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Naafiri with Nidalee

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How to Synergize Naafiri and Nidalee

based on 398 Naafiri with Nidalee pairs
Win Rate
44.5 %
K/D/A
2.09
Pick Rate
0.8 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

Our servers take in the results of from millions of LoL rounds straight from Riot Games each and every week. Naafiri has gone into battle with Nidalee in 398 recent, competitive games. By gathering so much relevant data from the hosts of League of Legends, we are sure that we can give you high quality, accurate builds to help Naafiri synergize with Nidalee. It is very rare for Naafiri to play with Nidalee as allies. This has only occurred in approximately 0.8% of games with Naafiri.

Naafiri Nidalee Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Naafiri does a pathetic job of teaming up with Nidalee. Typically, they wins a poor 44.5% of games the champs fight together on the same side. If you want to play better as Naafiri when playing with Nidalee by learning how to better synergize your play style with her, then dig into the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Naafiri vs Nidalee Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Long SwordRefillable Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordSerrated Dirk

Core Naafiri Items

~22 Mins
Edge of NightProfane HydraOpportunity

Optional Items

HubrisSerylda's GrudgeEclipse

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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Guide to Synergizing Naafiri and Nidalee

Tips for Playing as Naafiri with Nidalee

Across the sands of Shurima, a chorus of howls rings out. It is the call of the dune hounds, voracious predators who form packs and compete for the right to hunt in these barren lands. Among them, one pack stands above all, for they are driven not only by canine instincts, but by the ancient power of the Darkin.

Advice to Understand How Nidalee Will Play

Use brush to your advantage! Moving in and out of brush can heavily alter your effectiveness in battle.

Start team fights by harassing with your Javelin Toss, and then switch to cougar form to chase down Hunted targets.

Bushwhack traps deal damage based on their victim's current Health. Set them up in your team's backline before fights break out during sieges to help your team deal damage to the enemy frontline.

Naafiri Nidalee Synergy Stats

Naafiri Image
Win Rate
44.5 %
VS
Win Rate
55.5 %
Nidalee Image
8.1
< Kills >
8.5
6.5
< Deaths >
6.7
5.5
< Assists >
5.9
1.85
< Killing Sprees >
1.95
162
< Minions Killed >
152
0.15
< Dragons Killed >
0.22
0.31
< Inhibitors >
0.36
22,845
< Physical Damage >
22,775
94
< Magic Damage >
99
1,235
< True Damage >
1,250
24,175
< Damage Dealt >
24,125
24,873
< Damage Taken >
25,774
12,413
< Gold Earned >
12,636
1.42
< Towers >
1.56
0.05
< Baron Takedowns >
0.05
5,477
< Total Healing >
6,312
13,871
< Experience >
14,133
17
< Vision Score >
18
8
< Wards Placed >
8
48
< Time Dealing CC >
60

How to Play with Nidalee as Naafiri in LoL

The Naafiri Nidalee synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of their gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Nidalee, 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 Nidalee. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Nidalee helps Naafiri perform poorer in competitive League matches. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.

When Naafiri tries to synergize with Nidalee, they gets a little increase in their total damage output. This may indicate that Nidalee supports by providing cover for them to dish out more damage or that her presence also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Naafiri is played together with Nidalee on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when they plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that they is worse when playing with Nidalee.

Additionally, when Naafiri plays with Nidalee on the same side, they often takes a little less damage than when they plays alone. Taking not as much damage may mean that Nidalee does a decent job of protecting Naafiri during team fights.

Synergies between Naafiri and Nidalee

Damage Types Compared

Naafiri
Nidalee
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Naafiri
Nidalee

Is Naafiri better when played alongside Nidalee?

There is no ideal companion for Naafiri that will no matter what be their top synergy. However, Nidalee is a terrible ally for Naafiri. By being on the same team as Naafiri, she decreases their win rate by -5.7% to 44.5%. This proves that there is a terrible synergy between Naafiri and Nidalee that results in them performing not as well together than without each other.

Nidalee has a much greater difficulty compared to Naafiri. That means Naafiri players should be careful when arranging Nidalee comrades to fight alongside, as they will have to have a much higher level of skill to be able to play well with you.

When playing on the same side, Naafiri players should observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal physical damage. When paired, these champions can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.

Conversely, by pairing Naafiri and Nidalee together, you will not be providing your other allies much AP. We recommend you include other champs on your team that neutralizes this relative hole in this pairing's capabilities.

Regardless of the ability of your Nidalee ally, you need to focus on increasing your income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well anyway.

Additional Information for Naafiri Players

How We Calculated Our Naafiri Nidalee Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Naafiri and Nidalee, we analyzed 398 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 Nidalee 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 work well with Nidalee during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL rounds, you should continue reading to master additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you mind the build and stats shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot.

The most crucial finished items to prioritize in your Naafiri and Nidalee synergy build include Edge of Night, Profane Hydra, and Opportunity. When Naafiri combined at least these three items in their build, they performed a lot better when paired up with Nidalee than with most other common builds. In fact, Naafiri boasted an average win rate of 44.5% when synergizing their build and playstyle to Nidalee with these items in their kit.

To have the best probability of vanquishing 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 builds that we analyzed for Naafiri and Nidalee pairings, this combination of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 44.5% win rate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to synergize Nidalee with Naafiri are given for every ranked division. If you want to narrow the stats and builds to a particular skill level, you can use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.