Naafiri vs Blitzcrank
How to Beat Blitzcrank as Naafiri
based on 1,919 Naafiri vs Blitzcrank matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Naafiri vs Blitzcrank Matchup Summary
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Guide to Countering Blitzcrank as Naafiri
Tips for Playing as Naafiri against Blitzcrank
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Advice to Win Against Blitzcrank
Staying behind creeps can prevent you from being Rocket Grabbed. Blitzcrank's Rocket Grab only pulls the first enemy target it encounters.
Blitzcrank's passive Mana Barrier grants him a shield when he is low on health.
Naafiri vs Blitzcrank Counter Stats
How to Counter Blitzcrank with Naafiri in LoL
The stats shown here emphasize several valuable Naafiri versus Blitzcrank counter stats that may help us explain the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Naafiri’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Blitzcrank’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Naafiri may be more central to their team's team fighting capability than Blitzcrank. This observation is largely caused by the difference in kills.
Naafiri typically has a much larger longest kill spree than their foe does. Typically, they receives a similar amount of damage to Blitzcrank. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also indicate that the champion with higher health has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Naafiri and Blitzcrank
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Who is Better, Naafiri or Blitzcrank?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Naafiri usually fairs equally well when playing against Blitzcrank, with a 49.1% win rate. Therefore, Naafiri makes an ok counter for Blitzcrank.
While Naafiri does have a lower win rate than Blitzcrank, when they face off with one another, Naafiri also has a lower level of difficulty that makes them a less challenging champion to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Naafiri into Blitzcrank.
Moreover, Naafiri also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Blitzcrank. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Naafiri vs Blitzcrank matchups, Blitzcrank is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Naafiri is a somewhat poor counter to Blitzcrank. Focus your play on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Naafiri against Blitzcrank.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Naafiri to counter Blitzcrank during both the laning 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 here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Naafiri usually gets much more CS relative to Blitzcrank. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values shown here to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Naafiri versus Blitzcrank build include Eclipse, Serylda's Grudge, and Opportunity. When Naafiri incorporated at least these three pieces in their build, they performed much better vs Blitzcrank than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Naafiri boasted an average winrate of 49.1% battling Blitzcrank with these items in their kit.
To have the greatest probability of annihilating Blitzcrank as Naafiri, Naafiri players should use 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 combinations players picked for Naafiri vs Blitzcrank face-offs, this order of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 49.1% winrate overall.
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