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Naafiri with Graves

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How to Synergize Naafiri and Graves

based on 1,492 Naafiri with Graves pairs
Win Rate
50.5 %
K/D/A
2.04
Pick Rate
2.9 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

Our servers pull data from from millions of League matches directly from Riot Games each week. Naafiri has fought alongside Graves in 1492 recently played, competitive games. By pooling so much accurate data directly from the hosts of LoL, we are sure that we can present to you high-quality, insightful builds to help Naafiri synergize with Graves. It is relatively rare for Naafiri to play with Graves on the same team. This has only occurred in approximately 2.9% of games with Naafiri.

Naafiri Graves Synergy Summary

Naafiri does a ok job of teaming up with Graves. Typically, they wins an acceptable 50.5% of games the champs appear on the same team. If you want to win more matches as Naafiri when playing with Graves by learning how to better synergize your strategy with him, then review the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Naafiri vs Graves Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Glowing MoteTiamat

Core Naafiri Items

~22 Mins
Edge of NightSerylda's GrudgeOpportunity

Optional Items

Maw of MalmortiusProfane HydraEclipseHubris

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
>
Last skill for Naafiri to max outw

Runes

InspirationFirst StrikeMagical FootwearBiscuit DeliveryCosmic Insight
DominationSudden ImpactTreasure Hunter
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
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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Q
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W
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Guide to Synergizing Naafiri and Graves

Tips for Playing as Naafiri with Graves

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Advice to Understand How Graves Will Play

Smoke Screen can be used both to escape and to set up a kill.

Using Quickdraw to get into range and delivering a point blank Buckshot can do lots of damage.

Naafiri Graves Synergy Stats

Naafiri Image
Win Rate
50.5 %
VS
Win Rate
49.5 %
Graves Image
8.2
< Kills >
8.5
6.9
< Deaths >
6.7
5.9
< Assists >
5.9
1.96
< Killing Sprees >
1.95
165
< Minions Killed >
152
0.11
< Dragons Killed >
0.22
0.38
< Inhibitors >
0.36
23,083
< Physical Damage >
22,775
113
< Magic Damage >
99
1,236
< True Damage >
1,250
24,432
< Damage Dealt >
24,125
25,749
< Damage Taken >
25,774
12,654
< Gold Earned >
12,636
1.64
< Towers >
1.56
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0.05
5,757
< Total Healing >
6,312
14,276
< Experience >
14,133
18
< Vision Score >
18
9
< Wards Placed >
8
51
< Time Dealing CC >
60

How to Play with Graves as Naafiri in LoL

The Naafiri Graves synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of their gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Graves, 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 Graves. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Graves helps Naafiri perform worse in ranked League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.

When Naafiri is paired with Graves, they gets a little increase in their total damage output. This difference could signal that Graves helps provide protection for them to deal more damage or that his allyship also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Naafiri is played alongside Graves on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when they plays without Graves. This is contrasting evidence that they is worse when playing synergisticly with Graves.

Additionally, when Naafiri plays with Graves on the same side, they typically takes a little less damage than when they fights alone. Receiving not as much damage could indicate that Graves does a decent job of covering Naafiri during teamfights.

Synergies between Naafiri and Graves

Damage Types Compared

Naafiri
Graves
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Naafiri
Graves

Is Naafiri better when played alongside Graves?

There is no ideal ally for Naafiri that will always be their top ally. Yet, Graves is a very typical teammate for Naafiri. By being on the same team as Naafiri, he increases their win rate by 0.3% to 50.5%. This proves that there is not really a strong strategic relationship between Naafiri and Graves that results in them performing better together than alone.

Graves has a greater difficulty than Naafiri. That means Naafiri players need to be careful when lining up Graves teammates to fight alongside, as they will require a greater level of skill to be able to cooperate well with you.

When playing alongside, you should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal physical damage. Combined, these champions can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.

Conversely, by grouping Naafiri and Graves together, you probably will not be giving your team a lot of magical damage output. We recommend you have other champions on your team that fills this relative disparity in this pairing's abilities.

Regardless of the skill of your Graves teammate, you need to focus on maximizing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you will do well anyway.

Additional Information for Naafiri Players

How We Calculated Our Naafiri Graves Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Naafiri and Graves, we analyzed 1,492 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 Graves 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 to pair well with Graves during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL, you should keep reading to gather additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly.

The most important items to focus on in your Naafiri and Graves synergy build include Edge of Night, Serylda's Grudge, and Opportunity. When Naafiri combined at least these three great items in their build, they did significantly better when fighting alongside Graves than with many other common item sets. In fact, Naafiri had an average win rate of 50.5% helping carry Graves with these items in their kit.

To have the highest probability of beating your oponents, you should use 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 rune combinations players chose for Naafiri and Graves pairings, this mix of runes yielded the top win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 50.5% winrate overall.

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