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the Tidecaller

Nami Support build & stats

SupportMage A 414 games · patch 16.17
Win rate
54.4%
Pick rate
10.1%
Ban rate
1.1%
Division
All divisions

Recommended build

Chosen by win rate among builds with enough games, from ranked matches of high-elo players on patch 16.17

Solid sample

Start with

Health Potion
Health Potion
50 gold
Health Potion
Health Potion
50 gold
46.2% 13 games

Finish these three

Staff of Flowing Water
Staff of Flowing Water
2,250 gold
Moonstone Renewer
Moonstone Renewer
2,200 gold
Echoes of Helia
Echoes of Helia
2,200 gold
6,650 gold
75.0% WR 16 games

Boots

Plated Steelcaps
Plated Steelcaps
1,200 gold
77.8% 9 games

Runes

Sorcery Sorcery + Resolve Resolve
59.7% WR
216 games · 52% pick
Summon Aery
Summon Aery

Your attacks and abilities send Aery to a target, damaging enemies or shielding allies.

Sorcery Sorcery
Summon Aery Arcane Comet Stormraider's Surge Deathfire Touch
Axiom Arcanist Manaflow Band Nimbus Cloak
Transcendence Absolute Focus Celerity
Waterwalking Gathering Storm Scorch
Resolve Resolve
Shield Bash Demolish Font of Life
Conditioning Second Wind Bone Plating
Unflinching Overgrowth Revitalize
Shards
Adaptive Force Attack Speed Ability Haste
Adaptive Force Move Speed Health Scaling
Health Tenacity and Slow Resist Health Scaling

Summoner spells

Flash Ignite
64.3% 14 games

Max order

Ebb and Flow W Tidecaller's Blessing E Aqua Prison Q
28.6% 7 games

Each line is the variant with the best win rate among those played enough times, not simply the most popular one. Win rates are smoothed so a lucky three-game build can't top the list. Sample sizes are shown next to every choice.

Tips for Nami

Generated from this patch's numbers

  • Nami wins 54.4% of games as Support on patch 16.17 (414 games).
  • Most common core: Ardent Censer → Moonstone Renewer → Echoes of Helia — 40% win rate over 20 games.
  • Take Summon Aery as keystone: picked in 93% of games with a 56% win rate.
  • Best matchup: Bard (70% over 10 games). Hardest: Karma (27% over 15 games) — consider a ban or a different pick when you see it.

Items

Most common sets of three completed items

Core build

Ardent Censer
Ardent Censer
Moonstone Renewer
Moonstone Renewer
Echoes of Helia
Echoes of Helia
40.0% WR
20 games · 5% pick
Staff of Flowing Water
Staff of Flowing Water
Moonstone Renewer
Moonstone Renewer
Echoes of Helia
Echoes of Helia
75.0% WR
16 games · 4% pick
Ardent Censer
Ardent Censer
Imperial Mandate
Imperial Mandate
Moonstone Renewer
Moonstone Renewer
75.0% WR
12 games · 3% pick

Starting items

Health Potion
Health Potion
Health Potion
Health Potion
46.2% WR
13 games · 3% pick

Boots

Ionian Boots of Lucidity
Ionian Boots of Lucidity
53.8% WR
357 games · 86% pick
Boots of Swiftness
Boots of Swiftness
63.0% WR
27 games · 7% pick
Plated Steelcaps
Plated Steelcaps
77.8% WR
9 games · 2% pick

Legendary items by win rate

ItemWin ratePick
100.0% 1% (4)
66.7% 2% (9)
61.0% 30% (123)
60.9% 27% (110)
57.2% 50% (208)
56.0% 62% (257)
55.6% 2% (9)
55.1% 21% (89)
54.2% 14% (59)
51.3% 9% (39)
51.1% 11% (45)
44.4% 2% (9)

Runes

Most played full pages and keystone win rates

Sorcery Sorcery + Resolve Resolve
59.7% WR
216 games · 52% pick
Summon Aery
Summon Aery

Your attacks and abilities send Aery to a target, damaging enemies or shielding allies.

Sorcery Sorcery
Summon Aery Arcane Comet Stormraider's Surge Deathfire Touch
Axiom Arcanist Manaflow Band Nimbus Cloak
Transcendence Absolute Focus Celerity
Waterwalking Gathering Storm Scorch
Resolve Resolve
Shield Bash Demolish Font of Life
Conditioning Second Wind Bone Plating
Unflinching Overgrowth Revitalize
Shards
Adaptive Force Attack Speed Ability Haste
Adaptive Force Move Speed Health Scaling
Health Tenacity and Slow Resist Health Scaling
Sorcery Sorcery + Inspiration Inspiration
59.6% WR
47 games · 11% pick
Summon Aery Manaflow Band Transcendence Scorch Biscuit Delivery Cosmic Insight
Domination Domination + Sorcery Sorcery
38.9% WR
18 games · 4% pick
Electrocute Cheap Shot Grisly Mementos Relentless Hunter Manaflow Band Scorch

Keystones

  • Summon Aery Summon Aery Your attacks and abilities send Aery to a target, damaging enemies or shielding allies. 55.8%93% pick
  • Electrocute Electrocute Hitting a champion with 3 separate attacks or abilities in 3s deals bonus adaptive damage. 36.8%5% pick

Summoner spells

  • Flash Heal Flash + Heal 55.0%85% pick
  • Exhaust Flash Exhaust + Flash 48.9%11% pick
  • Flash Ignite Flash + Ignite 64.3%3% pick

Abilities & skill order

Which ability to max first, from match timelines

Ebb and Flow W Tidecaller's Blessing E Aqua Prison Q 28.6%7 games

Most common first three levels: W → E → Q (42%).

  • PSurging Tides

    When Nami's Abilities hit allied champions they gain Move Speed for a short duration.

  • QAqua Prison

    Sends a bubble to a target area, dealing damage and stunning all enemies on impact.

  • WEbb and Flow

    Unleashes a stream of water that bounces back and forth between allied and enemy champions, healing allies and damaging enemies.

  • ETidecaller's Blessing

    Empowers an allied champion for a short duration. The ally's basic attacks and spells deal bonus magic damage and slow the target.

  • RTidal Wave

    Summons a massive Tidal Wave that knocks up, slows, and damages enemies. Allies hit gain double the effect of Surging Tides.