Jarvan IV vs Naafiri
How to Beat Naafiri as Jarvan IV
based on 748 Jarvan IV vs Naafiri matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Jarvan IV vs Naafiri Matchup Summary
Best Jarvan IV vs Naafiri Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Naafiri as Jarvan IV
Tips for Playing as Jarvan IV against Naafiri
Use Demacian Standard as a scouting tool when worried about incoming enemies.
You can use the Dragon Strike / Demacian Standard combo to get out of your own Cataclysm arenas.
Split your basic attacks on different champions at the beginning of fights to maximize damage.
Jarvan IV vs Naafiri Counter Stats
How to Counter Naafiri with Jarvan IV in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here show some valuable Jarvan IV vs. Naafiri matchup stats that can help you distinguish the distinctions between this pair of champions. As an example, Jarvan IV’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Naafiri’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Jarvan IV may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Naafiri. This observation is largely fueled by the differences in assists.
Jarvan IV normally has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his counter does. Typically, he receives more damage than Naafiri. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also imply that the champion with increased HP has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Jarvan IV and Naafiri
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Who is Better, Jarvan IV or Naafiri?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Jarvan IV usually loses when facing off against Naafiri, with a 48.4% win rate. As a result, Jarvan IV makes a poor counter to Naafiri.
While Jarvan IV does have a lower winrate than Naafiri, when on opposite teams, Jarvan IV also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more difficult champ to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Jarvan IV into Naafiri.
Moreover, Jarvan IV also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Naafiri. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Jarvan IV 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 teamfights.
Jarvan IV is a somewhat poor counter to Naafiri. Make sure you focus your gameplay on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Jarvan IV against Naafiri.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Jarvan IV to counter Naafiri during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips presented above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Jarvan IV usually picks up a lot less CS relative to Naafiri. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers reported here to do well.
The top items to use in your Jarvan IV versus Naafiri build include Experimental Hexplate, Spear of Shojin, and Sundered Sky. When Jarvan IV included at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better countering Naafiri than with most other common item sets. In fact, Jarvan IV had an average winrate of 48.4% when countering Naafiri with this build.
To have the highest chance of vanquishing Naafiri as Jarvan IV, you should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Jarvan IV vs Naafiri clashes, this set of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 48.4% win rate overall.
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