How to beat Naafiri
Common role: Mid / Jungle
A packmistress of blades whose hounds shred isolated targets.
Best counters vs Naafiri
Champions with the highest win rate against Naafiri on their main role — real ranked match data, patch 16.14.
- 1
Rek'Sai61.1%83 games
- 2
Fizz62.2%51 games
- 3
Mordekaiser61.4%40 games
- 4
Taliyah59.5%50 games
- 5
Pantheon58.6%69 games
- 6
Hecarim56.9%342 games
- 7
Talon56.2%367 games
- 8
Wukong55.4%462 games
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What makes Naafiri dangerous
Naafiri hunts with a pack of hounds that leap on her targets, throws twin missiles that mark and re-cast for missing-HP damage, dashes through units, and her ultimate super-charges the pack with vision, speed and shields for a committed dive.
How to play against Naafiri
- 1Kill the hounds with AoE — the pack IS her damage.
- 2Never walk alone mid-late: she deletes isolated squishies.
- 3Her dive is all-in: survive the first rotation and she's toothless.
- 4Exhaust/armor blunt the whole pack burst.
Weaknesses to exploit
- ✓AoE melts the hounds and her damage with them.
- ✓Predictable one-rotation assassin pattern.
- ✓No CC at all — pure damage check.
- ✓Grouped teams starve her isolation hunts.
Abilities & how to counter them
What each of Naafiri's abilities does — and how to play around it.
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La meute s'agranditNaafiri fait apparaître des membres de meute qui attaquent les cibles de ses attaques et de ses compétences.
Strong: her hound pack leaps and shreds alongside every spell. Weak: hounds die to AoE — clear them and half her DPS vanishes.
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Dagues des DarkinNaafiri lance jusqu'à deux dagues qui appliquent chacune un saignement, ou qui infligent des dégâts supplémentaires si la cible saigne déjà.Les membres de meute bondissent pour attaquer le premier champion ou monstre touché par cette compétence.
Strong: twin daggers — the second detonates for missing-HP damage. Weak: both are straight lines — one sidestep beats the pair.
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Appel de la meuteNaafiri devient impossible à cibler et renforce sa meute, invoquant des membres de meute supplémentaires et gagnant de la vitesse de déplacement et des dégâts d'attaque.
Strong: a long dash-through with the whole pack — her gank opener. Weak: a telegraphed straight line with a wind-up; CC her mid-flight.
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ÉviscérationNaafiri se rue dans une direction et inflige des dégâts aux ennemis dans une zone autour d'elle. Les membres de meute sont rappelés et entièrement soignés.
Strong: a short dash-slice that resets pack aggression. Weak: tiny range — kite her between casts.
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HallaliNaafiri et ses membres de meute se ruent sur un champion, lui infligeant des dégâts. Naafiri révèle les ennemis proches et peut relancer sa compétence une fois si elle réalise une élimination. La deuxième activation de la compétence n'octroie pas de bouclier.
Strong: super-charges the pack with vision, speed and shields for the dive. Weak: it's still just stats — survive the rotation and she has nothing left.
Itemization
Group, AoE the pack, hold one defensive tool for her rotation. She can't peel or CC — just survive the leap.
This guide covers Naafiri's core kit and playstyle — advice that holds up across patches.
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