Xayah vs Nami
How to Beat Nami as Xayah
based on 1,562 Xayah vs Nami matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Xayah vs Nami Matchup Summary
Best Xayah vs Nami Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nami as Xayah
Tips for Playing as Xayah against Nami
Xayah's attacks and abilities leave Feathers on the ground that she can later recall for massive area damage and control.
Xayah can use Featherstorm to dodge almost any ability while also creating a ton of Feathers. Try to utilize the offensive and defensive aspects of this ability.
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.
Xayah vs Nami Counter Stats
How to Counter Nami with Xayah in LoL
The stats provided here feature several important Xayah against Nami counter statistics that can help you realize the differences and similarities between these two champions. For instance, Xayah’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Nami’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Xayah may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Nami. This observation is largely caused by the difference in kills.
Xayah often has a much larger longest kill spree than her matchup does. Commonly, she takes more damage than Nami. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also indicate that the champion with increased HP has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Xayah and Nami
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Who is Better, Xayah or Nami?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Xayah usually loses when playing against Nami, with a 48.4% win rate. As a result, Xayah makes a poor counter for Nami.
While Xayah does have a lower win rate than Nami, when they face off with one another, Xayah also has a greater difficulty level that makes her a more difficult champion to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Xayah into Nami.
Additionally, Xayah also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Nami. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Xayah vs Nami matchups, Nami is the better champion with a lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Xayah is a somewhat poor counter for Nami. You will do well by focussing your tactics on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Xayah against Nami.
Other Champion Matchups Against Xayah
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Xayah to counter Nami 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 mind the build and tips shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Xayah on average accumulates much more CS as Nami. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values displayed here to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Xayah versus Nami build include Kraken Slayer, Immortal Shieldbow, and Navori Quickblades. When Xayah incorporated at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better vs. Nami than with most other common item sets. In fact, Xayah boasted an average winrate of 48.4% when countering Nami with this build.
To have the greatest chance of defeating Nami as Xayah, you should equip the Lethal Tempo, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Xayah vs Nami battles, this set of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 48.4% win rate overall.
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