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How to Synergize Nami with Kalista on the Same TeamNami is in the a tier of champions

Nami with Kalista

How to Win With Nami and Kalista Paired TogetherNami is in the b tier of champions
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How to Synergize Nami and Kalista

based on 453 Nami with Kalista pairs
Win Rate
45.9 %
K/D/A
3.15
Pick Rate
0.4 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

Our servers download data from from millions of League rounds straight from Riot Games each week. Nami has fought alongside Kalista in 453 recent, ranked matches. By amassing so much relevant data straight from the hosts of League, we have complete confidence that we can produce high-quality, accurate builds to help Nami synergize with Kalista. It is very rare for Nami to play alongside Kalista on the same side. This has only taken place in approx. 0.4% of rounds with Nami.

Nami Kalista Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Nami does a terrible job of synergizing with Kalista. On average, she wins a lowly 45.9% of games the champs try and work together in. If you want to do better as Nami when playing with Kalista by learning how to better synergize your tactics with her, then check out the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Nami vs Kalista Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsAmplifying Tome

Core Nami Items

~22 Mins
Dream MakerImperial MandateStaff of Flowing Water

Optional Items

Ardent CenserShurelya's BattlesongZaz'Zak's Realmspike

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
1
W
2
E
3
Q
4
W
5
W
6
R
7
W
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E
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W
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E
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R
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E
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Q
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R

Guide to Synergizing Nami and Kalista

Tips for Playing as Nami with Kalista

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 Understand How Kalista Will Play

Rend is a valuable last hitting aid, since its cooldown resets if it kills a target.

Entering a move order once to trigger Martial Poise will not clear Kalista's basic attack target.

Due to her passive, Kalista's Move Speed is effectively increased by Attack Speed.

Nami Kalista Synergy Stats

Nami Image
Win Rate
45.9 %
VS
Win Rate
54.1 %
Kalista Image
1.8
< Kills >
1.7
5.5
< Deaths >
5.3
15.5
< Assists >
15.2
0.31
< Killing Sprees >
0.31
22
< Minions Killed >
24
0.04
< Dragons Killed >
0.03
0.57
< Inhibitors >
0.55
897
< Physical Damage >
855
8,480
< Magic Damage >
8,267
549
< True Damage >
557
9,926
< Damage Dealt >
9,680
16,625
< Damage Taken >
16,333
8,430
< Gold Earned >
8,444
2.15
< Towers >
2.22
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
9,747
< Total Healing >
10,128
10,564
< Experience >
10,716
57
< Vision Score >
58
25
< Wards Placed >
25
202
< Time Dealing CC >
195

How to Play with Kalista as Nami in LoL

The Nami Kalista synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Kalista, compared to her overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how her gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.

Overall, Nami sees a very large drop in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Kalista. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Kalista helps Nami perform not as well in competitive LoL games. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Nami is an ally to Kalista, she gets a small increase in her full damage dealt. This change could demonstrate that Kalista helps provide protection for her to deal more damage or that her presence also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Nami is played alongside Kalista on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when she plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing with Kalista.

Moreover, when Nami plays with Kalista on the same side, she typically receives a little more damage than when she plays alone. Taking more damage could indicate that Kalista does a poor job of protecting Nami in teamfights.

Synergies between Nami and Kalista

Damage Types Compared

Nami
Kalista
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Nami
Kalista

Is Nami better when played alongside Kalista?

There is no top ally for Nami that will no matter what be her best ally. However, overall, Kalista is a terrible teammate for Nami. By playing on the same side as Nami, she lowers their win rate by -3.2% to 45.9%. This signals that there is an easy to overcome and exploit synergy between Nami and Kalista that allows them to perform worse together than alone.

Kalista has a greater difficulty than Nami. That means Nami players must be very careful when finding Kalista allies to play with, as they will require a greater level of skill to work well with you.

Working together, you should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to dish out massive AD. Together, these two can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.

In contrast, by grouping Nami and Kalista together, you probably will not be granting your side enough cover. Make sure to include other champions on your team that nullifies this relative gap in this pairing's potential.

Regardless of the ability of your Kalista ally, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well anyway.

Additional Information for Nami Players

How We Calculated Our Nami Kalista Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Nami and Kalista, we analyzed 453 ranked and recent League of Legends matches. We perform advanced data cleaning and statistical methods to guarantee that our team synergy stats are accurate and reliable. You can be confident that our recommended build to pair Nami with Kalista comes from actual 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 your division's most relevant stats and build.

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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing

If you would like to truly master Nami in order to pair well with Kalista during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and stats shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot.

The most crucial finished items to focus on in your Nami and Kalista synergy build consist of Dream Maker, Imperial Mandate, and Staff of Flowing Water. When Nami incorporated at least these three finished items in her build, she did much better when paired up with Kalista than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Nami boasted an average win rate of 45.9% when playing alongside Kalista with these items in her kit.

To have the highest probability of annihilating your oponents, Nami players should use the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune sets that we analyzed for this team composition, this mixture of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 45.9% winrate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to synergize Kalista with Nami are given for all ranked divisions. If you want to scope the statistics and builds to a specific division, you can use the selection menu above.