Support Nami Build

Support Nami Build.

Support Nami build with runes and items. Support Nami guide offers in-depth how-to play, skill order and tips. Play Support Nami build in League of Legends Patch 26.2!

Author: Wrekah

TLDR

Starting items
Bandleglass Mirror should be final item in your build.
Tear of the Goddess should be final item in your build.
Quick Skill Order
Nami ability Ebb and Flow should be leveled first.
W
Nami ability Tidecaller's Blessing should be leveled second.
E
Nami ability Aqua Prison should be leveled third.
Q
Final items
Ionian Boots of Lucidity should be final item in your build.
Moonstone Renewer should be final item in your build.
Dawncore should be final item in your build.
Staff of Flowing Water should be final item in your build.
Redemption should be final item in your build.
Diadem of Songs should be final item in your build.
Quick Runes
Major rune Summon Aery from Sorcery tree.
Minor rune Resolve.
Summoner spells
Pick Exhaust as your Summoner Spell.
Pick Flash as your Summoner Spell.

Support Nami Runes

Sorcery
Sorcery major tree Summon Aery rune.
Sorcery major tree Arcane Comet rune.
Sorcery major tree Phase Rush rune.
Sorcery major tree Axiom Arcanist rune.
Sorcery major tree Manaflow Band rune.
Sorcery major tree Nimbus Cloak rune.
Sorcery major tree Transcendence rune.
Sorcery major tree Celerity rune.
Sorcery major tree Absolute Focus rune.
Sorcery major tree Scorch rune.
Sorcery major tree Waterwalking rune.
Sorcery major tree Gathering Storm rune.
Resolve
Resolve minor tree Demolish rune.
Resolve minor tree Font of Life rune.
Resolve minor tree Shield Bash rune.
Resolve minor tree Conditioning rune.
Resolve minor tree Second Wind rune.
Resolve minor tree Bone Plating rune.
Resolve minor tree Overgrowth rune.
Resolve minor tree Revitalize rune.
Resolve minor tree Unflinching rune.
Passive
Passive tree Adaptive Force rune (+9 Adaptive Force).
Passive tree Attack Speed rune (+10% Attack Speed).
Passive tree Ability Haste rune (+8 Ability Haste).
Passive tree Adaptive Force rune (+9 Adaptive Force).
Passive tree Move Speed rune (+2 Movement Speed).
Passive tree Health Scaling rune (+10-180 Health (based on level)).
Passive tree Health rune (+65 Health).
Passive tree Tenacity And Slow Resist rune (+10 Tenacity and Slow Resist).
Passive tree Health Scaling rune (+10-180 Health (based on level)).

Optional Summoner Spells

Heal summoner spell

Heal

OK option. You can take it if you want to have another cooldown to press and more healing output.

Ignite summoner spell

Ignite

Offensive option, improves your damage, gives you additional cooldown to use in fights, but reduces your healing output.

Ghost summoner spell

Ghost

Improves mobility. You can chase, position and flee better. Reduces your healing output, but makes you more agile in fights.

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How it works

General

  1. You support your team by providing healing, shielding and various buffs.
  2. You rush Moonstone Renewer.
  3. You can peel from your carries with Exhaust.

Playstyle

  1. Play safe and focus on supporting your allies. 🛡️
  2. Heal, shield, and buff. ✨
  3. Position behind your frontline. ⏳

How to play

General

Starter items

  1. Start with Tear of the Goddess and Bandleglass Mirror. Rush Moonstone first, then get Diadem of Songs second. Then adapt.
  2. Keep stacking your Tear! The sooner you get it, the sooner you can start healing your team and providing additional sustain.

Adaptation

  1. Your team needs to engage or position? Get items like Shurelya's Battlesong or Trailblazer.
  2. Your team getting poked to death? Consider getting Redemption AND/OR Locket of the Iron Solari next.
  3. If you are just getting poked and cannot manage to stay alive - get Kaenic Rookern or Warmog's Armor (caution: needs enough HP!)
  4. You have tanks, bruisers and your team lack damage? As a last resort, you can buy few items to even help with that!

Countering

  1. Remember to counter an enemy team. For example, if they have lots of healing, get Oblivion Orb early.

Buffing your team

  1. If your team has a lot of AP scaling champs, you can get Staff of the Flowing Water.
  2. If your team has a lot of auto attackers AND/OR melee champs, get Ardent Censer.
  3. If your team has a lot of auto attacks, you can also get Bandlepipes to increase their attack speed.

Tips and Tricks

Champion

  1. Your all abilities trigger your Surging Tides (Passive). You can use Aqua Prison (Q) to speed your allies up.
  2. Aqua Prison (Q) is not the easiest skill shot to land. Slow enemies with your Tidecaller's Blessing (E) first to make it more likely to hit!
  3. You can use Tidecaller's Blessing (E) mid-flight, and it is still going to trigger. I.e., you (or your ally) start auto attacking without a buff, projectile is in flight, you buff, and it is going to trigger, consuming one stack and dealing damage. Surprise!

Riot

  1. Aqua Prison has a long cooldown, make sure to use it at the right moment.
  2. Using Ebb and Flow during an engagement with enemy champions will help sway the battle in your favor.
  3. Nami's ultimate can come in very handy for initiating on enemies who are far away.

Skill Order

  • Nami [object Object] ability.
    Q
    Aqua Prison
  • Nami [object Object] ability.
    W
    Ebb and Flow
  • Nami [object Object] ability.
    E
    Tidecaller's Blessing
  • Nami [object Object] ability.
    R
    Tidal Wave

Items

Starting items
Bandleglass Mirror item.
Tear of the Goddess item.
Boots
Ionian Boots of Lucidity item.
Rush this
Moonstone Renewer item.
Diadem of Songs item.
Good support items
Staff of Flowing Water item.
Echoes of Helia item.
Dawncore item.
Buffing your team
Bandlepipes item.
Staff of Flowing Water item.
Ardent Censer item.
Counter poke
Locket of the Iron Solari item.
Banshee's Veil item.
Kaenic Rookern item.
Warmog's Armor item.
Redemption item.
For engage
Shurelya's Battlesong item.
Trailblazer item.
Situational items
Additional considerations for these items is advised!
Mikael's Blessing item.
Knight's Vow item.
Counter healing
Oblivion Orb item.
Morellonomicon item.
Situational dmg items
Rabadon's Deathcap item.
Cosmic Drive item.
Imperial Mandate item.
Cryptbloom item.
Liandry's Torment item.
Rod of Ages item.
For survivability
Kaenic Rookern item.
Frozen Heart item.
Banshee's Veil item.
Spirit Visage item.
Zhonya's Hourglass item.
For the last fight
Additional considerations for these items is advised!
Elixir of Iron item.
Elixir of Sorcery item.
Seeker's Armguard item.
Example final build
Ionian Boots of Lucidity item.
Moonstone Renewer item.
Dawncore item.
Staff of Flowing Water item.
Redemption item.
Diadem of Songs item.