylas
based on 3,593 Sylas vs Nami matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Sylas vs Nami Matchup Summary
Best Sylas vs Nami Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nami as Sylas
Tips for Playing as Sylas against Nami
Clever use of enemy ultimates can open up new possibilities to approach teamfights.
Wait for you or your enemy to reach low health before using Kingslayer for maximum effect.
Space out your ability usage to get maximum effect from Petricite Burst.
Advice to Win Against Nami
Aqua Prison is a very powerful ability with a long cooldown, take advantage of the situation if Nami misses this ability.
Tidal Wave has a very long range but travels slowly, be aware of when it is coming your way as you can move out of its path.
Try to avoid fighting an opponent affected by Tidecaller's Blessing, it lasts a short duration so waiting it out can help you greatly.
Sylas vs Nami Counter Stats
How to Counter Nami with Sylas in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here underscore several vital Sylas against Nami counter statistics that may help you realize the differences between the pair. For instance, Sylas’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Nami’s ratio of NaN, showing that Sylas may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Nami. This observation is in large part fueled by the difference in kills.
Sylas usually has a much larger longest killing spree than his enemy does. Typically, he takes more damage than Nami. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Sylas and Nami
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Who is Better, Sylas or Nami?
Both League champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Sylas usually loses when taking on Nami, with a 48.7% win rate. Thus, Sylas makes a poor counter for Nami.
While Sylas does have a lower win rate than Nami, when on opposite teams, Sylas also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more time consuming character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Sylas into Nami.
Additionally, Sylas also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Nami. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Sylas vs Nami matchups, Nami is the better champ with a lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Sylas is a somewhat poor counter for Nami. Make sure you focus your gameplay on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Sylas against Nami.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Sylas in order to counter Nami during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats shown here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Sylas usually accumulates much more CS as Nami. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills often don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions 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, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Sylas versus Nami build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Sylas combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better countering Nami than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Sylas boasted an average winrate of 48.7% when playing against Nami with this build.
To have the greatest chance of beating Nami as Sylas, Sylas players should equip the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Second Wind, and Unflinching runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Sylas vs Nami fights, this blending of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 48.7% winrate overall.
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