Naafiri vs Xerath
How to Beat Xerath as Naafiri
based on 2,054 Naafiri vs Xerath matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Naafiri vs Xerath Matchup Summary
Best Naafiri vs Xerath Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Xerath as Naafiri
Tips for Playing as Naafiri against Xerath
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Advice to Win Against Xerath
Xerath's range can be intimidating, but most champions who close distance with him can trade favorably.
Banshee's Veil will make it much harder for Xerath to land Shocking Orb on you.
Xerath takes a long time to engage Rite of the Arcane. Watch for his spellcast animation and start dodging.
Naafiri vs Xerath Counter Stats
How to Counter Xerath with Naafiri in LoL
The stats shown here underscore some important Naafiri vs. Xerath counter stats that may help us realize the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Naafiri’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Xerath’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Naafiri may be more central to their team's team fighting capability than Xerath. This observation is largely fueled by the difference in kills.
Naafiri often has a slightly larger longest killing spree than their matchup does. On average, they receives more damage than Xerath. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Naafiri and Xerath
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Who is Better, Naafiri or Xerath?
Both League champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Naafiri usually wins when taking on Xerath, with a 51.7% win rate. Therefore, Naafiri makes a good counter to Xerath.
While Naafiri does have a higher winrate compared to Xerath, when on opposite teams, Naafiri also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes them a less complex character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Naafiri into Xerath.
Additionally, Naafiri also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Xerath. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Naafiri vs Xerath matchups, Naafiri is the better champ with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Naafiri is a decent counter to Xerath. Focus your play on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Naafiri against Xerath.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Naafiri to counter Xerath during both the lane 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 mind the build and stats shown above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Naafiri usually gets more CS relative to Xerath. Champions who on average don't get much CS typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, 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 require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values shown on this page to do well.
The top items to have in your Naafiri versus Xerath build include Serylda's Grudge, Hubris, and Profane Hydra. When Naafiri bought at least these three items in their build, they did a lot better vs Xerath than with most other common builds. In fact, Naafiri boasted an average win rate of 51.7% when playing against Xerath with this counter build.
To have the greatest probability of beating Xerath as Naafiri, you 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 combinations players chose for Naafiri vs Xerath battles, this composite of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 51.7% win rate overall.
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