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How to Win Naafiri vs Taliyah Counter MatchupNaafiri is in the a tier of champions

Naafiri vs Taliyah

How to Beat Taliyah as Naafiri in LoLNaafiri is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Taliyah as Naafiri

based on 563 Naafiri vs Taliyah matchups
Win Rate
48.3 %
K/D/A
2.06
Pick Rate
1.1 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We summarize our counter stats from the millions of rated LoL matches that we evaluate every week. Our guide on how to beat Taliyah as Naafiri resulted from an examination of 563 ranked rounds where both champs faced off against each other. This matchup is fairly rare. Naafiri has to counter Taliyah in only 1.1% of their games.

Naafiri vs Taliyah Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Naafiri does a below average job of countering Taliyah. On average, they wins a lowly 48.3% of the time the champions face each other in. In Naafiri vs Taliyah rounds, Naafiri’s team is 0.1% less likely to get first blood. This implies that they probably won't get first blood versus Taliyah.

Best Naafiri vs Taliyah Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Long SwordRefillable Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordTiamat

Core Naafiri Items

~22 Mins
Serylda's GrudgeProfane HydraOpportunity

Optional Items

Edge of NightEclipseVoltaic Cyclosword

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Naafiri to level upq
>
Second ability for Naafiri to level upe
>
Last skill for Naafiri to max outw

Runes

InspirationFirst StrikeMagical FootwearBiscuit DeliveryCosmic Insight
DominationSudden ImpactTreasure Hunter
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
Naafiri's passive ability p
Naafiri's q ability q
Naafiri's w ability w
Naafiri's e ability e
Naafiri's ultimate ability r
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Guide to Countering Taliyah as Naafiri

Tips for Playing as Naafiri against Taliyah

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Advice to Win Against Taliyah

When Taliyah casts Unraveled Earth in the lane, be on the lookout for Seismic Shove. If she throws you into her minefield, the throws and stones will break your bones.

Taliyah's Threaded Volley is locked into a direction. If she's throwing rocks at you, dodge to the side!

Naafiri vs Taliyah Counter Stats

Naafiri Image
Win Rate
48.3 %
VS
Win Rate
51.7 %
Taliyah Image
8.1
< Kills >
6.3
6.7
< Deaths >
6.8
5.7
< Assists >
9
1.93
< Killing Sprees >
1.45
154
< Minions Killed >
132
0.21
< Dragons Killed >
0.52
0.34
< Inhibitors >
0.44
21,687
< Physical Damage >
817
110
< Magic Damage >
21,661
1,141
< True Damage >
1,072
22,938
< Damage Dealt >
23,550
26,471
< Damage Taken >
22,048
12,588
< Gold Earned >
12,530
1.51
< Towers >
1.72
0.07
< Baron Takedowns >
0.12
6,524
< Total Healing >
4,043
14,412
< Experience >
14,660
18
< Vision Score >
23
9
< Wards Placed >
9
62
< Time Dealing CC >
600

How to Counter Taliyah with Naafiri in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here emphasize several vital Naafiri versus Taliyah matchup stats that may help us figure out the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Naafiri’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Taliyah’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Naafiri may be more central to their team's team fighting capability than Taliyah..

Naafiri typically has a slightly larger longest kill spree than their foe does. On average, they receives more damage than Taliyah. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Naafiri and Taliyah

Damage Types Compared

Naafiri
Taliyah
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Naafiri
Taliyah

Who is Better, Naafiri or Taliyah?

Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Naafiri usually loses when playing against Taliyah, with a 48.3% win rate. As a result, Naafiri makes a poor counter for Taliyah.

While Naafiri does have a lower win rate than Taliyah, when on opposite teams, Naafiri also has a lower difficulty level that makes them a less complex champion to learn. You should be careful when picking Naafiri into Taliyah.

Additionally, Naafiri also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Taliyah. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Naafiri vs Taliyah matchups, Taliyah is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.

Naafiri is a somewhat poor counter to Taliyah. Focus your actions on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Naafiri against Taliyah.

Additional Information for Naafiri Players

How We Calculated Our Naafiri vs Taliyah Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Taliyah as Naafiri, we analyzed 563 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Taliyah as Naafiri comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Naafiri in order to counter Taliyah during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Naafiri most often picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Taliyah. Champions who on average don't acquire much CS typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values displayed here to do well.

The best items to have in your Naafiri versus Taliyah build include Serylda's Grudge, Profane Hydra, and Opportunity. When Naafiri combined at least these three items in their build, they performed significantly better vs Taliyah than with many other common item sets. In fact, Naafiri had an average win rate of 48.3% battling Taliyah with these items in their kit.

To have the highest probability of beating Taliyah as Naafiri, you should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Naafiri vs Taliyah counters, this order of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 48.3% winrate overall.

If you want to get Naafiri versus Taliyah tips and builds for a an individual division rank, please choose one from the selection menu shown above. At first, the statistics and guides displayed are calculated using all games with data with these champs.