Big Plays Spotlight: Nami Tsunami

RiotPreeti·7/18/2014, 6:03:52 PM·54 votes·156,382 views

Welcome to the Big Plays Spotlight! In this feature, we highlight the most epic plays, from meticulously-coordinated early tower dives to mind-blowing cross-map jukes.


When the gold’s nearly even at 34 minutes, and both teams are hovering around Baron, the perfect engage could mean game. But what about an equally flawless disengage?

As a team fight erupts, Neccra—a Gold IV Nami main—saves Zed from four seconds of lockdown by pausing the battle with a perfectly-positioned Tidal Wave. Kicking the fight into overdrive, the Tidecaller immediately lands a triple bubble counterengage that sets up her allies to slaughter the helpless enemy team.

This swing in momentum netted purple team four kills, an uncontested Baron, and secured the win.


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150 Comments

Phil Stone7/18/2014, 6:46:56 PM46 votes

Water you doing at Baron?

Sir ArmaMalum7/18/2014, 6:25:41 PM22 votes

Honestly I'm more impressed at the second bubble. What was that, four people?

TomMan7/18/2014, 7:34:01 PM15 votes

Vi don't worry guys i got away.. again

rtbf477586287/18/2014, 8:40:51 PM9 votes

tsu nami skin?

Alastor3697/18/2014, 8:28:17 PM8 votes

I recorded this video. And that's me, Udyr ;D

Korentoth7/18/2014, 8:34:27 PM7 votes

OHH, I see it now. Zed went in. Vi ult'd Zed. Then Nami ult'd. Because she waited to throw her ult, it hit the enemy team while they were trying to follow up on Zed being stunned. Because they were stunned, they couldn't kill Zed while he was stunned. Then Zed slew everyone.

The fact that the entire team got hit by the wave was lucky (they would have had to go out-of-position to avoid it, which probably would have given Zed the advantage he needed anyway. As long as he survived, he could ult and kill somebody important). The fact that they were so bunched up was Baron-flavored icing on the cake.

Little Venny7/18/2014, 7:43:03 PM6 votes

This whole play makes me feel all giggly (As random as that sounds, it's just how I feel) I went from maining Lulu, to Nami and now I'm at a Leona stage, but watching this makes me want to play Nami again after about 2 weeks of straight Leona XD

Ardroit7/18/2014, 6:12:01 PM6 votes

This is pretty amazing! Makes me want to pick up Nami even though I don't play support.

SCG WiseHawk7/19/2014, 3:49:35 AM4 votes

*Mako Tsunami

MAJ ArmBraum7/21/2014, 8:51:32 AM4 votes

I'm seeing all these posts about "Oh! Supports should be love more!" To quote Eddie Riggs, with a couple changes.

"A good support knows his whole job is to make someone else look good, keep someone else safe, help someone else do what they were put here to do. A good support stays out of the spotlight. If he's doing his job right, you don't even know he's there. Once in a while he might step on stage just to fix a problem, to set something right. But then before you even realize he was there or what he did, he's gone."

Lewd Neeko7/18/2014, 7:23:41 PM3 votes

Awesome play. Set up things nicely for the others to get kills.

Ninfreak957/19/2014, 5:42:26 PM2 votes

The river current is a bit rough today.

Mr Poke7/18/2014, 7:57:17 PM1 votes

If you look at all there levels. The team that won that fight had higher levels(more fed) then the other team. so it would of been a game changer for the other team if they won it cause they were behind in levels, and probably gold.

The Lexer7/18/2014, 7:20:06 PM1 votes

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