gmorning!!! my name is euna and i have over 4 million mastery points on nami across all my accounts :D

i have 3 master tier accounts and was rank 1 nami in the world for a while!!

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nami is my comfort champion. she's pretty simple to understand, so a lot of the skill comes from what you can do outside of using her abilities!!

i'll be telling you some of the stuff i've learned over the many years of playing her, and hopefully you'll learn something new xx

i stream almost daily here: twitch.tv/eunaku
(i'd be happy to give more tips on nami/support, and also am down for coaching as well!!)

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well.. you should only play her if you want...


BUT there are a lot of cool things about her!!

first of all, she's a fish. you can make all kinds of water and bait jokes with your friends XD

secondly, since her abilities are so basic, you can focus more on the macro play of the game as the support and truly help your team to the highest potential possible (warding, back timers, setting up waves/freezes, objectives, etc).

Note: ADC Nami Does Not Work.

"if you look good, you feel good. if you feel good, you play g̶o̶o̶d̶ well." -me

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jokes aside, some of her skins (B tier downwards, exception of her classic) feels heavy/clunky to play, like instead of using water, nami is using cooking oil

world atlas is the support item! you poke with abilities/autoattacks, and execute minions under 30% of its maximum health (with autos) to gain stacks, and at 500 gold stacks, it turns into a warding item (runic compass). be careful when using this that you know the proper time to walk up and poke because they'll be expecting you to do that and they will engage or poke back. after you gain 800 gold (through getting stacks), it transforms to "bounty of worlds" - i always upgrade this free item to "Solstice Sleigh"

ALWAYS MANDATE FIRST!!! IT IS ESPECIALLY GOOD WHEN YOU HAVE ASSASSINS BECAUSE IT GIVES EXTRA BURST DAMAGE AND BOOST OF MOVEMENT SPEED

MOONSTONE RENEWER IS GOOD WHEN AHEAD!!!

REDEPEMTION IS GOOD WHEN YOU ARE EVEN OR BEHIND; THE PASSIVE HEALING IS CRAZY and the active is awesome too :D

to decide which one you need AFTER PRUCHASING MANDATE, ask yourself these questions:

1. are we ahead in gold/kills/objectives?

2. is my team a late game scaling comp? (ezreal/ornn/yasuo/etc.)

3. do i have 2-3 melee bruisers on my team? (irelia, udyr, camille, etc.)

if you said yes two or more times, then buy moonstone renewer!

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right before making the mythic purchase:

i also like to take into consideration the state of the game.

if i think we will win through picks (elise/nidalee/taliyah), then i'll just go imperial mandate. that item is very fun <|:D

Ionian Boots of Lucidity the ability haste is just so good. buy defensive boots if you are dying a lot.

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Staff of Flowing Water this item synergizes so well with nami!! with summonaery (rune), your E can potentially shield an aly, which will grant extra ap! the meta is very mage bot centric~ the synergy with this item will excelerate your lead!!!

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Oblivion Orb buy this if they have healing. ( Seraphine, Soraka, Yone, Vladimir. just sit on this item until the very end, then upgrade to morellonomicon!!

Shurelya's Battlesong shurelya's is bought when your team needs a bit of help with engaging or disengaging!! good to help these certain champs to engage: Twisted Fate, Hecarim, Fiddlesticks good for helping disengaging from bad team fights~

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Mikael's Blessing this item is for when the enemy team has a very burst-heavy mage ( LeBlanc, Taliyah, etc) or they are very heavy on cc ( Sejuani, Ashe, Twisted Fate, etc.)

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Ardent Censer PERSONALLY i do not like this item and don't build it. BUT if you somehow wind up having 3 or 4 other autoattack champions on the same team and they're ahead, go crazy and buy this item!!

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Watchful Wardstone late game, you can purchase this item. once i've finished every other item, that's when i upgrade because i think other items that i listed above still provide so much more than its base stats and an extra control ward. this slot will take up the space that you should be keeping open for pink/control wards anyways!! upgrade to "Vigilant Wardstone" ASAP to increase the cap of your ward hold limit by 1.

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Surging Tides ♥ passive is small movespeed granted on abilities that touch u or an allied champion ♡ Can be used to grant movespeed to u and ur allies ♥ very good

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Aqua Prison ♡ q is bubble (defined as a suspension: stun/airborne) ♥ my bubble land rate is about 4 out of every 10 ♡ land it, good chance they r heavily poked or dead ♥ Usually better to use as disengage rather than engage

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Ebb and Flow ♥ w is BREAD N BUTTER!!! THE BEST PART OF HER KIT YUM YUM ♡ it's ok to use indicators to get used to the range ♥ smart cast or smart cast + indicators is best tho ♡ the water will bounce twice (heal>damage>heal or damage>heal>damage) if in range ♥ always look for what is best to use (healing allies is prio or if not, better for poke)

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Tidecaller's Blessing ♡ e is target spell that will empower the targeted user's next 3 abilities/auto attacks ♥ buff application to abilities is HUGE ♡ can apply to u or allies ♥ paired w/ passive move speed is disgusting, good for trading

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Tidal Wave ♥ BIG WAVE!!! woosh~~ ♡ knocks ppl up ♥ i still use indicator just for this ability haha

TIPS AND TRICKS

✦ Aqua Prison gives movespeed too because of nami's passive Surging Tides! when walking back to lane or in general when u know ur not gonna use q during its cd, can give slight movement speed to lane if u land on both u and laner



✦ ultimate Tidal Wave gives DOUBLE movespeed!! even if u dont land it, if it lands on ur teammate then they can either catch up to enemy to secure kill or help them run away faster



✦ one of nami's combos is q>r or r>q.

using Q followed up by R is better because the suspension for the Q ability is 1.5 seconds which will give enough time for the R to cast+travel to the enemy without giving them a chance to flash, but Q is harder to land which makes this combo more difficult.


R followed up by Q is okay as well but it’s less reliable as the knock-up for the ult is only .5 seconds, and the cast time for q to land gives the enemy a small window to flash away.



✦ stealing objectives with q or r is difficult to time but NOT IMPOSSIBLE!!! good to try always, especially since after objectives are taken, ur most likely not team fighting (empower your ult/q with your E so that you deal a little more damage)



✦ the more u play nami, the more u will learn her cast times and get used to it.

when running away, e is best ability because of its very low cast time, w is only safe to use if they don’t have a gap closer the same distance as w range (because the cast time will slow u down and get u killed like panth stun). same goes with your bubble.



✦ E can be casted on ally as their ability is traveling and it will apply as the ability hits ( Ezreal q/r, Varus q/r, Jhin q/w/r, Syndra q/w/e/r, etc.)

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as soon as u hit 6, GANK MID AND HELP JG!!!!!

bot lane is no longer ur priority; try to help other laners, bring ur (hopefully not) losing mid/jg down to bot for free kills >:D

» look for who is fed on ur team and run w it

» FUNNEL FUNNEL FUNNEL

» PEEL PEEL PEEL

» some games r unwinnable.

» more often than not, u r a losing lane/weakside bot unless ur adc is strong early (draven, lucian, tristana)

» this means if ur 2 other solo laners are also losing lanes, ur game is most likely doomed

» Sorry.

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if you made it all the way down here, thank you for taking the time to read my guide ;w; i really enjoyed sitting down and writing what i know to that it may help you in your journey to learning nami!!

playing nami so much has not dulled my interest in her in the slightest; everyday, I feel like there's still something more i can learn or something i can do better, and I strive to always be improving.

comment if you have any questions!!

feel free to drop by my stream if you wanna see some live gameplay or have any specifics you want answered right away <3

twitch.tv/eunaku

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