Lissandra vs Naafiri
How to Beat Naafiri as Lissandra
based on 590 Lissandra vs Naafiri matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Lissandra vs Naafiri Matchup Summary
Best Lissandra vs Naafiri Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Naafiri as Lissandra
Tips for Playing as Lissandra against Naafiri
Lissandra's abilities are shorter range than those of many mages. As a result, buying items that offer both ability power and defense, like Zhonya's Hourglass and Banshee's Veil, can be a great choice to help her both survive and deal damage.
Casting Glacial Path and then running in the opposite direction will leave your enemies uncertain which way you will actually go.
You can instantly use your ultimate on yourself by pressing the self cast key and the ultimate key at once (alt+R by default).
Lissandra vs Naafiri Counter Stats
How to Counter Naafiri with Lissandra in LoL
The stats provided here show several vital Lissandra vs. Naafiri counter stats that can help us distinguish the differences and similarities between the pair. Lissandra’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Naafiri’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Lissandra may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Naafiri..
Lissandra often has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than her foe does. Typically, she takes less damage than Naafiri. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also illustrate that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Lissandra and Naafiri
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Who is Better, Lissandra or Naafiri?
Both League champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Lissandra usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Naafiri, with a 50.8% win rate. Thus, Lissandra makes an ok counter to Naafiri.
While Lissandra does have a higher win rate compared to Naafiri, when they face off with one another, Lissandra also has a much greater learning curve that makes her a more challenging character to develop with. You should be careful when picking Lissandra into Naafiri.
Additionally, Lissandra also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Naafiri. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Lissandra vs Naafiri matchups, Lissandra is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Lissandra is a decent counter for Naafiri. You will do well by focussing your tactics on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Lissandra against Naafiri.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Lissandra to counter Naafiri during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Lissandra on average gets a similar amount of CS compared to Naafiri. Champs who typically don't get much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values displayed here to do well.
The most important items to have in your Lissandra versus Naafiri build include Malignance, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Stormsurge. When Lissandra bought at least these three items in her build, she performed a lot better vs Naafiri than with most other common item sets. In fact, Lissandra boasted an average winrate of 50.8% when playing against Naafiri with this counter build.
To have the best likelihood of defeating Naafiri as Lissandra, you should use the Electrocute, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Lissandra vs Naafiri clashes, this mix of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 50.8% win rate overall.
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