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.
LeBlanc's ultimate can create fake LeBlancs during her spellcast or, rarely, at a distant position.
The fake LeBlanc created at a distance will always run at the nearest Champion, cast a harmless spell, then immediately disappear.
Attacking LeBlanc first avoids most of her tricks, especially if she's recently used her dash, Distortion.
Stunning or silencing LeBlanc will prevent her from activating the return part of Distortion.
The stat comparisons shown here feature several strategic Naafiri vs. LeBlanc matchup statistics that can help you distinguish the differences between the pair. As an example, Naafiri’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than LeBlanc’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Naafiri may be more central to their team's team fighting capacity than LeBlanc..
Naafiri normally has a slightly larger longest kill spree than their matchup does. On average, they takes more damage than LeBlanc. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.
Both League champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Naafiri usually wins when facing off against LeBlanc, with a 56.1% win rate. Therefore, Naafiri makes a fantastic counter to LeBlanc.
While Naafiri does have a much higher win rate than LeBlanc, when they face off with one another, Naafiri also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes them a less difficult character to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Naafiri into LeBlanc.
Additionally, Naafiri has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to LeBlanc. 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 for every situation in League of Legends, in Naafiri vs LeBlanc matchups, Naafiri is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Naafiri is a great counter for LeBlanc. Focus your tactics on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Naafiri against LeBlanc.
If you would like to truly master Naafiri to counter LeBlanc during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Naafiri most often picks up a similar amount of CS relative to LeBlanc. Champs who typically don't take many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values reported on this page to do well.
The most important items to use in your Naafiri versus LeBlanc build include Maw of Malmortius, Profane Hydra, and Opportunity. When Naafiri included at least these three pieces in their build, they did significantly better against LeBlanc than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Naafiri had an average winrate of 56.1% when countering LeBlanc with this build.
To have the greatest probability of crushing LeBlanc as Naafiri, Naafiri players should take 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 sets we have analyed for Naafiri vs LeBlanc fights, this set of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 56.1% winrate overall.
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