Champion sheet · Support

Nami

Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · EUW

Tournament presence · pick + ban

10.2%#74 of 173 champions

Pick: 6.7%picked in 463 of 6,904 games
Ban: 3.5%118 bans over 3,418 games, against 0.8% in soloQ

Win rate as Support47.7% between 43.9% and 51.6% over 463 gamesSoloQ 49.8%: no clear gap

Median length29.1 minsoloQ 27.8 min

Amateur: 6,931 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, EUW. SoloQ Master+: 372,957 games on the same patches. An amateur figure in gold clearly differs from soloQ.

At a glance

Four answers, each one opens its chapter.

What changes in tournaments3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Support.DraftLength
How to play itSummon Aery, then Rabadon's Deathcap, Archangel's Staff, and Cryptbloom: the most played build in soloQ.
In a compLets allies carry kills first: lets allies carry more than 81% of supports.TeamfightLets allies carry
With / againstBetter than expected against Ahri in amateur play: +12.1 pts over 49 games, range above zero.+12.1 pt49 games
In draftTaken at any point of the series.

01 — What changes in tournaments

What changes in tournaments?

3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Support.

DraftPicked less often in amateur play
Amateur
3.3%
SoloQ
5.5%
3.3% of the role's picks in amateur play, against 5.5% in soloQ.
DraftBanned more often in amateur play
Amateur
3.6%
SoloQ
0.8%
3.6% ban rate in amateur play over 2,100 games, against 0.8% in soloQ over 166,064 games.
LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
29.1 min
SoloQ
27.8 min
Median of 29.1 min in amateur play, against 27.8 min in soloQ.

Not enough games to judge: core.

02 — How to play it

How to play it?

Summon Aery, then Rabadon's Deathcap, Archangel's Staff, and Cryptbloom: the most played build in soloQ.

SoloQ build, amateur differences under each block

RunesSummon Aery98% · 41,712

Same in amateur play

SpellsFlash + Heal91% · 38,913

Same in amateur play

SkillsWnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 97% · 70 games

Core (3 legendaries)— · 3

Rabadon's Deathcap
Archangel's Staff
Cryptbloom

Not collected in soloQ: starting items, 4th item, and skill order.

03 — In a comp

What does it bring to a comp?

Lets allies carry kills first: lets allies carry more than 81% of supports.

Lets allies carry killstop19%rank 81 of 100
Plays teamfightstop22%57% · supports: 54%

Read on tournament games from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12 (44,638 games) · same reading as the draft review · compared with other supports

What marks it

Teamfight
Lets allies carry

Like other supports

Damage in late game
Crowd control (CC)
Team damage

What it is not

Little map pressure
Few duels
No poke

Damage / min by phase · at equal gold

Rank 23 in lane, 25 in mid game and 37 in late game, out of 100 supports.

227-61 vs 288

274-68 vs 342

353-35 vs 388

Lane · 5–14 minMid game · 15–22Late · 23–30

Namisupports

Gold vs. direct opponent

At 20 min, behind 81% of supports against the direct opponent.

supports

4.1takedowns outside its lane before 15 min; supports: 4.5.

Where it stands among supports · every measure

0 ← less · median · more → 100

Damage in lane · rank 23 of 100 among supports227 · median 288
Damage in mid game · rank 25 of 100 among supports274 · median 342
Damage in late game · rank 37 of 100 among supports353 · median 388
Gold at 15 min · rank 17 of 100 among supports-95 · median +105
Gold at 20 min · rank 19 of 100 among supports-133 · median +193
Map pressure · rank 25 of 100 among supports4.1 · median 4.5
Absorbs damage · rank 20 of 100 among supports246 · median 393
Plays teamfights · rank 78 of 100 among supports57% · median 54%
Takes its kills in duels · rank 10 of 100 among supports13% · median 17%
Lets allies carry kills · rank 81 of 100 among supportsrank 81 of 100
Crowd control (CC) · rank 48 of 100 among supports1 · median 1
Team damage · rank 34 of 100 among supports8% · median 9%

04 — With / against

With whom, against whom?

Better than expected against Ahri in amateur play: +12.1 pts over 49 games, range above zero.

Best results

Ranked by the gap to expected in amateur play, at the lower bound of its interval, at most 5 per role. The other source is a reference.

Against

Topgap to expected

No positive gap in amateur play.

Junglegap to expected

Jarvan IV53.2% · expected 48.1% · 47 g+5.1 ptSoloQ +0.5

Wukong50.0% · expected 47.8% · 54 g+2.2 ptSoloQ +1.2

Midgap to expected

Ahri59.2% · expected 47.0% · 49 g+12.1 ptSoloQ -0.1

Viktor47.7% · expected 47.4% · 44 g+0.3 ptSoloQ +1.3

ADCgap to expected

Sivir59.5% · expected 50.9% · 37 g+8.6 ptSoloQ +1.8

Xayah55.6% · expected 47.3% · 36 g+8.2 ptSoloQ +2.1

Caitlyn49.1% · expected 45.8% · 57 g+3.4 ptSoloQ -1.6

Supportgap to expected

Milio59.0% · expected 49.0% · 39 g+10.0 ptSoloQ +0.7

Rakan48.7% · expected 45.3% · 39 g+3.4 ptSoloQ -0.3

With

Topgap to expected

Ornn47.8% · expected 46.2% · 46 g+1.6 ptSoloQ -0.7

Junglegap to expected

No positive gap in amateur play.

Midgap to expected

Ahri53.5% · expected 48.4% · 43 g+5.1 ptSoloQ +0.1

ADCgap to expected

Corki63.6% · expected 48.3% · 33 g+15.4 ptSoloQ +1.1

Lucian48.1% · expected 46.8% · 54 g+1.3 ptSoloQ -0.1

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