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Command: Protect can be used on yourself to return the Ball back to you quickly. Combine this with Command: Attack for a quick harassment.
Command: Dissonance is a very powerful escape tool if Orianna has the Ball. The combination of speed and leaving a slowing obstacle can be quite powerful.
Command: Shockwave can be used to drag enemies towards you or away from you if you position the Ball properly.
The Naafiri Orianna synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of their gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Orianna, 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 Orianna. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Orianna helps Naafiri perform worse in ranked League games. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Naafiri tries to synergize with Orianna, they observes a little drop in their full damage dealt. This change may demonstrate that Orianna does not provide cover for them to dish out more damage or that her presence on the team also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Naafiri is played with Orianna 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 Orianna.
Additionally, when Naafiri plays with Orianna on the same team, they typically takes more damage than when they plays alone. Taking more damage could indicate that Orianna does a poor job of protecting Naafiri in team fights.
There is no top companion for Naafiri that will always be their best synergy. Yet, Orianna is a below average ally for Naafiri. By locking into the same side as Naafiri, she lowers their win rate by -2.5% to 47.7%. This demonstrates that there is a negative synergy between Naafiri and Orianna that allows them to perform not as well together than without each other.
Orianna has a much greater difficulty compared to Naafiri. That means Naafiri players should be very careful when finding Orianna teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a much higher level of skill to do well with you.
Working cooperatively, you will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal physical damage. Combined, these champions should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.
In contrast, by aligning Naafiri and Orianna together, you will not be giving your other teammates enough cover. Plan to have other champs on your team that helps cover this relative hole in this pairing's kit.
Regardless of your Orianna ally's ability, you should focus on maximizing your income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you will do well anyway.
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Naafiri to synergize with Orianna during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League rounds, you should continue reading to learn additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you use the build and tips displayed here, you should increase your win rate significantly.
The most crucial finished items to focus on in your Naafiri and Orianna synergy build include Eclipse, Serylda's Grudge, and Axiom Arc. When Naafiri incorporated at least these three pieces in their build, they did significantly better when fighting alongside Orianna than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Naafiri boasted an average winrate of 47.7% helping carry Orianna with this build.
To have the best chance of beating your oponents, you should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Future's Market, Cosmic Insight, Transcendence, and Gathering Storm runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the runes players used for Naafiri and Orianna pairings, this set of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 47.7% win rate overall.
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