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Nami Support build & stats

SupportMage B 320 games · patch 16.18
Win rate
51.6%
Pick rate
7.6%
Ban rate
0.9%
Division
All divisions

Recommended build

Chosen by win rate among builds with enough games, from ranked matches of high-elo players on patch 16.18

Solid sample

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
64.3% WR 14 games

Boots

Boots of Swiftness
Boots of Swiftness
1,000 gold
61.9% 21 games

Runes

Sorcery Sorcery + Resolve Resolve
77.8% WR
9 games · 3% 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 Heal
52.7% 264 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 51.6% of games as Support on patch 16.18 (320 games).
  • Most common core: Ardent Censer → Moonstone Renewer → Echoes of Helia — 33% win rate over 15 games.
  • Take Summon Aery as keystone: picked in 95% of games with a 52% win rate.
  • Best matchup: Blitzcrank (79% over 14 games). Hardest: Morgana (33% over 9 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
33.3% WR
15 games · 5% pick
Staff of Flowing Water
Staff of Flowing Water
Moonstone Renewer
Moonstone Renewer
Echoes of Helia
Echoes of Helia
64.3% WR
14 games · 4% pick
Ardent Censer
Ardent Censer
Imperial Mandate
Imperial Mandate
Moonstone Renewer
Moonstone Renewer
71.4% WR
7 games · 2% pick

Boots

Ionian Boots of Lucidity
Ionian Boots of Lucidity
51.4% WR
286 games · 89% pick
Boots of Swiftness
Boots of Swiftness
61.9% WR
21 games · 7% pick

Legendary items by win rate

ItemWin ratePick
75.0% 1% (4)
66.7% 1% (3)
65.7% 11% (35)
57.1% 9% (28)
55.6% 8% (27)
55.1% 24% (78)
53.8% 25% (80)
53.3% 52% (167)
52.6% 65% (209)
50.5% 32% (103)
42.9% 2% (7)
37.5% 3% (8)

Runes

Most played full pages and keystone win rates

Sorcery Sorcery + Resolve Resolve
55.6% WR
180 games · 56% 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
41.4% WR
29 games · 9% pick
Summon Aery Manaflow Band Transcendence Scorch Biscuit Delivery Cosmic Insight
Sorcery Sorcery + Resolve Resolve
30.0% WR
10 games · 3% pick
Summon Aery Manaflow Band Transcendence Scorch Revitalize Bone Plating

Keystones

  • Summon Aery Summon Aery Your attacks and abilities send Aery to a target, damaging enemies or shielding allies. 52.1%95% pick
  • Electrocute Electrocute Hitting a champion with 3 separate attacks or abilities in 3s deals bonus adaptive damage. 50.0%4% pick
  • Arcane Comet Arcane Comet Damaging a champion with an ability hurls a damaging comet at their location. 25.0%1% pick

Summoner spells

  • Flash Heal Flash + Heal 52.7%83% pick
  • Exhaust Flash Exhaust + Flash 50.0%14% pick
  • Flash Ignite Flash + Ignite 25.0%3% pick

Abilities & skill order

  • 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.