Naafiri vs Ahri
How to Beat Ahri as Naafiri
based on 1,570 Naafiri vs Ahri matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Naafiri vs Ahri Matchup Summary
Best Naafiri vs Ahri Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Ahri as Naafiri
Tips for Playing as Naafiri against Ahri
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Advice to Win Against Ahri
Stay behind minions to make Charm difficult to land, this will reduce Ahri's damage potential significantly.
Ahri's survivability is dramatically reduced when her Ultimate, Spirit Rush, is down.
Naafiri vs Ahri Counter Stats
How to Counter Ahri with Naafiri in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here underscore some important Naafiri vs. Ahri counter stats that may help us appreciate the distinctions between the two. For instance, Naafiri’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Ahri’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Naafiri may be more central to their team's team fighting potential than Ahri..
Naafiri usually has a slightly larger longest kill spree than their matchup does. Commonly, they takes more damage than Ahri. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the champion with more HP has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Naafiri and Ahri
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Who is Better, Naafiri or Ahri?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Naafiri usually wins when playing against Ahri, with a 52.7% win rate. Thus, Naafiri makes a good counter to Ahri.
While Naafiri does have a higher win rate than Ahri, when they face off with one another, Naafiri also has a lower learning curve that makes them a less challenging character to learn and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Naafiri into Ahri.
Moreover, Naafiri also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Ahri. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Naafiri vs Ahri matchups, Naafiri is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Naafiri is an above average counter to Ahri. Focus your strategy on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Naafiri against Ahri.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Naafiri in order to counter Ahri during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and tips shown here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Naafiri usually accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Ahri. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers reported here to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Naafiri versus Ahri build include Serylda's Grudge, Hubris, and Profane Hydra. When Naafiri used at least these three pieces in their build, they did much better versus Ahri than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Naafiri had an average winrate of 52.7% when countering Ahri with this build.
To have the highest probability of coming out on top against Ahri as Naafiri, you should equip the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Naafiri vs Ahri face-offs, this combination of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 52.7% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Ahri as Naafiri are given for all skill levels combined. To narrow the stats and builds to an individual skill level, you should use the selection menu located at the top of this page.