Taric vs Naafiri
How to Beat Naafiri as Taric
based on 497 Taric vs Naafiri matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Taric vs Naafiri Matchup Summary
Best Taric vs Naafiri Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Naafiri as Taric
Tips for Playing as Taric against Naafiri
The cooldown reducing component of Bravado makes Cooldown Reduction items like Frozen Heart, Iceborn Gauntlet, and Spirit Visage exceptionally powerful on Taric.
Using Starlight's Touch at lower charges makes its healing less Mana efficient, but can greatly increase Taric's sustained damage via Bravado.
Rather than saving Cosmic Radiance for the last moment and risking someone dying during the delay, it can be more beneficial to cast it as soon as you know a teamfight is guaranteed to start.
Taric vs Naafiri Counter Stats
How to Counter Naafiri with Taric in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page highlight several critical Taric against Naafiri matchup statistics that may help you appreciate the differences between the pair. As an example, Taric’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Naafiri’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Taric may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Naafiri. This observation is in large part fueled by the differences in assists.
Taric often has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his opponent does. Typically, he receives a similar amount of damage to Naafiri. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also indicate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Taric and Naafiri
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Who is Better, Taric or Naafiri?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Taric usually wins when trying to fight Naafiri, with a 57.9% win rate. Therefore, Taric makes a fantastic counter for Naafiri.
While Taric does have a much higher winrate compared to Naafiri, when facing one another, Taric also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more complex champ to learn and master. You should be be fine when picking Taric into Naafiri.
Moreover, Taric also has a very large amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Naafiri. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Taric vs Naafiri matchups, Taric is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Taric is a great counter for Naafiri. Make sure you focus your actions on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Taric against Naafiri.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Taric to counter Naafiri during both the laning 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 shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Taric most often picks up a lot less CS as Naafiri. Champions who typically don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values displayed on this page to do well.
The most important items to have in your Taric versus Naafiri build include Knight's Vow, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Solstice Sleigh. When Taric bought at least these three items in his build, he performed much better against Naafiri than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Taric had an average win rate of 57.9% when playing against Naafiri with this build.
To have the greatest probability of vanquishing Naafiri as Taric, you should use the Glacial Augment, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Conditioning, and Revitalize runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Of all the runes we have analyed for Taric vs Naafiri LoL games, this order of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 57.9% win rate overall.
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