Xerath vs Naafiri
How to Beat Naafiri as Xerath
based on 2,054 Xerath vs Naafiri matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Xerath vs Naafiri Matchup Summary
Best Xerath vs Naafiri Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Naafiri as Xerath
Tips for Playing as Xerath against Naafiri
If you stun an enemy with Shocking Orb, follow up with a guaranteed center hit on Eye of Destruction.
It's easier to land Arcanopulse on an enemy when they're moving toward or away from you, rather than side to side.
Eye of Destruction will make landing Arcanopulse easier as the target will be slowed.
Xerath vs Naafiri Counter Stats
How to Counter Naafiri with Xerath in LoL
The stats shown here highlight several important Xerath against Naafiri matchup stats that can help you understand the distinctions between the two. For instance, Xerath’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Naafiri’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Xerath may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Naafiri. This observation is largely a result of the differences in assists.
Xerath typically has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his opponent does. On average, he takes less damage than Naafiri. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the champion with more health has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Xerath and Naafiri
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Who is Better, Xerath or Naafiri?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Xerath usually loses when taking on Naafiri, with a 48.3% win rate. Thus, Xerath makes a bad counter to Naafiri.
While Xerath does have a lower win rate compared to Naafiri, when they face off with one another, Xerath also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more difficult character to learn. You should be careful when picking Xerath into Naafirias his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Xerath has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Naafiri. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Xerath vs Naafiri matchups, Naafiri is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Xerath is a somewhat poor counter to Naafiri. Make sure you focus your actions on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Xerath against Naafiri.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Xerath in order to counter Naafiri during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Xerath on average picks up less CS compared to Naafiri. Champs who on average don't acquire much CS often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values shown here to do well.
The most important items to use in your Xerath versus Naafiri build include Horizon Focus, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Xerath incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better when fighting Naafiri than with most other typical builds. In fact, Xerath had an average win rate of 48.3% when countering Naafiri with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of annihilating Naafiri as Xerath, Xerath players should take the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Scorch runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune sets we have analyed for Xerath vs Naafiri fights, this composite of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 48.3% win rate overall.
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