Naafiri vs Illaoi
How to Beat Illaoi as Naafiri
based on 978 Naafiri vs Illaoi matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Naafiri vs Illaoi Matchup Summary
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Guide to Countering Illaoi as Naafiri
Tips for Playing as Naafiri against Illaoi
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Advice to Win Against Illaoi
Killing Tentacles whenever possible will make it much easier to win a fight against Illaoi.
When your spirit gets pulled out, fight back if you can. Dealing damage to Illaoi reduces the spirit's duration.
Avoid grouping up for Leap of Faith to reduce the number of Tentacles available to Illaoi.
Naafiri vs Illaoi Counter Stats
How to Counter Illaoi with Naafiri in LoL
The stats shown on this page highlight some critical Naafiri versus Illaoi matchup stats that can help us appreciate the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Naafiri’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Illaoi’s ratio of NaN, showing that Naafiri may be more central to their team's team fighting effectiveness than Illaoi. This observation is largely fueled by the difference in kills.
Naafiri normally has a slightly larger longest kill spree than their foe does. On average, they receives less damage than Illaoi. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also imply that the champion with increased HP has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.
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Who is Better, Naafiri or Illaoi?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Naafiri usually fairs equally well when facing off against Illaoi, with a 50.1% win rate. Thus, Naafiri makes an ok counter to Illaoi.
While Naafiri does have a higher win rate than Illaoi, when facing one another, Naafiri also has a lower difficulty level that makes them a less time consuming character to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Naafiri into Illaoi.
Additionally, Naafiri has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Illaoi. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Naafiri vs Illaoi matchups, Naafiri is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Naafiri is a decent counter for Illaoi. You will do well by focussing your play on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Naafiri against Illaoi.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Naafiri in order to counter Illaoi during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Naafiri typically accumulates a similar amount of CS relative to Illaoi. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values displayed here to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Naafiri versus Illaoi build consist of Edge of Night, Serylda's Grudge, and Profane Hydra. When Naafiri included at least these three pieces in their build, they performed significantly better vs Illaoi than with many other typical builds. In fact, Naafiri had an average winrate of 50.1% battling Illaoi with these items in their kit.
To have the best chance of vanquishing Illaoi 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 combinations players used for Naafiri vs Illaoi battles, this composite of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 50.1% win rate overall.
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