Xerath with Naafiri
How to Synergize Xerath and Naafiri
based on 1,638 Xerath with Naafiri pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Xerath Naafiri Synergy Summary
Best Xerath vs Naafiri Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Xerath and Naafiri
Tips for Playing as Xerath with Naafiri
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.
Advice to Understand How Naafiri Will Play
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Xerath Naafiri Synergy Stats
How to Play with Naafiri as Xerath in LoL
The Xerath Naafiri synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Naafiri, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Xerath sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Naafiri. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Naafiri helps Xerath perform worse in ranked League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Xerath tries to synergize with Naafiri, he observes a barely noticable drop in his complete damage output. This difference may signal that Naafiri doesn't help protection for him to deal more damage or that their presence also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Xerath is played together with Naafiri on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Naafiri.
Moreover, when Xerath plays with Naafiri on the same side, he often takes a little less damage than when he plays alone. Taking not as much damage may mean that Naafiri does a decent job of covering Xerath in teamfights.
Synergies between Xerath and Naafiri
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Is Xerath better when played alongside Naafiri?
There is no one best ally for Xerath that will always be his ideal synergy. Yet, overall, Naafiri is a very typical ally for Xerath. By being on the same team as Xerath, they raises their win rate by 0.1% to 50.7%. This proves that there is not really a strong bond between Xerath and Naafiri that allows them to perform stronger together than alone.
Naafiri has a much lower diffuclty than Xerath. That means Xerath players don't need to be careful when lining up Naafiri comrades to play with, as they will require a much lower level of skill to be able to do well with you.
Fighting on the same side, you should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal physical damage. Combined, these champs can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.
In contrast, by pairing Xerath and Naafiri together, you will not be giving your side a lot of engage potential. Make sure to include other champs on your team that helps cover this relative hole in this pairing's playstyle.
Regardless of the ability of your Naafiri teammate, you need to focus on maximizing your income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Xerath in order to pair well with Naafiri during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends matches, you should keep reading to pick up additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you use the build and stats displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The ideal finished items to build first in your Xerath and Naafiri synergy build consist of Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, Horizon Focus, and Luden's Companion. When Xerath combined at least these three items in his build, he did much better when fighting alongside Naafiri than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Xerath had an average win rate of 50.7% helping carry Naafiri with this build.
To have the highest chance of coming out on top against your oponents, you should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Scorch runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Xerath and Naafiri pairings, this composite of runes resulted in the top win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 50.7% winrate overall.
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