Lucian with Naafiri
How to Synergize Lucian and Naafiri
based on 2,621 Lucian with Naafiri pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Lucian Naafiri Synergy Summary
Best Lucian vs Naafiri Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Lucian and Naafiri
Tips for Playing as Lucian with Naafiri
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Because of Lightslinger, Lucian benefits more from Attack Damage than he does from Attack Speed.
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Advice to Understand How Naafiri Will Play
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Lucian Naafiri Synergy Stats
How to Play with Naafiri as Lucian in LoL
The Lucian Naafiri synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Naafiri, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Lucian sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Naafiri. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Naafiri helps Lucian perform not as well in competitive League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Lucian is paired with Naafiri, he sees a little decrease in his total damage dealt. This difference could indicate that Naafiri doesn't help cover for him to dish out more damage or that their support also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Lucian is played with Naafiri on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Naafiri.
Moreover, when Lucian plays with Naafiri on the same team, he typically takes a little less damage than when he plays alone. Receiving not as much damage may indicate that Naafiri does a decent job of covering Lucian in team fights.
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Is Lucian better when played alongside Naafiri?
There is no ideal synergy for Lucian that will 100% of the time be his ideal teammate. Yet, Naafiri is a below average teammate for Lucian. By playing on the same team as Lucian, they decreases their win rate by -1.4% to 47.4%. This signals that there is a harmful bond between Lucian and Naafiri that allows them to perform not as well together than alone.
Naafiri has a much lower diffuclty than Lucian. That means you don't need to be very careful when lining up Naafiri comrades to play with, as they will have to have a much lower level of skill to be able to cooperate well with you.
Playing together, Lucian players should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal physical damage. When paired, these two can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
Although, by aligning Lucian and Naafiri together, you may not be providing your team very much magic damage. Make sure to include other champions on your team that fills this gap in their kit.
Regardless of the ability of your Naafiri ally, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Lucian in order to pair well with Naafiri during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends matches, you should continue reading to gather additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you use the build and suggestions shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The most crucial items to get in your Lucian and Naafiri synergy build include Rapid Firecannon, Stormrazor, and Navori Quickblades. When Lucian incorporated at least these three great items in his build, he did a lot better when fighting alongside Naafiri than with most other common item sets. In fact, Lucian had an average winrate of 47.4% helping carry Naafiri with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of crushing your oponents, Lucian players should take the Press the Attack, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Magical Footwear, and Biscuit Delivery runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes we have analyed for Lucian and Naafiri pairings, this combination of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 47.4% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to synergize Naafiri with Lucian are given for all skill levels combined. If you would like to narrow the stats and builds to a particular rank, you should use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.