Naafiri vs Xayah
How to Beat Xayah as Naafiri
based on 776 Naafiri vs Xayah matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Naafiri vs Xayah Matchup Summary
Best Naafiri vs Xayah Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Xayah as Naafiri
Tips for Playing as Naafiri against Xayah
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Advice to Win Against Xayah
Xayah's Bladecaller will only root targets hit by 3 or more returning Feathers.
Long fights in the same area with Xayah will allow her to drop a lot of Feathers. Try to stay on the move!
Make sure you are ready when you go for the kill. Untargetability from Featherstorm can quickly turn an ambush in Xayah's favor.
Naafiri vs Xayah Counter Stats
How to Counter Xayah with Naafiri in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here feature several critical Naafiri versus Xayah matchup stats that may help us distinguish the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Naafiri’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Xayah’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Naafiri may be more central to their team's team fighting potential than Xayah..
Naafiri normally has a slightly larger longest killing spree than their matchup does. On average, they takes more damage than Xayah. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also show that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
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Who is Better, Naafiri or Xayah?
Both League champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Naafiri usually wins when facing off against Xayah, with a 51.9% win rate. Thus, Naafiri makes a good counter to Xayah.
While Naafiri does have a higher win rate compared to Xayah, when they face off with one another, Naafiri also has a lower level of difficulty that makes them a less difficult champion to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Naafiri into Xayah.
Moreover, Naafiri has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Xayah. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Naafiri vs Xayah matchups, Naafiri is the better champ with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Naafiri is a decent counter for Xayah. You will do well by focussing your tactics on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Naafiri against Xayah.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Naafiri to counter Xayah during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Naafiri most often racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Xayah. Champs who on average don't earn much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values reported on this page to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Naafiri versus Xayah build include Serylda's Grudge, Profane Hydra, and Opportunity. When Naafiri combined at least these three items in their build, they performed much better versus Xayah than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Naafiri had an average win rate of 51.9% battling Xayah with these items in their kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of defeating Xayah 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 builds players picked for Naafiri vs Xayah counter picks, this mixture of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 51.9% winrate overall.
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