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How to Synergize Katarina and Naafiri

based on 414 Katarina with Naafiri pairs
Win Rate
45.7 %
K/D/A
2.2
Pick Rate
0.3 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

At MOBA Champion, we pull the results of from millions of League games directly from Riot Games each week. Katarina has gone into battle with Naafiri in 414 recent, competitive matches. By accumulating so much accurate data directly from the developers of League, we are completely sure that we can produce high quality, usable builds to help Katarina play with Naafiri. It is very rare for Katarina to play with Naafiri as teammates. This has only happened in approximately 0.3% of matches with Katarina.

Katarina Naafiri Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Katarina does a terrible job of playing alongside Naafiri. On average, she wins a lowly 45.7% of rounds the champions fight alongside one another. If you want to play better as Katarina when playing alongside Naafiri by figuring out how to better synergize your tactics with them, then dig into the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Katarina vs Naafiri Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Dark SealRefillable Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeAether Wisp

Core Katarina Items

~22 Mins
Zhonya's HourglassShadowflameStormsurge

Optional Items

Lich BaneNashor's Tooth

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Katarina to level upq
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Second ability for Katarina to level upe
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Last skill for Katarina to max outw

Runes

DominationElectrocuteSudden ImpactEyeball CollectionRelentless Hunter
PrecisionTriumphCoup de Grace
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
Katarina's passive ability p
Katarina's q ability q
Katarina's w ability w
Katarina's e ability e
Katarina's ultimate ability r
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Guide to Synergizing Katarina and Naafiri

Tips for Playing as Katarina with Naafiri

Picking up Daggers will significantly reduce Shunpo's cooldown.

Try waiting until the other team is distracted with fighting your team, and use Shunpo to teleport into the fray and unleash a devastating Death Lotus.

Using Shunpo on an allied Champion, Dagger, or minion can be a great escape tactic.

Advice to Understand How Naafiri Will Play

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Katarina Naafiri Synergy Stats

Katarina Image
Win Rate
45.7 %
VS
Win Rate
54.3 %
Naafiri Image
9.6
< Kills >
9.7
7
< Deaths >
6.9
5.8
< Assists >
5.7
2.17
< Killing Sprees >
2.17
153
< Minions Killed >
156
0.07
< Dragons Killed >
0.06
0.31
< Inhibitors >
0.35
2,008
< Physical Damage >
2,139
21,278
< Magic Damage >
21,329
1,009
< True Damage >
975
24,296
< Damage Dealt >
24,444
25,169
< Damage Taken >
24,981
12,220
< Gold Earned >
12,273
1.47
< Towers >
1.48
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
3,380
< Total Healing >
3,393
14,127
< Experience >
14,170
16
< Vision Score >
16
8
< Wards Placed >
8
38
< Time Dealing CC >
36

How to Play with Naafiri as Katarina in LoL

The Katarina 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, Katarina sees a large worsening in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Naafiri. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Naafiri helps Katarina perform worse in ranked LoL games. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.

When Katarina plays on the same team as Naafiri, she observes a little decrease in her total damage dealt. This difference could indicate that Naafiri does not support by providing protection for her to deal more damage or that their support also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Katarina is played alongside Naafiri on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when she plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing with Naafiri.

Moreover, when Katarina plays with Naafiri on the same side, she typically takes a little more damage than when she plays alone. Receiving more damage could indicate that Naafiri does a poor job of protecting Katarina in team fights.

Synergies between Katarina and Naafiri

Damage Types Compared

Katarina
Naafiri
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Katarina
Naafiri

Is Katarina better when played alongside Naafiri?

There is no one best companion for Katarina that will no matter what be her #1 ally. However, Naafiri is a very bad teammate for Katarina. By playing on the same team as Katarina, they drops their win rate by -3.1% to 45.7%. This signals that there is a terrible bond between Katarina and Naafiri that results in them performing worse together than without each other.

Naafiri has a much lower diffuclty than Katarina. That means you don't need to be careful when lining up Naafiri allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a much lower level of skill to work well with you.

Playing alongside, you should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to destroy wih physical damage. Combined, these two can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.

Conversely, by pairing Katarina and Naafiri together, you may not be providing your other teammates a great deal of support. Make sure to have other champs on your team that fills this gap in their playstyle.

Regardless of your Naafiri ally's skill level, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Katarina Players

How We Calculated Our Katarina Naafiri Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Katarina and Naafiri, we analyzed 414 ranked and recent League of Legends matches. We perform advanced data cleaning and statistical methods to guarantee that our team synergy stats are accurate and reliable. You can be confident that our recommended build to pair Katarina with Naafiri comes from actual data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view your division's most relevant stats and build.

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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing

If you would like to truly master Katarina in order to work well with Naafiri during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League matches, you should continue reading to pick up additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown here, you will increase your win rate by a lot.

The most crucial items to use in your Katarina and Naafiri synergy build include Zhonya's Hourglass, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Katarina combined at least these three items in her build, she did much better as an ally of Naafiri than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Katarina boasted an average winrate of 45.7% when synergizing her build and playstyle to Naafiri with this build.

To have the highest likelihood of crushing your oponents, you should use the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Coup de Grace, and Triumph runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Out of all the runes players chose for this champion pairing, this combo of runes yielded the top win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 45.7% winrate overall.

If you would like to view Katarina and Naafiri collaboration tips and builds for a a particular player tier, feel free to choose one from the selection menu displayed above. By default, the statistics and strategies displayed are calculated using all games finished with both champions.