Can We Give Nami Some Small AD Scaling?

Best Ekko NA·Nov 13, 2017·3 votes·281 views

I know she's initially designed to be a Support, but I love playing Marksman Nami. Hybrid Nami really should be a more viable thing, she's more fun to play in other roles that don't involve Supporting someone else. Giving her some AD ratios also wouldn't interfere much with her ability to support because there are only a handful of items that give both AD and AP.

Maybe something like:

**Aqua Prison (Q) ** --> Damage: 75 / 130 / 185 / 240 / 295 (+ 50% AP)(+30% Bonus AD) **Tidecaller's Blessing (E) ** --> Damage: 25 / 40 / 55 / 70 / 85 (+ 20% AP)(+15% Bonus AD)

6 Comments

KarunamonNov 13, 20173 votes

Nami's a hard support, though. She CC's, she boosts others, she heals. Her damage output is purely incidental.

Personally, I'd give up a fat chunk of damage on everything but her AA's for better CC timers. I keep accidentally stealing kills...

InfernapeNov 13, 20171 votes

Riot doesn't like hybrids. They removed Eve's hybrid scaling and are probably going to do the same thing to Kayle when she gets reworked.

Best Ekko NANov 13, 20171 votes

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Riot doesn't like hybrids. They removed Eve's hybrid scaling and are probably going to do the same thing to Kayle when she gets reworked.

I highly doubt that's true. What they do not like probably isn't "hybrids" as there are MANY champions with multiple scalings in their kits. Lee Sin, Vi, Ashe, Hecarim, Miss Fortune, the list goes on and on forever. The problem is likely balancing off roles for champions, which normally is a difficult thing because both parts of the kit would have to work for both roles.

With Nami, this problem doesn't exist however. She doesn't gain any giant power spike, and her "role" as a support doesn't lose anything either. The only thing it really does it open up more items for her in whatever place she is used, which doesn't really create any abnormalities.

The Yetii RiderNov 13, 20171 votes

I disagree, the fact that Riot has waited over six years to give Ezreal a new W means that they really do appreciate the people who play AP Ez mid (also Ezreal was one of the champions who received an AP ratio buff to his kit when Lich Bane was reworked).

Lord of MathNov 13, 20171 votes

nami does not seem like something I would excpect to deal any physical damage. Splashed with water deals no damage or magic damage. Maybe give her a negative scaling for total AD and make it so she can target allies with Autottacks to heal them.