Zilean with Naafiri
How to Synergize Zilean and Naafiri
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Zilean Naafiri Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Zilean and Naafiri
Tips for Playing as Zilean with Naafiri
Time Warp is an effective way to enable allies to finish off enemies, or escape from a losing battle.
Chronoshift is a powerful deterrent to attacking your carries, but casting Chronoshift too early in a fight can cause the enemy to switch targets too soon, making it less effective.
You can combine the use of Time Bomb and Rewind to place two Time Bombs on a target quickly. Placing the second bomb will detonate the first and stun all nearby enemies.
Advice to Understand How Naafiri Will Play
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Zilean Naafiri Synergy Stats
How to Play with Naafiri as Zilean in LoL
The Zilean 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, Zilean sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Naafiri. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Naafiri helps Zilean perform worse in ranked League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Zilean tries to synergize with Naafiri, he sees a little increase in his total damage dealt. This difference may demonstrate that Naafiri helps provide cover for him to deal more damage or that their participation also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Zilean is played together with Naafiri on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Naafiri. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Naafiri.
Moreover, when Zilean plays with Naafiri on the same team, he often takes a little less damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt not as much damage could indicate that Naafiri does a decent job of protecting Zilean during teamfights.
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Is Zilean better when played alongside Naafiri?
There is no universally accepted best companion for Zilean that will 100% of the time be his best teammate. Yet, overall, Naafiri is a decent teammate for Zilean. By being on the same team as Zilean, they increases their win rate by 2.3% to 53.0%. This clearly indicates that there is a somewhat important bond between Zilean and Naafiri that results in them performing at the top of their game together than without each other.
Naafiri has a much lower diffuclty than Zilean. That means you don't need to be cautious when finding Naafiri allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a much lower level of skill to be able to work well with you.
Playing together, Zilean players should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to buff allies and debuff enemies. Combined, these champs will help their other teammates secure a victory.
In contrast, by bringing Zilean and Naafiri together, you will not be granting your other allies much AP. We recommend you pick other champions on your team that offsets this relative hole in this pairing's abilities.
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 heed this simple advice, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Zilean in order to work well with Naafiri during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League, you should continue reading to learn additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you mind the build and tips shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The top finished items to have in your Zilean and Naafiri synergy build consist of Shurelya's Battlesong, Solstice Sleigh, and Imperial Mandate. When Zilean included at least these three great items in his build, he performed much better when paired up with Naafiri than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Zilean boasted an average winrate of 53.0% helping carry Naafiri with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest probability of vanquishing your oponents, Zilean players should use the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Waterwalking, Cheap Shot, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players picked for Zilean and Naafiri pairings, this mix of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 53.0% winrate overall.
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