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Nami Build Guide by

Nami The Tidecaller

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Runes: Basic

1 2

Sorcery

Summon Aery

Manaflow Band

Transcendence

Scorch

Resolve

Bone Plating

Revitalize

Bonus:

+8 Ability Haste
+9 Adaptive (5.4 AD or 9 AP)
+65 Base Health

Spells:

Norm

Flash

Ignite

Items

Starting Items

First Back

After Quest

Boots

Core Items

Optional Items

Full Build

Ability Order

Nami Passive Ability

Threats & Synergies

Threats

Synergies

Extreme Major Even Minor Tiny

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None Low Ok Strong Ideal

Extreme Threats

Ideal Synergies

Pyke

Extreme

Watch out for his hooks and stun. If either hits its a good chance you are dead

Kai'Sa

Ideal

Synergies

Ideal Strong Ok Low None

Kai'Sa

Ideal

Champion Build Guide

Guide Details

x Intro x Closing x Changelog

Champion

x Pros / Cons x Abilities x Tips & Tricks

Pre-Game

x Masteries x Runes

In-Game

x Items x Gameplay x Strategy

Champ Skins

Support nami

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Abilities

Items

Nami - The Cutie
Ranged, Mage, Support

Synergy: Pretty Good
Support: Strong af
Speciality: Poke

Pros And Cons

Pros

+ Strong Heals
+ Strong Poke
+ Cutie
+ Amazing Voice
+ Interesting Playstyle

Cons

- Very Squishy

- Minimal Damage Late Game
- Not Thresh
- High Mana Consumption Early Game
- Not Much CC

Ability Sequence

#1. Tidal Wave 6 / 11 / 16
#2. Ebb and Flow 1 / 4 / 5 / 7 / 9
#3. Tidecaller's Blessing 2 / 8 / 10 / 12 / 13
#4. Aqua Prison 3 / 14 / 15 / 17 / 18

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As with most champions you put points into R whenever you can. You will be starting with your and then put one point in then Or you can Get before Tidecaller just for the CC. After that you put all your points into Till level 7 then you put a skill point in either Q or E, after you max W. Then you want to max either Q or E Whichever you put the other point in. Remeber to put your Skill points into R on level 11 and 16.

Skill Explanation

Surging Tides (Passive)
RANGE: NA
COST: NA
COOLDOWN: NA

Surge Forward! Surging tides actually pretty useful even though it is just movement speed. You can use it to help you and your adc (Or anyone else) get to lane faster or help them escape/get a kill. Even better you can proc it from your E, W, Q, and R though it will mostly be from E or W.

Aqua Prison (Q)
RANGE: 875
COST: 60 Mana
COOLDOWN: 12 / 11 / 10 / 9 / 8

Your CC The Aqua Prison can take a bit of practice to get used to but it is mostly about predicting where the enemy will go. It can be very useful as itll keep them in place for 1.5 seconds. Its very helpful in stopping a gank as if the jungler comes in you can bubble them.

Ebb and Flow (W)
RANGE: 725
COST: 70 / 85 / 100 / 115 / 130 mana
COOLDOWN: 10

Healz <3 The bread and butter of . You will wanna be using your Ebb and Flow during the early game to poke mostly as it does a good ammount of damage to the enemies allowing your adc to farm a bit easier. Remember that your W can bounce so you can use it on your adc and it will bounce to an enemy then to you if you are all in range for that to happen. Though the heal is weaker when it bounces so if you wanna heal your adc its smarter to start on them.

Tidecaller's Blessing (E)
RANGE: 800
COST: 55 / 60 / 65 / 70 / 75 mana
COOLDOWN: 11

Empower the Autos Your E empowers your targets autos and pairs really well with Ardent censer since it will increase their auto damage and attack speed. Remember it is only 3 autos

Tidal Wave (R)
RANGE: 2750
COST: 60 mana
COOLDOWN: 120 / 110 / 100

The Wave Of Doom Your ult is really useful it slows enemies for 50 / 60 / 70 % and deals 150 / 250 /350 (+60% of AP). The slow duration lasts a minimum of 2 and max of 4 seconds. They are slowed for 4 seconds near the end of the ult but that is also a risk to take as the longer its out the easier it is to step out of its way

Try and only use your Aqua Prison when you feel its pretty easy to hit it. If you just use it to use it leaves you and your adc pretty defenseless and most competent enemy botlanes can use the fact that its on cooldown to all in you and your Adc.
Be careful when using your Ebb and Flow early game since it uses a lot of mana and will cause you to oom fast
You can use Tidal Wave behind teammates to speed them up and hopefully slow the enemy at the same time.

Summoner Spells

SUMMONER SPELLS -

FLASH: Flash is kinda essential on any champion as it can be used defensively and offensively.

Ignite: Ignite is a pretty standard take as it allows you to put out some extra damage and if by chance the enemy escapes the burn could finish them.

Exhaust: This isnt as common as exhaust but it still works since you can use it to secure kills by sowing them ore you can even use it to slow a gank. Its also possible to use your exhaust to land a

Runes Main tree

KEYSTONE
Summon Aery: With these, Nami is able to increase her damage with her poke and also provide a bit of a shield when using her E or W on an ally

MAJOR RUNE
Manaflow Band: This is very useful on Nami as it allows her to gain up to 250 mana. And at 250 you also get 1% of your missing mana every 5 seconds. This helps nami a ton since she very mana hungry.

MINOR RUNE
Transcendence: Cool-down Reduction Helps nami a lot and as you will be building items with cdr you could end up gaining more ap

MINOR RUNE
Scorch: Scorch helps a lot in your early game pokes and seems much better than any of the last tier runes

Runes Secondary - Resolve

Minor Rune
Bone Plating: This allows nami to be a little safer when she is going in for a poke

MINOR RUNE
Revitalize: This causes your heal to be a bit stronger which is gonna help overall.

Runes Secondary - Insperation

Minor Rune
Biscuit Delivery: It allows nami to stay in lane longer as it restores a bit of health but the main reason is the mana restoration.

MINOR RUNE
Time Warp Tonic: Time warp tonic is pretty decent as it instantly gives 50% of the health and mana of the consumable and grants a 5% movement speed buff while under its effects. The downside is it puts the consumable on cool-down until the duration ends

Items

Damage to heal I prefer to rush athene's first then ardent as it helps overall especially with heals but if you are playing with a heavy AA champ sucha as then you may want to get ardent first

Attack Speed + This item is pretty good since it increases attacks speed when you heal or shield (which you will do with w and e) as well as increases heal and shielding too.

Extra wards We want this since it offers good stats including gold income when you damage an enemy champ but since you complete the quest you revive 4 wards (as an active) to place whenever you go back to fountain. This is important since warding is one of your biggest jobs as a support. Its also important as it allows you to change your to an allowing you to clear enemy vision.

Holy Light Redemption really helps during teamfights as you get an aoe heal but it also does a bit of damage. It also is the same as ardent where it gives you increased shielding and healing

Boots

-OR-

Mobility Boots > Movement Mobi boots makes roaming so much easier since it gives a large ammount of movement speed which is good no matter what.
Ionian Boots > CDRThese boots are good for some extra cdr which if you are taking transcendence could mean extra damage. Grab these boots instead of for the extra cdr / damage.