Nami with Naafiri
How to Synergize Nami and Naafiri
based on 1,291 Nami with Naafiri pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Nami Naafiri Synergy Summary
Best Nami vs Naafiri Counter Build
Items
Starter Items
Early Items
Core Nami Items
Optional Items
Summoner Spells
Skill Order
Runes
Guide to Synergizing Nami and Naafiri
Tips for Playing as Nami with Naafiri
Nami's ultimate can come in very handy for initiating on enemies who are far away.
Using Ebb and Flow during an engagement with enemy champions will help sway the battle in your favor.
Aqua Prison has a long cooldown, make sure to use it at the right moment.
Advice to Understand How Naafiri Will Play
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.
Nami Naafiri Synergy Stats
How to Play with Naafiri as Nami in LoL
The Nami Naafiri synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Naafiri, compared to her overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how her gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Nami sees a large worsening in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Naafiri. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Naafiri helps Nami perform poorer in competitive League rounds. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.
When Nami plays on the same team as Naafiri, she gets a small increase in her total damage dealt. This change could signal that Naafiri provides cover for her to dish out more damage or that their participation also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Nami is played together with Naafiri on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when she plays without Naafiri. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing synergisticly with Naafiri.
Moreover, when Nami plays with Naafiri on the same team, she usually receives a little more damage than when she fights alone. Taking more damage may indicate that Naafiri does a poor job of covering Nami in teamfights.
Synergies between Nami and Naafiri
Damage Types Compared
Champion Playstyles Contrasted
Is Nami better when played alongside Naafiri?
There is no one best companion for Nami that will 100% of the time be her #1 teammate. Yet, overall, Naafiri is a below average teammate for Nami. By locking into the same side as Nami, they decreases their win rate by -1.9% to 47.2%. This proves that there is a negative bond between Nami and Naafiri that allows them to perform not as well together than alone.
Naafiri has a much lower diffuclty than Nami. That means Nami players don't need to be cautious when finding Naafiri comrades to play with, as they will require a much lower level of skill to play well with you.
Fighting together, Nami players should witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal physical damage. When paired, these champions can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.
In contrast, by bringing Nami and Naafiri together, you may not be giving your other allies enough magic damage. We recommend you include other champions on your team that neutralizes this disparity in this pairing's capabilities.
Regardless of your Naafiri ally's skill level, you need to focus on maximizing your income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well, regardless.
Other Champion Matchups Against Nami
Other Top Synergies by Role
Additional Information for Nami Players
How We Calculated Our Nami Naafiri Synergy Build and Stats
Other Useful Resources
Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Nami to work well with Naafiri during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League rounds, you should keep reading to gather additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you mind the build and tips shown here, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The ideal finished items to have in your Nami and Naafiri synergy build include Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, Imperial Mandate, and Staff of Flowing Water. When Nami included at least these three finished items in her build, she did significantly better when fighting alongside Naafiri than with most other common item sets. In fact, Nami had an average winrate of 47.2% helping carry Naafiri with this build.
To have the highest probability of annihilating your oponents, you should use the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Bone Plating, and Revitalize runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players used for this team composition, this combination of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 47.2% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to synergize Naafiri with Nami are displayed for all ranked divisions combined. If you would like to narrow the stats and builds to a specific rank, you should use the selection menu at the top of this page.