Talk:Nami/@comment-3035733-20130524185450/@comment-5955640-20130603225537

I feel like I should say something. A lot of people are playing Nami now and I've been seeing quite a lot of failure. Nami has specific carries she goes well with. You can't team her up with just anyone.

For one thing. She does not set up a kill lane. And if you are facing a kill lane you might be in for slight trouble depending on how well you can peel your ally off whatever the opponent is. She sort of counter initates but that requires powerful skills in knowing the opponents movements even without wards (or just getting clairvoyance). The ult always has two uses. Chained with her other moves (best being Q) or used to hit a target that is fleeing. You can't use it as pure offense and it doesn't set up a teamfight. Only compliments it.

Nami is Squishy. Very Squishy and her passive doesn't give her a strong movement speed boost so you won't be outrunning anyone. Your carry can't be health dependant. By that I mean if they don't have a steroid to make procuring health easier (crits or attack speed) they aren't going to sustain themselves. Nami's heal is good for only dual purposes. You have to use it sparingly as a harassment method. It goes without saying. You will need AP to make heal worth a damn. It's a huge waste of mana to use that spell and have zero AP because you are the support.

She has to be teamed up with bullies. Mentally and kit wise. She stays behind you adding harassment to your basic assault. Caitlyn is her best ADC they syngerize in fantastic ways. Her long range grants Nami wide Berth to move around without being the first to get targeted. Because of her long range she can grant cait E and Caitlyn can very easily apply it. Nami's Q and Caitlyn's W can be used in tandem with either one setting the other up. Due to caitlyn being harder to harass Nami's W will preserve her longer and during a chase will help take out the target. Their ults amusingly take out opponents.

Together they do actually make a kill lane which makes them extremely effective. That is Nami at her best. And ADC that won't let anyone touch her will then grant Nami the chance to ravage the opponent.