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.
Purchasing Vision Wards can help you detect Evelynn's location in order to prepare for her ambushes.
A large share of Evelynn's threat is in her charm, 'Allure.' Protect allies marked with 'Allure' or, if you are marked, make sure allies are between you and where Evelynn may attack from.
If you suspect Evelynn is about to ambush one of your teammates, let them know by pinging the minimap and typing in chat.
The stat comparisons shown on this page clarify some influential Naafiri versus Evelynn matchup stats that may help us distinguish the distinctions between this set of champions. For instance, Naafiri’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Evelynn’s ratio of NaN, showing that Naafiri may be more central to their team's team fighting capacity than Evelynn..
Naafiri typically has a similar longest killing spree as their counter does. Typically, they takes less damage than Evelynn. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Naafiri usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Evelynn, with a 50.5% win rate. Therefore, Naafiri makes an ok counter to Evelynn.
While Naafiri does have a higher win rate compared to Evelynn, when facing one another, Naafiri also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes them a less difficult champ to learn. You should be careful when picking Naafiri into Evelynn.
Moreover, Naafiri also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Evelynn. This 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 for every situation in League of Legends, in Naafiri vs Evelynn matchups, Naafiri is the better champ 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 to Evelynn. Make sure you focus your gameplay on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Naafiri against Evelynn.
To learn all of the intricacies of Naafiri to counter Evelynn during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Naafiri usually accumulates much more CS compared to Evelynn. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers displayed here to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Naafiri versus Evelynn build include Edge of Night, Serylda's Grudge, and Opportunity. When Naafiri incorporated at least these three items in their build, they performed significantly better versus Evelynn than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Naafiri had an average winrate of 50.5% when playing against Evelynn with this build.
To have the best probability of coming out on top against Evelynn as Naafiri, you should take 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 picked for Naafiri vs Evelynn battles, this set of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 50.5% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Evelynn as Naafiri are presented for all ranked divisions. To scope the stats and builds to a particular rank, you can use the selection menu located earlier on the page.