Support Matchup

Nami vs Vel'Koz

Patch: 15.15 (25.15)
League: Platinum+
Nami

Nami

the Tidecaller
Support
Nami Support Overall Win Rate
52.39%

Matchup Win Rate

52.4%
Nami vs Vel'Koz Wins
⚔
47.6%
Vel'Koz vs Nami Wins
Vel'Koz

Vel'Koz

the Eye of the Void
Support
Vel'Koz Support Overall Win Rate
50.14%

Nami vs Vel'Koz - Support Matchup Guide Patch 15.15 (25.15)

Nami Support vs Vel'Koz Support - Who is stronger?

Nami Support has an advantage against Vel'Koz (52.4% win rate) based on 1296 games. The matchup leans toward Nami.

View detailed statistics below: items, runes, and counter builds for Nami Support vs Vel'Koz Support in patch 15.15 (25.15), including win rates and pick rates. With proper study, this can improve your chances of victory up to 70%+ in this matchup.

Statistical Matchup Analysis

Nami dominates the meta (3rd most popular, 11.7% pick rate) and regularly clashes with Vel'Koz (2.4% pick rate). Understanding this common matchup forms the foundation of consistent gameplay for one of support's current powerhouses. Meta strength confirmed: Nami's superior tier rating (S+ vs B+) translates into a solid 52.4% matchup win rate. This performance explains why Nami ranks 3rd in win rate among Support champions. Nami shows excellent consistency, combining a strong 52.4% overall win rate with matchup success. Optimize for consistency: Summon Aery paired with Manaflow Band (60.4% win rate, 1.6% popularity) provides the stats you need, while the item sequence Imperial Mandate > Ardent Censer > Shurelya's Battlesong with Ionian Boots of Lucidity delivers 70%+ win rate against Vel'Koz.

Lane wins, vision lags: While winning the matchup (52.38%), Nami trails in vision control (0.85 vs 0.94 wards/min). Better map coverage could unlock even greater team advantages. Quality over quantity: Nami wins through smart play rather than raw damage - despite lower DPS (318 vs 691/min), the 52.4% win rate shows superior utility, positioning, and team fight impact. Statistical dominance: Nami leads in both matchup win rate (52.4%) and KDA (3.40 vs 2.30) - complete superiority across all metrics.

Nami vs Vel'Koz - Support Stats Comparison

Nami Support
Nami Support		Versus
Vel'Koz Support
Vel'Koz Support
S+TierB+
52.4%Matchup Winrate47.6%
52.39%Role Winrate50.14%
#3Winrate Rank#20
11.7%Pickrate2.4%
3.4Average KDA2.3
284Gold per Minute313
0.85Wards per Minute0.94
318Damage per Minute691

How to Beat Vel'Koz as Nami (Support)

The Nami versus Vel'Koz matchup as support is favorable with proper positioning. Use your statistical advantage and prevent the opponent from realizing their potential.

The magic damage that Nami deals remains relevant in the late game. Look for opportunities to initiate or counter-initiate. Meanwhile, Vel'Koz deals primarily magic damage (72.66%), additional magic resistance may be required.

Consider the excellent vision control demonstrated by Vel'Koz, ranking 21st (versus 32nd for Nami) in ward placement among supports. This means the opponent provides better map vision for their team. Meanwhile, their lower KDA (2.3 versus 3.4) suggests they are less effective in team fights.

Key aspects of the Nami Support versus Vel'Koz Support matchup

Despite the statistical advantage in the matchup, overconfidence can be the main mistake. It is important for the Nami player to maintain constant pressure on Vel'Koz, not allowing the opponent to safely scale up, and actively use the advantage gained to help their team.

Nami vs Vel'Koz: Support Summoner Spells

Most Popular

Flash
Flash Teleports you a short distance toward your cursor.
Heal
Heal Restores Health and grants Move Speed to you and target allied champion.
53.1% Win Rate77.2% Pick Rate

Highest Win Rate

Flash
Flash Teleports you a short distance toward your cursor.
Heal
Heal Restores Health and grants Move Speed to you and target allied champion.
53.1% Win Rate77.2% Pick Rate

Nami vs Vel'Koz: Support Runes

Most Frequent Runes

Primary Path
Sorcery
Summon Aery
Summon Aery Damaging enemy champions with basic attacks or abilities sends Aery to them, dealing 10 - 50 based on level (+0.05 AP) (+0.1 bonus AD).

Empowering or protecting allies with abilities sends Aery to them, shielding them for 30 - 100 based on level (+0.05 AP) (+0.1 bonus AD).

Aery cannot be sent out again until she returns to you.

Summon Aery

Damaging enemy champions with basic attacks or abilities sends Aery to them, dealing 10 -…

Manaflow Band
Manaflow Band Hitting an enemy champion with an ability permanently increases your maximum mana by 25, up to 250 mana.

After reaching 250 bonus mana, restore 1% of your missing mana every 5 seconds.

Cooldown: 15 seconds

Manaflow Band

Hitting an enemy champion with an ability permanently increases your maximum ma…

Transcendence
Transcendence Gain bonuses upon reaching the following levels:
Level 5: +5 Ability Haste
Level 8: +5 Ability Haste
Level 11: On Champion takedown, reduce the remaining cooldown of basic abilities by 20%.

Transcendence

Gain bonuses upon reaching the following levels:Level 5: +5 Ability Haste Level…

Scorch
Scorch Your next damaging ability hit sets champions on fire dealing 20 - 40 bonus magic damage based on level after 1s.

Cooldown: 10s

Scorch

Your next damaging ability hit sets champions on fire dealing 20 - 40 bonus mag…

Secondary Path
Resolve
Bone Plating
Bone Plating After taking damage from an enemy champion, the next 3 spells or attacks you receive from them deal 30-60 (based on level) less damage.

Duration: 1.5s
Cooldown: 55s

Bone Plating

After taking damage from an enemy champion, the next 3 spells or attacks you re…

Revitalize
Revitalize Gain 5% Heal and Shield Power.

Heals and shields you cast or receive are 10% stronger on targets below 40% health.

Revitalize

Gain 5% Heal and Shield Power.Heals and shields you cast or receive are 10% str…

Adaptive
Adaptive Force
Adaptive Force Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

Adaptive Force

Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

Adaptive Force
Adaptive Force Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

Adaptive Force

Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

Scaling Health
Scaling Health Increases health from 10 to 180 HP across levels 1-18

Scaling Health

Increases health from 10 to 180 HP across levels 1-18

54.5% Win Rate72.7% Pick Rate

Best Win Rate Runes

Primary Path
Sorcery
Summon Aery
Summon Aery Damaging enemy champions with basic attacks or abilities sends Aery to them, dealing 10 - 50 based on level (+0.05 AP) (+0.1 bonus AD).

Empowering or protecting allies with abilities sends Aery to them, shielding them for 30 - 100 based on level (+0.05 AP) (+0.1 bonus AD).

Aery cannot be sent out again until she returns to you.

Summon Aery

Damaging enemy champions with basic attacks or abilities sends Aery to them, dealing 10 -…

Manaflow Band
Manaflow Band Hitting an enemy champion with an ability permanently increases your maximum mana by 25, up to 250 mana.

After reaching 250 bonus mana, restore 1% of your missing mana every 5 seconds.

Cooldown: 15 seconds

Manaflow Band

Hitting an enemy champion with an ability permanently increases your maximum ma…

Transcendence
Transcendence Gain bonuses upon reaching the following levels:
Level 5: +5 Ability Haste
Level 8: +5 Ability Haste
Level 11: On Champion takedown, reduce the remaining cooldown of basic abilities by 20%.

Transcendence

Gain bonuses upon reaching the following levels:Level 5: +5 Ability Haste Level…

Scorch
Scorch Your next damaging ability hit sets champions on fire dealing 20 - 40 bonus magic damage based on level after 1s.

Cooldown: 10s

Scorch

Your next damaging ability hit sets champions on fire dealing 20 - 40 bonus mag…

Secondary Path
Domination
Cheap Shot
Cheap Shot Damaging champions with impaired movement or actions deals 10 - 45 bonus true damage (based on level).

Cooldown: 4s
Activates on damage occurring after the impairment.

Cheap Shot

Damaging champions with impaired movement or actions deals 10 - 45 bonus true d…

Relentless Hunter
Relentless Hunter Gain 8 Move Speed out of combat per Bounty Hunter stack. Bounty Hunter stacks are earned the first time you get a takedown on each enemy champion.

Relentless Hunter

Gain 8 Move Speed out of combat per Bounty Hunter stack. Bounty Hunter stacks a…

Adaptive
Adaptive Force
Adaptive Force Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

Adaptive Force

Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

Adaptive Force
Adaptive Force Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

Adaptive Force

Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

Scaling Health
Scaling Health Increases health from 10 to 180 HP across levels 1-18

Scaling Health

Increases health from 10 to 180 HP across levels 1-18

60.4% Win Rate1.6% Pick Rate

Nami vs Vel'Koz: Support Item Builds

Most Popular Build

Starting Items
Stealth Ward
Stealth Ward (0 gold) Active (210 - 120s, max 2 charges)
Places an Invisible Stealth Ward that grants vision for 90-120 seconds.
World Atlas
World Atlas (400 gold)
Health Potion
Health Potion (50 gold) Consume
Restores 120 Health over 15 seconds.
52.6% Win Rate91.4% Pick Rate
Popular Boots
Ionian Boots of Lucidity
Ionian Boots of Lucidity (900 gold) 10 Ability Haste
45 Move Speed
Ionian Insight
Gain 10 Summoner Spell Haste.
53.7% Win Rate84.6% Pick Rate
Boots of Swiftness
Boots of Swiftness (1000 gold) 60 Move Speed
Fleetfooted
Reduce the effectiveness of Slows by 25%.
50.1% Win Rate5.2% Pick Rate
Sorcerer's Shoes
Sorcerer's Shoes (1100 gold) 12 Magic Penetration
45 Move Speed
33.0% Win Rate1.3% Pick Rate
Core Build
Bandleglass Mirror
Bandleglass Mirror (900 gold) 20 Ability Power
100% Base Mana Regen
10 Ability Haste
->
Imperial Mandate
Imperial Mandate (2250 gold) 60 Ability Power
20 Ability Haste
125% Base Mana Regen
Coordinated Fire (0s) per target
Slowing or Immobilizing an enemy champion marks them for 5 seconds. Ally champion damage detonates the mark, dealing magic damage equal to 10% of current health.
Moonstone Renewer
Moonstone Renewer (2200 gold) 25 Ability Power
200 Health
20 Ability Haste
125% Base Mana Regen
Starlit Grace
Healing or shielding an ally chains the effect to another ally (excluding yourself), healing 30% or shielding 35% of the original amount.
Ardent Censer
Ardent Censer (2200 gold) 45 Ability Power
10% Heal and Shield Power
125% Base Mana Regen
4% Move Speed
Sanctify
Healing or Shielding an ally enhances you both for 6 seconds, granting 25% Attack Speed and 20 magic damageOn-Hit.
61.4% Win Rate8.9% Pick Rate
Final Build
Dawncore
Dawncore (2500 gold) 45 Ability Power
16% Heal and Shield Power
100% Base Mana Regen
First Light
Gain 2% Heal and Shield Power and 10 Ability Power per 100% Base Mana Regen.
65.6% Win Rate18.9% Pick Rate

Best Win Rate Build

Starting Items
Oracle Lens
Oracle Lens (0 gold) Active (160 - 100s, max 2 charges)
Reveals enemy Stealth Wards and traps around you for 6 seconds.
World Atlas
World Atlas (400 gold)
Health Potion
Health Potion (50 gold) Consume
Restores 120 Health over 15 seconds.
61.4% Win Rate2.7% Pick Rate
Highest Winrate Boots
Ionian Boots of Lucidity
Ionian Boots of Lucidity (900 gold) 10 Ability Haste
45 Move Speed
Ionian Insight
Gain 10 Summoner Spell Haste.
53.7% Win Rate84.6% Pick Rate
Boots of Swiftness
Boots of Swiftness (1000 gold) 60 Move Speed
Fleetfooted
Reduce the effectiveness of Slows by 25%.
50.1% Win Rate5.2% Pick Rate
Symbiotic Soles
Symbiotic Soles (900 gold) 40 Move Speed
Voidborn
Gain Empowered Recall.
Symbiosis
After traveling 150000 units of distance, transform into Synchronized Souls.
39.6% Win Rate0.5% Pick Rate
Core Build
Bandleglass Mirror
Bandleglass Mirror (900 gold) 20 Ability Power
100% Base Mana Regen
10 Ability Haste
->
Imperial Mandate
Imperial Mandate (2250 gold) 60 Ability Power
20 Ability Haste
125% Base Mana Regen
Coordinated Fire (0s) per target
Slowing or Immobilizing an enemy champion marks them for 5 seconds. Ally champion damage detonates the mark, dealing magic damage equal to 10% of current health.
Ardent Censer
Ardent Censer (2200 gold) 45 Ability Power
10% Heal and Shield Power
125% Base Mana Regen
4% Move Speed
Sanctify
Healing or Shielding an ally enhances you both for 6 seconds, granting 25% Attack Speed and 20 magic damageOn-Hit.
Shurelya's Battlesong
Shurelya's Battlesong (2200 gold) 50 Ability Power
15 Ability Haste
4% Move Speed
125% Base Mana Regen
Inspiring Speech
Grant nearby allies 30% Move Speed for 4 seconds.
89.2% Win Rate2.6% Pick Rate
Final Build
Redemption
Redemption (2300 gold) 200 Health
15 Ability Haste
100% Base Mana Regen
10% Heal and Shield Power
Intervention
Restore 200 - 400 Health to allied champions and deal 10% max Health true damage to enemy champions after 2.5 seconds.
98.8% Win Rate12.6% Pick Rate
Other Items
Redemption
Redemption (2300 gold) 200 Health
15 Ability Haste
100% Base Mana Regen
10% Heal and Shield Power
Intervention
Restore 200 - 400 Health to allied champions and deal 10% max Health true damage to enemy champions after 2.5 seconds.
98.8% Win Rate12.6% Pick Rate
Staff of Flowing Water
Staff of Flowing Water (2250 gold) 35 Ability Power
10% Heal and Shield Power
125% Base Mana Regen
15 Ability Haste
Rapids
Healing or Shielding an ally grants you both 45 Ability Power for 6 seconds.
49.0% Win Rate12.4% Pick Rate
Shurelya's Battlesong
Shurelya's Battlesong (2200 gold) 50 Ability Power
15 Ability Haste
4% Move Speed
125% Base Mana Regen
Inspiring Speech
Grant nearby allies 30% Move Speed for 4 seconds.
50.0% Win Rate12.3% Pick Rate
Force of Nature
Force of Nature (2800 gold) 400 Health
55 Magic Resist
4% Move Speed
Steadfast
Gain 70 Magic Resist and 6% bonus Move Speed after taking magic damage from Champions 8 times.
0.0% Win Rate6.3% Pick Rate
Kaenic Rookern
Kaenic Rookern (2900 gold) 400 Health
80 Magic Resist
100% Base Health Regen
Magebane
After not taking magic damage for 15 seconds, gain a magic shield.
0.0% Win Rate6.2% Pick Rate
Mejai's Soulstealer
Mejai's Soulstealer (1500 gold) 20 Ability Power
100 Health
Glory
Takedowns grant Glory, up to 25. 10 Glory is lost on death.
Gain 5 Ability Power per Glory and 10% Move Speed at 10 or higher Glory.
98.3% Win Rate6.2% Pick Rate
Banshee's Veil
Banshee's Veil (3000 gold) 105 Ability Power
40 Magic Resist
Annul
Grants a Spell Shield that blocks the next enemy Ability.
0.0% Win Rate6.2% Pick Rate

Nami vs Vel'Koz: Support Skill (abilities) Orders

Most Frequent Skill Order

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Q
Q
Aqua Prison Sends a bubble to a target area, dealing damage and stunning all enemies on impact.
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
W
W
Ebb and Flow Unleashes a stream of water that bounces back and forth between allied and enemy champions, healing allies and damaging enemies.
W
W
W
W
W
E
E
Tidecaller'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.
E
E
E
E
E
R
R
Tidal Wave Summons a massive Tidal Wave that knocks up, slows, and damages enemies. Allies hit gain double the effect of Surging Tides.
R
R
R
Max Order: W > E > Q
53.5% Win Rate53.4% Pick Rate

Highest Win % Skill Order

1
2
3
4
5
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8
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10
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12
13
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R
Q
Aqua Prison Sends a bubble to a target area, dealing damage and stunning all enemies on impact.
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
R
W
Ebb and Flow Unleashes a stream of water that bounces back and forth between allied and enemy champions, healing allies and damaging enemies.
W
W
W
W
W
R
E
Tidecaller'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.
E
E
E
E
E
R
R
Tidal Wave Summons a massive Tidal Wave that knocks up, slows, and damages enemies. Allies hit gain double the effect of Surging Tides.
R
R
R
Max Order: W > E > Q
91.3% Win Rate1.2% Pick Rate

Nami tips:

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

Playing Against Vel'Koz

  • Vel'Koz is very dangerous if left alone in a fight. Try to focus him down early.
  • Vel'Koz has fairly low mobility and is vulnerable to ganks.
  • Life Form Disintegration Ray can be interrupted by stuns, silences and knockups.

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Morgana

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+4.3%
Taric

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Shaco

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+4.0%
Zilean

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+4.0%
Xerath

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+4.0%
Brand

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+3.6%
Janna

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+3.3%
Seraphine

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+2.9%
Maokai

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+2.9%
Rell

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+2.8%
Senna

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+2.8%
Thresh

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+2.7%
Karma

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+2.5%
Soraka

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+2.4%
Bard

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+2.4%
Sona

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+2.4%
Leona

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+2.3%
Neeko

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+2.0%
Elise

Nami vs Elise

Nami
+1.9%
Blitzcrank

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Nami
+1.8%
Braum

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Nami
+1.7%
Lux

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Nami
+1.6%
Pyke

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Nami
+1.6%
Lulu

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+1.3%
Renata Glasc

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+1.2%
Zyra

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+1.1%
Rakan

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Nami
+1.0%
Alistar

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Nami
+0.1%
Fiddlesticks

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Nami
-1.3%
Mel

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Nami
-1.3%
Nautilus

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Nami
-2.4%
Yuumi

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-3.9%
Milio

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