

However, playing too many spells proactively will leave your units at the mercy of the opponent’s interaction. Playing your spells before your attack can be tempting in order to push more damage. Therefore, sometimes you can adjust which unit will receive Nami’s buff when using a spell such as Pale Cascade or Sunblessed Vigor. Nami’s check on which unit to buff happens AFTER the spell has taken effect.While this is not your main gameplan and you should focus on setting up Nami first and foremost, leveling up Zoe and giving your whole board Elusive and Lifesteal with Spaklefly will often swing the game in your favor.

Zoe can easily level up, especially when backed up with buffs and protection spells. Keep track of Zoe’s level-up condition.

This will allow you to play around a ‘big removal’, such as Minimorph or Scorched Earth. In other cases, you might prefer to go wide, and distribute your buffs among several units. This is a good way to play around board clears and ‘small removals’. Depending on the matchup and situation, you might want to sometimes go tall and play only 1-2 other units than Nami, often prioritizing Sparkefly, and stack all your buffs onto it.

If you aren’t banking spell mana in the early turns, her level up will be delayed, leaving you with a barely functional deck until she finally transforms. Your deck is extremely reliant on leveling up Nami. In the hands of a good player, the high-roll potential is only a cherry on the top of this deck’s consistently high win rate. However, thanks to its high amount of draw, the deck is pretty consistent, as you can still win even if you found Nami a bit later on in the game. If you weren’t able to find a Nami during a game, your chances to win are decreased drastically, whereas if you played Double Trouble on turn 3 into a leveled Nami on turn 4 it will be hard for the opponent to stop you. Zoe Nami is often perceived as a high-roll deck. Pale Cascade and Guiding Touch will also help in that matter while making sure you don’t run out of value. Sunblessed Vigor is a staple when it comes to keeping a unit alive. Line ‘Em Up, Gifts from Beyond, Spell Thief, and Supercool Starchart are all strong ‘toolbox’ spells – they can help you hold off the opponent during the early turns, and will enable Nami triggers later on.įinally, the deck comes with numerous protection spells to make sure your key units survive. Double Trouble is a great spell to slow the opponent down and empty your spell mana reserve. Additionally, you’re incentivized to bank spell mana to level up Nami – so naturally, you need cheap spells to fit with that play pattern. Zoe Nami runs a high number of spells – you need them to trigger Nami and Fleet Admiral Shelly. Wiggly Burblefish is yet another Elusive unit – you can easily discount it to 0, and it will create you a random spell you will find useful for your synergies. Zoe and Fleet Admiral Shelly are Elusive engines that benefit greatly from buffs as they will help them stay alive and keep generating value. Sparklefly has both Elusive and Lifesteal, so it goes along with Nami very nicely. This deck plays only a few units – to make sure your Nami buffs land on solid targets consistently. Your main gameplan with this archetype is to stick Nami on board and use spells to trigger her ability and buff Elusive units. As it got more and more refined, it went from a fringe Tier 2 status to a dominant Tier 1 position in less than a week, and Sivir Demacia nerfs helped it massively. Hello, Agigas here! This guide is dedicated to Zoe Nami – an Elusive deck built around Nami.
