Lee Sin vs Naafiri
How to Beat Naafiri as Lee Sin
based on 1,459 Lee Sin vs Naafiri matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Lee Sin vs Naafiri Matchup Summary
Best Lee Sin vs Naafiri Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Naafiri as Lee Sin
Tips for Playing as Lee Sin against Naafiri
Take advantage of Flurry by weaving in basic attacks between spell casts - this maximizes damage output and minimizes Energy loss.
Self-casting Safeguard and using Iron Will are powerful tools for killing neutral monsters (in the jungle).
Use Sonic Wave before Dragon's Rage so you can chase the target with Resonating Strike.
Lee Sin vs Naafiri Counter Stats
How to Counter Naafiri with Lee Sin in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here feature some critical Lee Sin vs. Naafiri matchup stats that may help you figure out the differences between this pair of champs. For instance, Lee Sin’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Naafiri’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Lee Sin may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Naafiri..
Lee Sin usually has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his matchup does. Typically, he takes more damage than Naafiri. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Lee Sin and Naafiri
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Who is Better, Lee Sin or Naafiri?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Lee Sin usually loses when facing off against Naafiri, with a 45.7% win rate. As a result, Lee Sin makes a poor counter for Naafiri.
While Lee Sin does have a much lower winrate than Naafiri, when on opposite teams, Lee Sin also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more time consuming character to pick up and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Lee Sin into Naafiri.
Furthermore, Lee Sin has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Naafiri. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Lee Sin vs Naafiri matchups, Naafiri is the better champion with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Lee Sin is a trash counter for Naafiri. You will do well by focussing your play on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Lee Sin against Naafiri.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Lee Sin in order to counter Naafiri during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Lee Sin often gets a lot less CS as Naafiri. Champs who typically don't acquire much CS typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values reported on this page to do well.
The ideal items to use in your Lee Sin versus Naafiri build include Sterak's Gage, Black Cleaver, and Sundered Sky. When Lee Sin included at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better when fighting Naafiri than with many other common item sets. In fact, Lee Sin boasted an average win rate of 45.7% when countering Naafiri with this counter build.
To have the best likelihood of annihilating Naafiri as Lee Sin, Lee Sin players should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the runes players picked for Lee Sin vs Naafiri counter picks, this blending of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 45.7% winrate overall.
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