Nami Champion Strategy and Item Build Guide

This page contains a champion character strategy guide for Nami, including stats, skills and abilities, runes and masteries, and playstyles.

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Nami

Basic Information

Nami – the Tidecaller
Class	Controller	Role	Enchanter
Secondary Bar	Mana	IP / RP	6300 / 975

Champion Stats

	Lv1	Per Lv	Lv18
Health	489	+74	1747
Health Regen	5.42	+0.55	14.8
Mana	377	+43	1108
Mana Regen	11.5	+0.4	18.3
Attack Damage	51.2	+3.1	104
Armor	19.7	+4	87.7
Attack Speed	0.644	+2.61%	+44.4%
Magic Resist	30	+0.5	38.5
Movement Speed	335		–
Ranged	550

Lore

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Nami channels the primal energies of the ocean, harnessing its mystical restorative properties and commanding the raw power of the tides themselves. Though many doubted her, Nami had the bravery and determination to take on a dangerous quest when no one else would. Now her people believe she is the Tidecaller, a chosen one destined to complete a quest essential to the survival of her entire race.

The Tidecaller’s sacred duty is to acquire a moonstone, a powerful object found only in the towering reaches of the surface world. Her people, the Marai, rely on the moonstone’s light to ward off the terrors of the depths. However, the stone’s power lasts only one hundred years. Before its light fades, the Tidecaller must journey into the Great Deep, retrieve an abyssal pearl, and carry it to the surface. There, on the night of the winter solstice of the hundredth year, the Tidecaller makes a ceremonial exchange with a landwalker bearing a moonstone. By trading the pearl for the moonstone, the Tidecaller ensures the survival of the Marai for another century.

However, in Nami’s time, as the hundred years drew to a close, no Tidecaller had been found. Without a chosen one to complete the quest, her people would face disaster, but the Marai waited in faith that the Tidecaller would appear. Nami refused to sit idle, insisting that without a Tidecaller to save them, someone had to act. Bravely, she decided to begin the quest herself and ventured alone into the dangerous depths. None expected her to survive, but after six days of battles with untold horrors, Nami returned with the pearl in hand. The Marai hailed her as the new Tidecaller. All that remained was for Nami to journey to the surface and complete the exchange.

When Nami arrived at the surface, however, she found only an empty shore. She waited for days in a mystic cove, unsure of what to do. In all the legends of the Tidecallers, the bearer of the moonstone had never failed to arrive. Nami faced a choice. She knew the surface world only through tale and rumor, but the survival of the Marai depended upon her. Summoning the tide to bear her ashore, Nami began her search for the moonstone and became the first of her kind to explore the world above the ocean. She left her home behind, and vowed not to return until she had completed the Tidecaller’s quest.

”I am the tide, and I cannot be turned.”
— Nami
Source: http://gameinfo.na.leagueoflegends.com/en)

Skills

Icon	Description
	Surging Tides INNATE: When Nami’s abilities hit allied champions they gain Movement Speed for a short duration.
	Aqua Prison (Target Range: 875, Cost: 60 Mana, Cooldown: 14/13/12/11/10)ACTIVE: Sends a bubble to target area, dealing 75/130/185/240/295 (+50% Ability Power) magic damage to enemies, and stunning them for 1.5 seconds.
	Ebb and Flow (Target Range: 725, Effect Radius: 725, Cost: 70/85/100/115/130 Mana, Cooldown: 10)ACTIVE: Unleashes a stream of water that bounces back and forth between allied and enemy champions.On Ally Hit: Heals 65/95/125/155/185 (+30% Ability Power) Health and will bounce to a nearby enemy champion.On Enemy Hit: Deals 70/110/150/190/230 (+50% Ability Power) magic damage and bounces to a nearby allied champion.Bounces to each target only once, and hits up to 3 targets. The damage and healing value is modified by -15% + (7.5% per 100 Ability Power)each bounce.
	Tidecaller’s Blessing (Target Range: 800, Cost: 55/60/65/70/75 Mana, Cooldown: 11)ACTIVE: Empowers an allied champion’s next 3 basic attacks, causing them to slow the target by 15/20/25/30/35% (+[5% Ability Power]%) for 1 second and deal 25/40/55/70/85 (+20% Ability Power) bonus magic damage. Lasts for 6 seconds.
	Tidal Wave (Target Range: 2750, Cost: 100 Mana, Cooldown: 120/110/100)ACTIVE: Summons a Tidal Wave from Nami’s position. The wave knocks up enemies and slows them by 50/60/70%, dealing 150/250/350 (+60% Ability Power) magic damage. The duration of the slow increases based on how far the Tidal Wave has traveled, with a minimum duration of 2 seconds and a maximum of 4 seconds.Allies hit by the wave gain double the effect of Surging Tides.

Strategy

Always cast your (E) Tidecaller’s Blessing on the ADC or your allies who have a strong attack damage.
Always time your (Q) Aqua Prison when engaging because it has a very small cast range.
Spam (W) Ebb and Flow because it can heal your allies while damaging enemy champions as well. It also pays when there are enemy champions nearby to maximize its effect.
(R) Tidal Wave is a powerful skill, but requires good positioning and timing to be effective. Try to use your ultimate when the enemy is huddled together and are applied crowd control.
Nami has also good mobility because of her passive Surging Tides. Keep on moving when you successfully land a skill.

Runes & Masteries

COMING SOON

Summoner Spells

Support

Exhaust	Flash

Item Builds

Support

Starter Items

Spellthief’s Edge	Total Biscuit of Rejuvenation	Warding Totem

Core Items

Core Items

Frost Queen’s Claim	Sightstone	Redemption

Ionian Boots of Lucidity

Frost Queen’s Claim – This is a good gold income item for Nami since she can finish the quest faster compared to other gold income items. She can harass with her (W) Ebb and Flow and even hit a few (Q) Aqua Prison. The slow also gives her more chance to hit (Q) Aqua Prison and (R) Tidal Wave since these skills require timing and precision to hit because of how slow it is.

Redemption – Redemption is currently one of the best items that a support can have because it gives off amazing stats and regeneration that every support should have. The added health and mana regeneration really helps in mid-late game. However, the active is the best part about this item since it can heal your allies or damage your enemies in a very large AoE. It also increases your healing and shielding power, which synergize well with (W) Ebbs and Flow.

Ionian Boots of Lucidity – Ionian Boots of Lucidity is the preferred item for Nami instead of Sorcerer’s Shoes because Nami doesn’t rely much on dealing damage and magic penetration won’t help that much since she is more of a utility support.

Full Item Build

Full Item Build

Frost Queen’s Claim	Ionian Boots of Lucidity	Locket of the Iron Solari

Ardent Censer	Redemption	Athene’s Unholy Grail

Locket of the Iron Solari – Locket of the Iron Solari grants Nami armor and magic resistance. The active also helps a lot in team fights, as it grants every allies near you a decaying shield based on your level and health.

Ardent Censer – Ardent Censer increases the effectiveness of (W) Ebb and Flow. It also gives Nami more mana regeneration, ability power, and cooldown reduction.

Athene’s Unholy Grail – This item gives you decent stats as a support champion, also, both the passive synergize well with your kit.

Situational Items

Situational Items

Frozen Heart	Athene’s Unholy Grail	Zeke’s Convergence

Frozen Heart – Frozen Heart is a good item for Nami if the enemy team has a lot of champions that relies on attack speed and auto-attacks.

Zeke’s Convergence – Get this item if you trust your ADC to carry the team in team fights. The only problem with this item is that it is more compatible with tanky supports since getting a Solari or redemption is a better option for Nami.

Playing Against

Nami’s Ultimate (R) Tidal Wave is a slow moving crowd control that can easily be avoided. Don’t stick with your team if you think Nami will use her ultimate.
Nami is vulnerable when her (Q) Aqua Prison. It can also be avoided easily because it has a very small cast area.
Be careful when dealing with an ADC with the (E) Tidecaller’s Blessing effect because he will deal more damage and slow you.
Focusing on Nami first can increase your chances of winning in a team fight since Nami is one of the top peeler supports in the game.
She is also a very squishy champion that can easily be killed if crowd controlled or engaged.

Hard Counters

Blitzcrank – Blitzcrank can easily destroy her in the laning phase, given he lands the hooks. Blitzcrank’s Rocket Grab can pull Nami towards the enemies, and the additional Powerfist and Static Field will kill Nami before she even cast a skill.

Lulu – Lulu is also a champion that is a good peeler and has little offensive skills in her kit. Although not a real counter in a sense that she can kill her, Lulu can make her ADC survive the onslaught of any the Tidecaller’s kit.

Leona – Leona has a kit that can stick to Nami whatever she do. Leona usually can all-in a lane at the early stages of the laning phase, giving Nami a hard time in sustaining and poking their enemy. With a lot of crowd control in Leona’s arsenal, Nami won’t have a chance after level 6.

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