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How to Synergize Naafiri with Darius on the Same TeamNaafiri is in the a tier of champions

Naafiri with Darius

How to Win With Naafiri and Darius Paired TogetherNaafiri is in the b tier of champions
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How to Synergize Naafiri and Darius

based on 1,405 Naafiri with Darius pairs
Win Rate
46 %
K/D/A
2.04
Pick Rate
2.8 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

At MOBA Champion, we take in the stats from from millions of League games straight from Riot Games each and every week. Naafiri has been on the same team as Darius in 1405 recently played, ranked games. By accumulating so much accurate data directly from the makers of LoL, we are confident that we can produce high quality, insightful builds to help Naafiri synergize with Darius. It is relatively rare for Naafiri to play with Darius on the same side. This has only occurred in approximately 2.8% of rounds with Naafiri.

Naafiri Darius Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Naafiri has done a terrible job of playing alongside Darius. Usually, they wins a poor 46.0% of matches the champions play on the same team. If you want to do better as Naafiri when playing with Darius by figuring out how to better synergize your strategy with him, then dig into the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Naafiri vs Darius Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Long SwordRefillable Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordPickaxe

Core Naafiri Items

~22 Mins
Serylda's GrudgeHubrisProfane Hydra

Optional Items

Edge of NightEclipseOpportunityYoumuu's Ghostblade

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

InspirationFirst StrikeMagical FootwearBiscuit DeliveryCosmic Insight
DominationSudden ImpactTreasure Hunter
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Naafiri's passive ability p
Naafiri's q ability q
Naafiri's w ability w
Naafiri's e ability e
Naafiri's ultimate ability r
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Guide to Synergizing Naafiri and Darius

Tips for Playing as Naafiri with Darius

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Advice to Understand How Darius Will Play

Noxian Guillotine does more damage the more attacks you can land prior to it. Use Noxian Might to deal maximum damage.

Darius benefits greatly from enhanced survivability. The longer you can prolong a fight, the more powerful he becomes.

Decimate is a powerful harassment ability. Strike an enemy from maximum range for the greatest effect.

Naafiri Darius Synergy Stats

Naafiri Image
Win Rate
46 %
VS
Win Rate
54 %
Darius Image
7.8
< Kills >
8.5
6.7
< Deaths >
6.7
5.9
< Assists >
5.9
1.84
< Killing Sprees >
1.95
148
< Minions Killed >
152
0.22
< Dragons Killed >
0.22
0.32
< Inhibitors >
0.36
21,468
< Physical Damage >
22,775
99
< Magic Damage >
99
1,249
< True Damage >
1,250
22,816
< Damage Dealt >
24,125
25,385
< Damage Taken >
25,774
12,324
< Gold Earned >
12,636
1.46
< Towers >
1.56
0.04
< Baron Takedowns >
0.05
6,087
< Total Healing >
6,312
13,803
< Experience >
14,133
17
< Vision Score >
18
8
< Wards Placed >
8
58
< Time Dealing CC >
60

How to Play with Darius as Naafiri in LoL

The Naafiri Darius synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of their gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Darius, compared to their overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how their gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.

Overall, Naafiri sees a large worsening in their KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Darius. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Darius helps Naafiri perform worse in ranked League matches. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.

When Naafiri is paired with Darius, they gets a little decrease in their full damage output. This change may demonstrate that Darius does not support by providing protection for them to dish out more damage or that his support also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Naafiri is played together with Darius on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when they plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that they is worse when playing with Darius.

Additionally, when Naafiri plays with Darius on the same team, they typically receives a little less damage than when they plays alone. Receiving not as much damage may indicate that Darius does a decent job of covering Naafiri during teamfights.

Synergies between Naafiri and Darius

Damage Types Compared

Naafiri
Darius
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Naafiri
Darius

Is Naafiri better when played alongside Darius?

There is no top companion for Naafiri that will 100% of the time be their ideal synergy. However, overall, Darius is a very bad teammate for Naafiri. By locking into the same team as Naafiri, he lowers their win rate by -4.2% to 46.0%. This signals that there is a terrible strategic relationship between Naafiri and Darius that allows them to perform not as well together than alone.

Darius has a lower difficulty than Naafiri. That means Naafiri players don't need to be careful when arranging Darius comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will have to have a lower level of skill to fight well with you.

Working cooperatively, Naafiri players should see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to destroy wih physical damage. Combined, these champions should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.

Although, by grouping Naafiri and Darius together, you may not be giving your team a lot of magic damage. Make sure to include other champs on your team that offsets this relative gap in this pairing's playstyle.

Regardless of the skill of your Darius ally, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well anyway.

Additional Information for Naafiri Players

How We Calculated Our Naafiri Darius Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Naafiri and Darius, we analyzed 1,405 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 Naafiri with Darius 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

To learn all of the intricacies of Naafiri in order to synergize with Darius during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends rounds, you should keep reading to pick up additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you mind the build and stats shown here, you should increase your win rate significantly.

The most important items to use in your Naafiri and Darius synergy build consist of Serylda's Grudge, Hubris, and Profane Hydra. When Naafiri combined at least these three pieces in their build, they performed significantly better when paired up with Darius than with most other common builds. In fact, Naafiri boasted an average winrate of 46.0% when synergizing their build and playstyle to Darius with this build.

To have the best chance of defeating your oponents, Naafiri players should equip the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Out of all the runes players used for this team composition, this order of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 46.0% winrate overall.

If you would like to view Naafiri and Darius collaboration tips and builds for a a particular player tier, feel free to select one from the selection menu displayed above. At first, the stats and build suggestions shown are computed using every round completed with these champs.