Zeri with Naafiri
How to Synergize Zeri and Naafiri
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Zeri Naafiri Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Zeri and Naafiri
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Zeri Naafiri Synergy Stats
How to Play with Naafiri as Zeri in LoL
The Zeri Naafiri synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of their gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Naafiri, compared to their overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how their gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Zeri sees a very large drop in their KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Naafiri. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Naafiri helps Zeri perform poorer in ranked League games. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.
When Zeri is an ally to Naafiri, they observes a noticable drop in their full damage output. This could indicate that Naafiri does not provide cover for them to dish out more damage or that their presence on the team also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Zeri is played alongside Naafiri on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when they plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that they is worse when playing synergisticly with Naafiri.
Moreover, when Zeri plays with Naafiri on the same team, they often receives a little less damage than when they plays alone. Taking not as much damage could mean that Naafiri does a decent job of protecting Zeri in team fights.
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Is Zeri better when played alongside Naafiri?
There is no top ally for Zeri that will always be their #1 ally. However, Naafiri is a below average companion for Zeri. By playing on the same side as Zeri, they lowers their win rate by -1.2% to 45.0%. This proves that there is a harmful synergy between Zeri and Naafiri that results in them performing not as well together than without each other.
Naafiri has a much lower diffuclty than Zeri. That means you don't need to be cautious when finding Naafiri teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a much lower level of skill to cooperate well with you.
Working together, Zeri players will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to dish out massive AD. Combined, these two should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.
Although, by pairing Zeri and Naafiri together, you will not be granting your other allies a lot of AP. Plan to include other champs on your team that neutralizes this hole in their potential.
Regardless of your Naafiri ally's skill level, you should focus on maximizing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Zeri to pair well with Naafiri during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL matches, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and stats displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The ideal finished items to use in your Zeri and Naafiri synergy build include Experimental Hexplate, Runaan's Hurricane, and Titanic Hydra. When Zeri incorporated at least these three items in their build, they performed significantly better when fighting alongside Naafiri than with many other common item sets. In fact, Zeri had an average winrate of 45.0% when synergizing their build and playstyle to Naafiri with these items in their kit.
To have the highest probability of coming out on top against your oponents, you should equip the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds that we analyzed for this champion pairing, this set of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 45.0% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to team up Naafiri with Zeri are shown for all ranked divisions combined. To narrow the statistics and builds to a specific player tier, you should use the selection menu located earlier on the page.