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The Naafiri Shaco synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of their gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Shaco, 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 Shaco. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Shaco helps Naafiri perform poorer in ranked League matches. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Naafiri plays on the same team as Shaco, they sees a little increase in their complete damage dealt. This difference may demonstrate that Shaco helps provide cover for them to dish out more damage or that his allyship also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Naafiri is played alongside Shaco on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when they plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that they is worse when playing alongside Shaco.
Additionally, when Naafiri plays with Shaco on the same side, they typically receives a little more damage than when they fights alone. Receiving more damage could mean that Shaco does a poor job of protecting Naafiri in teamfights.
There is no one best companion for Naafiri that will no matter what be their #1 teammate. However, overall, Shaco is a not very good teammate for Naafiri. By locking into the same side as Naafiri, he lowers their win rate by -1.3% to 48.9%. This shows that there is a negative bond between Naafiri and Shaco that results in them performing not as well together than without each other.
Shaco has a much greater difficulty compared to Naafiri. That means Naafiri players must be cautious when arranging Shaco allies to fight alongside, as they will need a much greater level of skill to be able to work well with you.
Working on the same side, Naafiri players should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal physical damage. Together, these two can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.
In contrast, by pairing Naafiri and Shaco together, you may not be providing your team very much AP. Plan to have other champs on your team that helps cover this relative disparity in this pairing's capabilities.
Regardless of the ability of your Shaco ally, you need to focus on increasing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well, regardless.
To truly master Naafiri to work well with Shaco during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL, you should continue reading to learn additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you mind the build and stats presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Naafiri and Shaco synergy build include Guardian Angel, Serylda's Grudge, and Profane Hydra. When Naafiri used at least these three finished items in their build, they did a lot better when fighting alongside Shaco than with most other common item sets. In fact, Naafiri had an average win rate of 48.9% when synergizing their build and playstyle to Shaco with this build.
To have the highest chance of defeating 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 used for this champion pairing, this combination of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 48.9% win rate overall.
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