Nami

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Keep in mind that the core build requires you to be able to consistently damage the enemy team with Ebb and Flow and Tidecaller's Blessing in order to optimize Echoes of HeliaEchoes of Helia35 Ability Power200 Health20 Ability Haste125% Base Mana Regen2200 goldUnique – Soul Siphon: Gain 30% of pre-mitigation damage dealt to champions as Soul Charges, up to 80 – 250 (based on level). Healing or shielding an allied champion (excluding yourself) consumes all charges to heal them equal to the consumed amount. healing. If you can't reliably use Echoes, just take the alternative build with Moonstone RenewerMoonstone Renewer25 Ability Power200 Health20 Ability Haste125% Base Mana Regen2200 goldUnique – Starlit Grace: Healing or shielding an allied champion chains the effect to the other nearest and most wounded allied champion within 800 units of them (excluding yourself), granting them 30% of the heal or 35% of the shield's initial strength. If no other allied champions are in the radius, grant the same target an additional 30% of the heal or 35% of the shield.. While Staff of Flowing WaterStaff of Flowing Water35 Ability Power10% Heal and Shield Power125% Base Mana Regen10 Ability Haste2250 goldUnique – Rapids: Healing or shielding allied champions (excluding yourself) grants you and them 40 ability power and 15 ability haste for 6 seconds.'s passive is inactive, disregarding any bonus healing from Augments/Helia/ally's Spirit VisageSpirit Visage400 Health50 Magic Resist10 Ability Haste100% Base Health Regen2700 goldUnique – Boundless Vitality: Increases all healing and shielding received as well as  health regeneration by 25%./ally's HSP, and disregarding any Grievous Wounds debuffs, if you are able to land 2 heal bounces, this is what you can expect: After core build - 364 AP, 33% Heal & Shield Power W1 - 199.9 heal W3 - 362.2 heal total - 562.1 heal 25% HSP anvil - 364 AP, 58% Heal & Shield Power W1 - 237.5 heal W3 - 430.2 heal total - 667.7 heal 50 AP anvil (+15 AP from DeathcapRabadon's Deathcap130 Ability Power3500 goldUnique – Magical Opus: Increase your ability power by 30%.) - 429 AP, 33% Heal & Shield Power W1 - 222.4 heal W3 - 482.3 heal total - 704.7 heal As shown above, Nami's W scales extremely well with Ability Power so you should prioritize anything that gives you AP > Heal & Shield Power > Haste > Survivability. Once you have at least 134 AP, each subsequent bounce of Nami's W will be more effective than the last so keep that in mind to maximize heal/damage bounces. While Spirit BombSpirit BombPrismaticYour healing and shielding on yourself or allies builds up a Spirit Bomb on top of you. Once you have healed and shielded a combined total of 200 – 2000 (based on level), you toss the Spirit Bomb onto the most wounded allied champion over 1.1 seconds. Upon impact, the Spirit Bomb explodes in a 475 radius to heal allied champions within the area for 5% – 15% (based on level) (+ 3% per 100 AP) of their missing health and grants them a shield for 2 seconds that absorbs damage equal to 10% – 25% (based on level) (+ 2% per 100 AP) of their current health. Healing and shielding from this effect do not count toward the Spirit Bomb's trigger condition. and Windspeaker's BlessingWindspeaker's BlessingPrismaticYour or allies' heals and shields on yourself, or your heals and shields on allies, grant the target 30 – 60 (based on level) bonus armor and bonus magic resistance for 3 seconds. are very good support prismatics, Nami doesn't naturally use them efficiently (1-2 target heal on a relatively long cooldown), but you can make them work in conjunction with other augments like SonataSonataGoldAlternate between automatically casting a modified version of Sona's Aria of Perseverance and modified Song of Celerity, with the former being cast first (10 second cooldown). ARIA OF PERSEVERANCE: Heal yourself for 60 (+ 60% AP) and send out a tone to the most wounded allied champion within 1000 units that heals them for the same amount. Additionally, generate an aura that grants you and tagged allied champions a 80 (+ 40% AP) shield for 1.5 seconds. SONG OF CELERITY: Gain 30% bonus movement speed for 7 seconds. If you take damage during this time, the duration ends prematurely once or if 3 seconds have elapsed. Additionally, generate an aura that grants tagged allied champions 20% bonus movement speed for 3 seconds., Empyrean PromiseEmpyrean PromisePrismaticReplace a summoner spell with Empyrean Promise's Vigilance active. Additionally, gain 15% heal and shield power. ACTIVE - VIGILANCE: After a 0.25-second delay, dash to the current location of the target allied champion and gain a 100 – 250 (based on level) (+ 100% AP) (+ 10% bonus health) shield for 3 seconds. Upon arrival, grant the ally the same shield (20 second cooldown; 2000 range)., etc. If you roll any augment/prismatic anvil with movement speed, don't buy bootsBoots25 Move Speed300 gold or sell them for your 6th item. Nami's E can apply grievous wounds very well, so if very good if you build it (when necessary) if your teammates can't or won't.