Nami is a ranged support usually played Support on Summoner's Rift. This guide covers Nami in ARAM: Play as a backline enchanter, focusing on healing, peeling, and empowering allies with your abilities.
Nami ARAM Abilities
Nami's abilities grant allied champions bonus movement speed for a short duration.
Sends a bubble to an area, stunning all enemies hit on impact.
Nami sends a bouncing water stream that heals allies and damages enemies as it ricochets.
Empowers an ally, causing their attacks and spells to deal bonus magic damage and slow enemies.
Summons a massive wave that knocks up and slows enemies, granting allies double Surging Tides.
Nami ARAM Playstyle & Tips
Play as a backline enchanter, focusing on healing, peeling, and empowering allies with your abilities. Prioritize positioning to maximize Ebb and Flow bounces and avoid getting caught.
Tips
Use Ebb and Flow (W) to poke and heal in teamfights, prioritizing bouncing it off enemies to allies.
Save Aqua Prison (Q) for disengage or to lock down divers, not random poke.
Tidecaller's Blessing (E) empowers ally auto-attacks-use it on your ADC or burst mage for extra damage and slow.
Place your ultimate (Tidal Wave) to zone or follow up on CC, not as a primary engage in ARAM's tight lanes.
Build enchanter items like Moonstone Renewer or Shurelya's Battlesong to maximize healing and utility.
Combos
Q > R: Land Aqua Prison, then follow with Tidal Wave for extended CC chain.
E > W: Apply Tidecaller's Blessing to an ally, then use Ebb and Flow to heal and damage simultaneously.
R > Q: Use ultimate to knock up, then predict enemy landing spot with Aqua Prison for guaranteed stun.
W > E > auto: Bounce W for heal/poke, empower ally with E, then auto-attack for slow and damage.
Nami ARAM Build Patch 16.13
Runes
Primary — Sorcery
Summon Aery
Manaflow Band
Transcendence
Gathering StormSecondary — Precision
Legend: Haste
Presence of MindSummoners
Skill Order
Max your skills in this order
Starter Items
- 1.
Ruby Crystal - 2.
Tear of the Goddess - 3.
Forbidden Idol
Core Items
- 1.
Imperial Mandate - 2.
Whispering Circlet - 3.
Ionian Boots of Lucidity
Buy / avoid tips (5)
Buy when:
- your team has multiple auto-attackers
- you need to boost ally attack speed
- enemy team has low burst damage
Avoid when:
- your team is full ability power
- enemy has heavy burst to one-shot allies
Options
Buy / avoid tips (5)
Buy when:
- your team has multiple healers or shielders
- enemy has consistent poke damage
- you need to sustain through extended fights
Avoid when:
- your team lacks burst healing or shielding
- enemy can easily burst down low health targets
Options
Buy / avoid tips (5)
Buy when:
- your team has multiple auto-attackers
- you need to boost ally attack speed
- enemy team has low burst damage
Avoid when:
- your team is full ability power
- enemy has heavy burst to one-shot allies
Options
Nami ARAM FAQ
What is the best build for Nami in ARAM?
In ARAM, Nami typically builds core items like Imperial Mandate, Whispering Circlet, Ionian Boots of Lucidity and Summon Aery runes (Sorcery primary, Precision secondary).
What runes should I use for Nami in ARAM?
Take Summon Aery in the Sorcery tree as your keystone, with Precision as your secondary tree for Nami in ARAM.
How do you play Nami in ARAM?
Play as a backline enchanter, focusing on healing, peeling, and empowering allies with your abilities. Prioritize positioning to maximize Ebb and Flow bounces and avoid getting caught.
What is Nami's best combo in ARAM?
Q > R: Land Aqua Prison, then follow with Tidal Wave for extended CC chain.
