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.
Last Breath can be cast on any target that is knocked Airborne, even by one of your allies.
Dash through a minion to have Sweeping Blade available to chase your opponent should they flee; Dash directly to your opponent to preserve a minion as your escape route.
At level 18, Yasuo's Steel Tempest reaches its Attack Speed cap with 55% Attack Speed from items.
The Naafiri Yasuo synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of their gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Yasuo, 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 Yasuo. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Yasuo helps Naafiri perform not as well in competitive LoL matches. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Naafiri tries to synergize with Yasuo, they sees a barely noticable drop in their complete damage output. This change may signal that Yasuo does not provide protection for them to deal more damage or that his allyship also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Naafiri is played with Yasuo on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when they plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that they is worse when playing synergisticly with Yasuo.
Additionally, when Naafiri plays with Yasuo on the same side, they on average receives a little less damage than when they plays alone. Taking not as much damage may mean that Yasuo does a decent job of protecting Naafiri in team fights.
There is no ideal champion pairing for Naafiri that will 100% of the time be their #1 teammate. However, Yasuo is a relatively poor companion for Naafiri. By locking into the same team as Naafiri, he lowers their win rate by -2.6% to 47.6%. This proves that there is a harmful strategic relationship between Naafiri and Yasuo that results in them performing worse together than alone.
Yasuo has a much greater difficulty compared to Naafiri. That means Naafiri players should be careful when finding Yasuo comrades to play with, as they will require a much higher level of skill to do well with you.
Working on the same side, you will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to dish out massive AD. Combined, these champions can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
In contrast, by bringing Naafiri and Yasuo together, you will not be granting your other allies much magical damage output. We recommend you pick other champs on your team that neutralizes this relative hole in their potential.
Regardless of your Yasuo ally's ability, you need to focus on maximizing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well, regardless.
If you would like to truly master Naafiri in order to synergize with Yasuo during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you use the build and tips presented here, you should increase your win rate significantly.
The top items to have in your Naafiri and Yasuo synergy build consist of Serylda's Grudge, Axiom Arc, and Profane Hydra. When Naafiri incorporated at least these three great items in their build, they performed much better when paired up with Yasuo than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Naafiri had an average winrate of 47.6% when synergizing their build and playstyle to Yasuo with this build.
To have the greatest chance 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. Out of all the rune combinations we have analyed for this champion pairing, this mix of runes resulted in the top win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 47.6% winrate overall.
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