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Naafiri Guide
Patch 26.19 Iron-Emerald·Difficulty:
Naafiri in the jungle is a Conqueror follow-up carry. She brawls with Q poke and the pack rather than one-shotting anyone. She is not an early game champion and she is never the first one in: full clear, reach Voltaic Cyclosword, then pick off the carry who is standing alone. Black Cleaver is the default second item because it keeps you alive in melee brawls. Axiom Arc is the lethality line when the enemy is squishy and you want R back for the next kill.
Runes
Quick Tips
All phases
- •Take Flash, not Ignite: without Flash or R you cannot force a gank before 6
- •Legend: Alacrity is for your clear speed; in fights you are casting Q and E more than you are attacking
- •W makes you untargetable for its first second, so press it at the last moment to drop tower aggro on a dive
- •After two damage items, make the next one keep you alive; a glass cannon dies the moment a spell misses
Skill Priority
Q
›E
›W
Q
1
·
·
4
5
W
·
·
3
·
·
E
·
2
·
·
·
Early Game
Before 1st item
- •Naafiri is not an early game champion, so do not play her like a bruiser jungler: farm, scale and reach your first item
- •Your first clear should have you level 4 by about 3:07 in Emerald and 3:10 in Master
- •Clear top to bot
- •On camps, throw the second Q at once when you walk straight to the next camp, and hold it for the execute on the last camp before a break
- •Before 6 you need Flash and a kill the lane cannot walk away from; if they can just walk to tower, go back to your camps
- •When your camps are done and nothing is happening, base; your camps are your power spike
First Back
Regular full clear & crab
Core Build Examples
Default
Snowballing
vs heavy AP
Lethality
Mid Game
1-3 items
- •Voltaic Cyclosword is your first spike, so the duels you avoided before it are the ones you take now
- •Gank with R up, and hit the squishy carry, not the armored bruiser; armor grows with level and your damage does not reach through it
- •Path toward lanes with CC, they set up the kill so your kit does not have to
- •Play Q from max range and let the pack do the work until the target is low and alone, then send it
Situational
vs heavy CC
Good Vs
vs burst assassins
Good Vs
vs heavy AD
Good Vs
vs heavy magic damage
Good Vs
vs tanks
Good Vs
vs shields
Good Vs
vs healing
Good Vs
vs squishy carries
Good Vs
Late Game
4+ items
- •Look for side lane picks that force Baron or a numbers fight, do not stand in mid waiting
- •Flank onto their backline after your frontline goes in, never into their front
- •Hold W for the CC or burst that would end you, not for damage
- •Play around your strongest teammate, and never go in before your teammates
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Naafiri Guide
Patch 26.19 Iron-Emerald·Difficulty:
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Runes
Skill Priority
Q
›E
›W
Q
1
·
·
4
5
W
·
·
3
·
·
E
·
2
·
·
·
Core Build Examples
Default
Snowballing
vs heavy AP
Lethality
First Back
Regular full clear & crab
Situational
vs heavy CC
Good Vs
vs burst assassins
Good Vs
vs heavy AD
Good Vs
vs heavy magic damage
Good Vs
vs tanks
Good Vs
vs shields
Good Vs
vs healing
Good Vs
vs squishy carries
Good Vs
Quick Tips
All phases
- •Take Flash, not Ignite: without Flash or R you cannot force a gank before 6
- •Legend: Alacrity is for your clear speed; in fights you are casting Q and E more than you are attacking
- •W makes you untargetable for its first second, so press it at the last moment to drop tower aggro on a dive
- •After two damage items, make the next one keep you alive; a glass cannon dies the moment a spell misses
Early Game
Before 1st item
- •Naafiri is not an early game champion, so do not play her like a bruiser jungler: farm, scale and reach your first item
- •Your first clear should have you level 4 by about 3:07 in Emerald and 3:10 in Master
- •Clear top to bot
- •On camps, throw the second Q at once when you walk straight to the next camp, and hold it for the execute on the last camp before a break
- •Before 6 you need Flash and a kill the lane cannot walk away from; if they can just walk to tower, go back to your camps
- •When your camps are done and nothing is happening, base; your camps are your power spike
Mid Game
1-3 items
- •Voltaic Cyclosword is your first spike, so the duels you avoided before it are the ones you take now
- •Gank with R up, and hit the squishy carry, not the armored bruiser; armor grows with level and your damage does not reach through it
- •Path toward lanes with CC, they set up the kill so your kit does not have to
- •Play Q from max range and let the pack do the work until the target is low and alone, then send it
Late Game
4+ items
- •Look for side lane picks that force Baron or a numbers fight, do not stand in mid waiting
- •Flank onto their backline after your frontline goes in, never into their front
- •Hold W for the CC or burst that would end you, not for damage
- •Play around your strongest teammate, and never go in before your teammates