update i just hit 600lp wtf lmao

hey fellow blubs im back once again with a new demonic nami build i wanted to share! i climbed to 500lp for the first time and its been the most fun ive had on the grind so far, doing it with a build i created from hopes and dreams xD Lichbane with electrocute! (featuring celestial) its still early days but WOW this setup feels surreal (or i was just giga lucky)

profile: https://op.gg/lol/summoners/euw/Dumbop-EUW?queue_type=SOLORANKED

why lichbane? ...to be honest i could talk about the great base stats featuring high ap, ability haste and juicy 4% movement speed

but you know whats REALLY the best part about lichbane on nami? the 50% attack speed on your next hit. normally its only one attack, HOWEVER on wards you keep it! so when i need to clear a ward i e myself and then whack whack whack and its gone before you know it. its like having umbral glaive but for ap (kinda :p)

and not even forgetting that the effect makes doing objectives faster, helps you take turrets faster and of course champion damage (but most my games ended quick so this wasnt that huge) AND the build path of aether wisp + blasting wand is very nice early!

is it better than mandate? probably not, however if you want more of your own agency and are tired of teammates failing you all the time then i think it has a chance of being better! the one game i lost today i could easily say it was my bad for dying 7 times with so much movement speed instead of having to be frustrated with my team making bad decisions and me suffering for it

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RUNES

domination - electrocute, cheapshot, deep ward, relentless hunter

sorcery - manaflow band, celerity

shards - ap (as% is prob worth trying!), ms%, either hps (mu dependant)

electrocute is pretty straightforward, right from the beginning you can do big bonks with e + auto w. aery is probably perfectly fine, however i prefer electro bc it puts doing damage a little more into my hands

now the most perceptive of you will notice that im very big on movement speed here, time and time again it just proves itself as such a powerful stat. dodge skillshots, be around the map faster, zooming around on nami is too fun esp bc of her passive so i wanted to amplify that

honorable mentions - manaflow band is kinda necessary imo because theres no mana items. deepward is just so synergistic with the whole speedy vision control demon style going on, enemy support is just so miserable having to deal with everything

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BUILD

Dark seal + boots -> Lich (ap components first) -> Swifties -> Mejai if dark seal stacks well -> Dcap

pick celestial as your support item and if you win feats upgrade whenever you feel like it. currently im unsure if its better to upgrade or save more for dcap

i havent gotten past deathcap yet bc its quite an expensive hurdle but id say next its good to go any of stormsurge/shurelya/mandate/banshees/void/crypt depending on the fancy

after lich bane ive just been going deathcap or mejais deathcap, however that part needs more testing... but if you get to lich + 10 stack mejai + dcap + swifties you are genuinely an incredible champion. everything scales greatly with ap so youre a speed demon with good dmg/heals and incredible utility (crippling slows and massive speed buffs)

some games ive ended up with 500+ ap and almost 500ms out of combat its crazy
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PLAYSTYLE

level 1 is just auto w auto if you can otherwise chill. lv 2+ you can e + auto w for fast electro proc. you need to be willing to limit test getting electrocute procs whenever you can and dodging enemy threats

after bases, look mid and see if you can wrap around to catch them. use e slow to land bubble more easily. even if you just proc electrocute once you've probably made the enemy mid very upset! if theres no opportunity just go bot as normal

when you have celestial you can usually look to proc electrocute on an enemy, dont be afraid to trade health bars (dont die ofc lmao) because you can just spam heal up... try to make sure when you w the enemy it bounces back to you as the heals and ms to run away helps a lot

in objectives im always looking to go up to do a combo, go back if im out of spells and reposition to a better spot whenever possible for the next combo!

a lot of times you will just be following behind teammates e'ing them and throwing a w on them which is okay thats just normal nami stuff that you gotta do, youre just equipped to be more capable yourself too

in teamfights with high ap you will need to be more attentive to how you bounce your w's as you can get huge instances of healing or damage. this mostly comes with just champ experience but full ap builds make fights more dynamic and fun and i love fun

also DO NOT FF! if you get to 3/4 items you can literally win a game which your team has been losing the whole time. i see nami a little like the kayle of supports hehe

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if you read this far thank you :3 feel free to AMA in comments or dms i love talking about the game esp nami and ive spent a lot of time theorycrafting ideas/builds and testing them in game! nothing has given me this much dopamine and success on her since season 13 when ludens was a mythic and gave you a crazy amount of flat pen

i love demonami woo!