Across the sands of Shurima, a chorus of howls rings out. It is the call of the dune hounds, voracious predators who form packs and compete for the right to hunt in these barren lands. Among them, one pack stands above all, for they are driven not only by canine instincts, but by the ancient power of the Darkin.
Unbreakable gives Braum extremely strong directional defense, either wait until it is down or outposition the ability.
Braum must land Winter's Bite or a basic attack to start Concussive Blows. If you get marked, exit combat range before getting hit 3 more times to avoid the stun.
Braum's ultimate has a long cast time, use that extra time to dodge. Walking over the frozen ground left behind will slow you, position so that you don't need to cross it.
The stats provided here show some valuable Naafiri vs. Braum matchup stats that may help us interpret the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Naafiri’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Braum’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Naafiri may be more central to their team's team fighting capability than Braum. This observation is in large part fueled by the difference in kills.
Naafiri typically has a much larger longest killing spree than their counter does. On average, they receives a similar amount of damage to Braum. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also imply that the champ with increased HP has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Naafiri usually fairs equally well when taking on Braum, with a 50.1% win rate. Thus, Naafiri makes an ok counter to Braum.
While Naafiri does have a higher winrate compared to Braum, when on opposite teams, Naafiri also has a lower difficulty level that makes them a less challenging champ to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Naafiri into Braum.
Moreover, Naafiri has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Braum. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Naafiri vs Braum matchups, Naafiri 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 late stage team fights.
Naafiri is a decent counter to Braum. Make sure you focus your strategy on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Naafiri against Braum.
If you would like to truly master Naafiri to counter Braum during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Naafiri on average picks up much more CS as Braum. Champions who typically don't take much CS usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, 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 have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values reported on this page to do well.
The best items to use in your Naafiri versus Braum build include Edge of Night, Profane Hydra, and Opportunity. When Naafiri included at least these three items in their build, they did much better when facing Braum than with most other common builds. In fact, Naafiri boasted an average winrate of 50.1% when playing against Braum with these items in their kit.
To have the highest likelihood of vanquishing Braum 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 builds players used for Naafiri vs Braum matchups, this set of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 50.1% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Braum as Naafiri are presented for every ranked division. To scope the stats and builds to a particular division, you should use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.