Naafiri vs Vayne
How to Beat Vayne as Naafiri
based on 2,711 Naafiri vs Vayne matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Naafiri vs Vayne Matchup Summary
Best Naafiri vs Vayne Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Vayne as Naafiri
Tips for Playing as Naafiri against Vayne
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Advice to Win Against Vayne
Deny Vayne the opportunity to pin you against walls.
Vayne is fragile - turn the pressure up on her and she will be forced to play cautiously.
Naafiri vs Vayne Counter Stats
How to Counter Vayne with Naafiri in LoL
The stats provided here underscore some vital Naafiri vs. Vayne counter stats that may help us figure out the differences and similarities between these two champions. Naafiri’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Vayne’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Naafiri may be more central to their team's team fighting capability than Vayne..
Naafiri typically has a similar longest kill spree as their enemy does. On average, they takes more damage than Vayne. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the champion with increased health has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Naafiri and Vayne
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Who is Better, Naafiri or Vayne?
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Naafiri usually loses when playing against Vayne, with a 48.9% win rate. Therefore, Naafiri makes a poor counter for Vayne.
While Naafiri does have a lower winrate than Vayne, when facing one another, Naafiri also has a much lower learning curve that makes them a less challenging character to learn. You should be careful when picking Naafiri into Vayne.
Additionally, Naafiri also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Vayne. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Naafiri vs Vayne matchups, Vayne is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Naafiri is a somewhat poor counter for Vayne. You will do well by focussing your actions on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Naafiri against Vayne.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Naafiri in order to counter Vayne during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Naafiri usually picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Vayne. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions 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, usually require many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values reported here to do well.
The ideal items to use in your Naafiri versus Vayne build consist of Youmuu's Ghostblade, Serylda's Grudge, and Profane Hydra. When Naafiri included at least these three items in their build, they did a lot better when facing Vayne than with many other common builds. In fact, Naafiri had an average winrate of 48.9% battling Vayne with this counter build.
To have the greatest probability of beating Vayne 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 sets players picked for Naafiri vs Vayne fights, this mix of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 48.9% winrate overall.
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