Naafiri vs Aatrox
How to Beat Aatrox as Naafiri
based on 2,520 Naafiri vs Aatrox matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Naafiri vs Aatrox Matchup Summary
Best Naafiri vs Aatrox Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Aatrox as Naafiri
Tips for Playing as Naafiri against Aatrox
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Advice to Win Against Aatrox
Aatrox's Infernal Chains are easier to exit when running towards the sides or at Aatrox.
Aatrox's attacks are very telegraphed, so use the time to dodge the hit zones.
Keep your distance when Aatrox uses his Ultimate to prevent him from reviving.
Naafiri vs Aatrox Counter Stats
How to Counter Aatrox with Naafiri in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here show some significant Naafiri against Aatrox matchup stats that can help us explain the distinctions between this pair of champions. For instance, Naafiri’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Aatrox’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Naafiri may be more central to their team's team fighting capacity than Aatrox..
Naafiri normally has a slightly larger longest killing spree than their matchup does. Commonly, they receives less damage than Aatrox. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also illustrate that the champion with increased health has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Naafiri and Aatrox
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Who is Better, Naafiri or Aatrox?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Naafiri usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Aatrox, with a 50.0% win rate. As a result, Naafiri makes an ok counter to Aatrox.
While Naafiri does have a higher winrate than Aatrox, when on opposite teams, Naafiri also has a lower level of difficulty that makes them a less complex character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Naafiri into Aatrox.
Furthermore, Naafiri also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Aatrox. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Naafiri vs Aatrox matchups, Aatrox is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Naafiri is a decent counter for Aatrox. Make sure you focus your actions on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Naafiri against Aatrox.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Naafiri in order to counter Aatrox during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and stats shown above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Naafiri often accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Aatrox. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values reported here to do well.
The top items to use in your Naafiri versus Aatrox build include Edge of Night, Serylda's Grudge, and Opportunity. When Naafiri bought at least these three items in their build, they did a lot better versus Aatrox than with most other common item sets. In fact, Naafiri boasted an average win rate of 50.0% when countering Aatrox with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of defeating Aatrox as Naafiri, Naafiri players should take the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Naafiri vs Aatrox clashes, this mix of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 50.0% win rate overall.
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