Naafiri with Xerath
How to Synergize Naafiri and Xerath
based on 1,638 Naafiri with Xerath pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Naafiri Xerath Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Naafiri and Xerath
Tips for Playing as Naafiri with Xerath
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Advice to Understand How Xerath Will Play
If you stun an enemy with Shocking Orb, follow up with a guaranteed center hit on Eye of Destruction.
It's easier to land Arcanopulse on an enemy when they're moving toward or away from you, rather than side to side.
Eye of Destruction will make landing Arcanopulse easier as the target will be slowed.
Naafiri Xerath Synergy Stats
How to Play with Xerath as Naafiri in LoL
The Naafiri Xerath synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of their gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Xerath, 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 Xerath. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Xerath helps Naafiri perform poorer in ranked LoL games. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Naafiri plays on the same team as Xerath, they sees a small decrease in their total damage output. This change may demonstrate that Xerath doesn't help cover for them to deal more damage or that his presence also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Naafiri is played with Xerath 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 alongside Xerath.
Additionally, when Naafiri plays with Xerath on the same team, they usually takes a little more damage than when they fights alone. Receiving more damage may indicate that Xerath does a poor job of protecting Naafiri in team fights.
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Is Naafiri better when played alongside Xerath?
There is no ideal synergy for Naafiri that will 100% of the time be their ideal synergy. Yet, Xerath is a very typical ally for Naafiri. By locking into the same side as Naafiri, he raises their win rate by 0.5% to 50.7%. This signals that there is only a small strategic relationship between Naafiri and Xerath that results in them performing stronger together than alone.
Xerath has a much greater difficulty compared to Naafiri. That means you need to be careful when enlisting Xerath comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will have to have a much greater level of skill to be able to work well with you.
Working on the same side, you should see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to destroy wih physical damage. Together, these champs can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
Conversely, by pairing Naafiri and Xerath together, you will not be granting your side much engage. Plan to pick other champions on your team that nullifies this gap in this pairing's playstyle.
Regardless of your Xerath ally's skill level, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Naafiri to work well with Xerath during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and stats displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The most important finished items to include in your Naafiri and Xerath synergy build include Guardian Angel, Profane Hydra, and Opportunity. When Naafiri combined at least these three great items in their build, they did a lot better as an ally of Xerath than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Naafiri had an average winrate of 50.7% when playing alongside Xerath with this build.
To have the best likelihood of crushing your oponents, Naafiri players 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 sets we have analyed for Naafiri and Xerath pairings, this composite of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 50.7% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to pair Xerath with Naafiri are displayed for all ranked divisions combined. If you want to narrow the stats and builds to an individual skill level, you can use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.