Naafiri vs Viktor
How to Beat Viktor as Naafiri
based on 722 Naafiri vs Viktor matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Naafiri vs Viktor Matchup Summary
Best Naafiri vs Viktor Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Viktor as Naafiri
Tips for Playing as Naafiri against Viktor
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Advice to Win Against Viktor
Be careful about how close you let Viktor get to you. Viktor's control of the battlefield increases with his proximity to his opponent.
Be aware of how many augments Viktor has upgraded by looking at the color of the light on his staff (purple, yellow, blue, red).
Naafiri vs Viktor Counter Stats
How to Counter Viktor with Naafiri in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page clarify some significant Naafiri against Viktor counter statistics that can help you explain the differences between this pair of champions. As an example, Naafiri’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Viktor’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Naafiri may be more central to their team's team fighting effectiveness than Viktor..
Naafiri usually has a slightly larger longest killing spree than their counter does. Commonly, they takes more damage than Viktor. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Naafiri and Viktor
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Who is Better, Naafiri or Viktor?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Naafiri usually fairs equally well when facing off against Viktor, with a 49.9% win rate. Thus, Naafiri makes an ok counter to Viktor.
While Naafiri does have a lower winrate compared to Viktor, when they face off with one another, Naafiri also has a much lower learning curve that makes them a less time consuming champion to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Naafiri into Viktor.
Additionally, Naafiri has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Viktor. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Naafiri vs Viktor matchups, Viktor is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Naafiri is a somewhat poor counter for Viktor. You will do well by focussing your tactics on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Naafiri against Viktor.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Naafiri in order to counter Viktor during both the lane 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 displayed above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Naafiri typically gets a similar amount of CS relative to Viktor. Champions who on average don't take much CS usualy 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 need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The most important items to use in your Naafiri versus Viktor build consist of Edge of Night, Serylda's Grudge, and Profane Hydra. When Naafiri combined at least these three items in their build, they did significantly better vs. Viktor than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Naafiri had an average win rate of 49.9% when countering Viktor with this build.
To have the greatest chance of coming out on top against Viktor 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 builds players picked for Naafiri vs Viktor LoL games, this combo of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 49.9% win rate overall.
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