Naafiri vs Darius
How to Beat Darius as Naafiri
based on 1,790 Naafiri vs Darius matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Naafiri vs Darius Matchup Summary
Best Naafiri vs Darius Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Darius as Naafiri
Tips for Playing as Naafiri against Darius
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Advice to Win Against Darius
When Darius's axe grab is on cooldown, he is vulnerable to harassment attacks.
Darius's ability to escape from fights is limited. If you have an advantage against him, press your lead.
Naafiri vs Darius Counter Stats
How to Counter Darius with Naafiri in LoL
The stats shown on this page underscore several significant Naafiri versus Darius counter stats that can help you distinguish the differences between the two. As an example, Naafiri’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Darius’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Naafiri may be more central to their team's team fighting capacity than Darius..
Naafiri often has a slightly larger longest kill spree than their foe does. Typically, they receives less damage than Darius. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Naafiri and Darius
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Who is Better, Naafiri or Darius?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Naafiri usually fairs equally well when playing against Darius, with a 50.7% win rate. As a result, Naafiri makes an ok counter to Darius.
While Naafiri does have a higher winrate compared to Darius, when facing one another, Naafiri also has a greater learning curve that makes them a more difficult champ to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Naafiri into Darius.
Additionally, Naafiri has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Darius. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Naafiri vs Darius matchups, Naafiri is the better champion with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Naafiri is a decent counter to Darius. You will do well by focussing your actions on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Naafiri against Darius.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Naafiri in order to counter Darius during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips shown here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Naafiri on average racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Darius. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills often don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values reported here to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Naafiri versus Darius build include Serylda's Grudge, Axiom Arc, and Opportunity. When Naafiri incorporated at least these three items in their build, they performed a lot better versus Darius than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Naafiri had an average winrate of 50.7% when countering Darius with this build.
To have the best probability of coming out on top against Darius as Naafiri, you should use 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 combinations players chose for Naafiri vs Darius battles, this combo of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 50.7% win rate overall.
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