Caitlyn vs Naafiri
How to Beat Naafiri as Caitlyn
based on 5,109 Caitlyn vs Naafiri matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Caitlyn vs Naafiri Matchup Summary
Best Caitlyn vs Naafiri Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Naafiri as Caitlyn
Tips for Playing as Caitlyn against Naafiri
Fire 90 Caliber Net away from the opponent to close the gap or hop over walls.
Avoid using Ace in the Hole in large team melees as it might be blocked by the wrong target.
Make use of her Yordle Snap Traps by placing them pre-emptively to ensure that you'll have one off of cooldown during combat.
Caitlyn vs Naafiri Counter Stats
How to Counter Naafiri with Caitlyn in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here show some important Caitlyn vs. Naafiri matchup statistics that can help us explain the differences and similarities between the pair. Caitlyn’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Naafiri’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Caitlyn may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Naafiri..
Caitlyn normally has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than her matchup does. Typically, she receives less damage than Naafiri. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also illustrate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
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Who is Better, Caitlyn or Naafiri?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Caitlyn usually loses when taking on Naafiri, with a 47.7% win rate. Thus, Caitlyn makes a poor counter for Naafiri.
While Caitlyn does have a lower win rate compared to Naafiri, when facing one another, Caitlyn also has a much greater learning curve that makes her a more challenging champion to learn. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Caitlyn into Naafiri.
Furthermore, Caitlyn has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Naafiri. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Caitlyn vs Naafiri matchups, Naafiri is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Caitlyn is a bad counter for Naafiri. Make sure you focus your actions on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Caitlyn against Naafiri.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Caitlyn to counter Naafiri during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Caitlyn typically gets a similar amount of CS as Naafiri. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The best items to have in your Caitlyn versus Naafiri build include Bloodthirster, Rapid Firecannon, and Stormrazor. When Caitlyn used at least these three items in her build, she did much better when facing Naafiri than with many other typical builds. In fact, Caitlyn boasted an average winrate of 47.7% battling Naafiri with these items in her kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of beating Naafiri as Caitlyn, you should take the Fleet Footwork, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the runes that we analyzed for Caitlyn vs Naafiri face-offs, this order of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 47.7% winrate overall.
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