Naafiri vs Caitlyn
How to Beat Caitlyn as Naafiri
based on 5,109 Naafiri vs Caitlyn matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Naafiri vs Caitlyn Matchup Summary
Best Naafiri vs Caitlyn Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Caitlyn as Naafiri
Tips for Playing as Naafiri against Caitlyn
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Advice to Win Against Caitlyn
Keep behind allied minions if Caitlyn is harassing you with Piltover Peacemaker (it deals less damage with each subsequent target).
You can intercept Ace in the Hole's missile from hitting an ally if you stand in its path.
Naafiri vs Caitlyn Counter Stats
How to Counter Caitlyn with Naafiri in LoL
The stats shown on this page clarify some influential Naafiri versus Caitlyn matchup statistics that can help you appreciate the differences between these two champions. Naafiri’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Caitlyn’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Naafiri may be more central to their team's team fighting potential than Caitlyn..
Naafiri typically has a slightly larger longest killing spree than their enemy does. Commonly, they takes more damage than Caitlyn. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also show that the champion with more HP has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Naafiri and Caitlyn
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Who is Better, Naafiri or Caitlyn?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Naafiri usually wins when taking on Caitlyn, with a 52.3% win rate. Therefore, Naafiri makes a good counter to Caitlyn.
While Naafiri does have a higher win rate compared to Caitlyn, when they face off with one another, Naafiri also has a much lower learning curve that makes them a less complex champion to learn. You should be be fine when picking Naafiri into Caitlyn.
Moreover, Naafiri also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Caitlyn. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Naafiri vs Caitlyn matchups, Naafiri is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Naafiri is an above average counter for Caitlyn. Make sure you focus your strategy on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Naafiri against Caitlyn.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Naafiri in order to counter Caitlyn during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Naafiri often picks up a similar amount of CS as Caitlyn. Champions who on average don't acquire much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values shown on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Naafiri versus Caitlyn build include Edge of Night, Serylda's Grudge, and Axiom Arc. When Naafiri bought at least these three pieces in their build, they did much better countering Caitlyn than with many other common item sets. In fact, Naafiri boasted an average win rate of 52.3% when playing against Caitlyn with this counter build.
To have the greatest probability of crushing Caitlyn as Naafiri, Naafiri players should equip the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune sets players chose for Naafiri vs Caitlyn battles, this set of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 52.3% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Caitlyn as Naafiri are shown for all ranked divisions combined. If you want to scope the statistics and builds to an individual skill level, you should use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.