Gwen with Naafiri
How to Synergize Gwen and Naafiri
based on 1,313 Gwen with Naafiri pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Gwen Naafiri Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Gwen and Naafiri
Tips for Playing as Gwen with Naafiri
Gwen can still damage enemies outside her Hallowed Mists, especially with her Ultimate's range.
Some of Gwen's Abilities can apply her passive to multiple enemies, so aim them at groups to get maximum damage and healing.
Always be Attacking - In addition to dealing bonus damage, Gwen's Attacks empower or reset many of her Abilities.
Advice to Understand How Naafiri Will Play
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Gwen Naafiri Synergy Stats
How to Play with Naafiri as Gwen in LoL
The Gwen Naafiri synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Naafiri, compared to her overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how her gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Gwen sees a large worsening in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Naafiri. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Naafiri helps Gwen perform poorer in ranked League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Gwen is paired with Naafiri, she sees a little decrease in her total damage dealt. This change may indicate that Naafiri does not support by providing cover for her to deal more damage or that their presence also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Gwen is played with Naafiri on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when she plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing alongside Naafiri.
Moreover, when Gwen plays with Naafiri on the same side, she on average takes a little less damage than when she fights alone. Taking not as much damage may mean that Naafiri does a decent job of protecting Gwen in teamfights.
Synergies between Gwen and Naafiri
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Is Gwen better when played alongside Naafiri?
There is no ideal champion pairing for Gwen that will 100% of the time be her top ally. Yet, overall, Naafiri is a very typical companion for Gwen. By locking into the same side as Gwen, they lowers their win rate by -0.9% to 47.2%. This shows that there is only a small bond between Gwen and Naafiri that allows them to perform not as well together than without each other.
Naafiri has a much lower diffuclty than Gwen. That means Gwen players don't need to be cautious when lining up Naafiri comrades to fight alongside, as they will have to have a much lower level of skill to be able to fight well with you.
Working cooperatively, Gwen players should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability to destroy wih physical damage. Combined, these two can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
Conversely, by grouping Gwen and Naafiri together, you will not be granting your other teammates much AP. We recommend you include other champs on your team that offsets this gap in their potential.
Regardless of your Naafiri ally's ability, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Gwen to pair well with Naafiri during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League rounds, you should continue reading to pick up additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The best items to prioritize in your Gwen and Naafiri synergy build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Nashor's Tooth, and Riftmaker. When Gwen used at least these three finished items in her build, she performed significantly better when paired up with Naafiri than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Gwen boasted an average winrate of 47.2% helping carry Naafiri with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of beating your oponents, Gwen players should equip the Conqueror, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for this team composition, this combination of runes resulted in the top win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 47.2% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to pair Naafiri with Gwen are presented for all ranked divisions combined. To filter the stats and builds to a specific skill level, you should use the selection menu earlier on the page.