Naafiri vs Jhin
How to Beat Jhin as Naafiri
based on 5,663 Naafiri vs Jhin matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Naafiri vs Jhin Matchup Summary
Best Naafiri vs Jhin Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Jhin as Naafiri
Tips for Playing as Naafiri against Jhin
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Advice to Win Against Jhin
Jhin places invisible traps around the map. Watch where you step!
Jhin's attacks are quite potent, but he runs out of ammo after the 4th shot. Use this window to jump him and burst him down.
Deadly Flourish only roots those hit by one of Jhin's basic attacks, traps, or allies within the last 4 seconds.
Naafiri vs Jhin Counter Stats
How to Counter Jhin with Naafiri in LoL
The stats provided here highlight some strategic Naafiri against Jhin counter statistics that may help you understand the differences between the two. Naafiri’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Jhin’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Naafiri may be more central to their team's team fighting effectiveness than Jhin..
Naafiri often has a similar longest kill spree as their foe does. Commonly, they receives more damage than Jhin. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Naafiri and Jhin
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Who is Better, Naafiri or Jhin?
Both League champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Naafiri usually fairs equally well when playing against Jhin, with a 50.6% win rate. Thus, Naafiri makes an ok counter to Jhin.
While Naafiri does have a higher winrate compared to Jhin, when facing one another, Naafiri also has a much lower learning curve that makes them a less challenging champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Naafiri into Jhin.
Additionally, Naafiri has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Jhin. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Naafiri vs Jhin matchups, Naafiri is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Naafiri is a decent counter to Jhin. Focus your play on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Naafiri against Jhin.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Naafiri in order to counter Jhin during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Naafiri often gets a similar amount of CS as Jhin. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions 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 displayed here to do well.
The best items to use in your Naafiri versus Jhin build consist of Guardian Angel, Profane Hydra, and Opportunity. When Naafiri bought at least these three items in their build, they did much better vs Jhin than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Naafiri boasted an average win rate of 50.6% battling Jhin with this build.
To have the best chance of defeating Jhin as Naafiri, Naafiri players should equip the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Gathering Storm, and Transcendence runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Naafiri vs Jhin counterpicks, this sequence of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 50.6% winrate overall.
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