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Naafiri with Gwen

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How to Synergize Naafiri and Gwen

based on 1,313 Naafiri with Gwen pairs
Win Rate
47.2 %
K/D/A
2.09
Pick Rate
2.6 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

Our servers pull the stats from from millions of LoL matches straight from Riot Games each and every week. Naafiri has been on the same team as Gwen in 1313 recently played, ranked matches. By pooling so much great data directly from the hosts of LoL, we are totally sure that we can showcase high-quality, usable builds to help Naafiri play with Gwen. It is relatively rare for Naafiri to play alongside Gwen on the same team. This pairing has only occurred in about 2.6% of matches with Naafiri.

Naafiri Gwen Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Naafiri does a below average job of teaming up with Gwen. Usually, they wins a poor 47.2% of matches the champs play on the same team. If you want to maximize your potential as Naafiri when playing with Gwen by figuring out how to better synergize your tactics with her, then check out the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Naafiri vs Gwen Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Long SwordRefillable Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordSerrated Dirk

Core Naafiri Items

~22 Mins
Serylda's GrudgeHubrisOpportunity

Optional Items

Edge of NightYoumuu's GhostbladeEclipseVoltaic Cyclosword

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 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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E
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W
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Q
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Q
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R
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Q
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Guide to Synergizing Naafiri and Gwen

Tips for Playing as Naafiri with Gwen

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Advice to Understand How Gwen Will Play

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.

Naafiri Gwen Synergy Stats

Naafiri Image
Win Rate
47.2 %
VS
Win Rate
52.8 %
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8.3
< Kills >
8.5
6.7
< Deaths >
6.7
5.7
< Assists >
5.9
1.89
< Killing Sprees >
1.95
153
< Minions Killed >
152
0.17
< Dragons Killed >
0.22
0.3
< Inhibitors >
0.36
22,325
< Physical Damage >
22,775
103
< Magic Damage >
99
1,221
< True Damage >
1,250
23,650
< Damage Dealt >
24,125
25,023
< Damage Taken >
25,774
12,387
< Gold Earned >
12,636
1.4
< Towers >
1.56
0.04
< Baron Takedowns >
0.05
5,878
< Total Healing >
6,312
13,865
< Experience >
14,133
17
< Vision Score >
18
8
< Wards Placed >
8
52
< Time Dealing CC >
60

How to Play with Gwen as Naafiri in LoL

The Naafiri Gwen synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of their gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Gwen, 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 very large drop in their KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Gwen. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Gwen helps Naafiri perform poorer in competitive LoL games. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Naafiri tries to synergize with Gwen, they sees a little drop in their total damage dealt. This difference could demonstrate that Gwen does not support by providing cover for them to dish out more damage or that her presence on the team also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Naafiri is played alongside Gwen on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when they plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that they is worse when playing synergisticly with Gwen.

Additionally, when Naafiri plays with Gwen on the same team, they on average takes a little less damage than when they fights alone. Receiving not as much damage may indicate that Gwen does a decent job of covering Naafiri in teamfights.

Synergies between Naafiri and Gwen

Damage Types Compared

Naafiri
Gwen
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Naafiri
Gwen

Is Naafiri better when played alongside Gwen?

There is no one best synergy for Naafiri that will 100% of the time be their top ally. However, Gwen is a relatively poor companion for Naafiri. By playing on the same side as Naafiri, she lowers their win rate by -3.0% to 47.2%. This clearly indicates that there is a negative bond between Naafiri and Gwen that results in them performing not as well together than without each other.

Gwen has a greater difficulty than Naafiri. That means Naafiri players should be careful when lining up Gwen allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will have to have a greater level of skill to work well with you.

Working cooperatively, Naafiri players should expect to witness 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.

Although, by aligning Naafiri and Gwen together, you will not be granting your other allies a lot of magic damage. Make sure to have other champions on your team that offsets this relative disparity in this pairing's potential.

Regardless of the ability of your Gwen ally, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you will do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Naafiri Players

How We Calculated Our Naafiri Gwen Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Naafiri and Gwen, we analyzed 1,313 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 Gwen 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 truly master Naafiri in order to synergize with Gwen during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League, you should keep reading to master some more tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly.

The top finished items to use in your Naafiri and Gwen synergy build include Serylda's Grudge, Hubris, and Opportunity. When Naafiri used at least these three finished items in their build, they did much better as an ally of Gwen than with many other common builds. In fact, Naafiri had an average win rate of 47.2% when playing alongside Gwen with this build.

To have the best probability of crushing 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. Of all the rune combinations players chose for this team composition, this combo of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 47.2% winrate overall.

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