Xayah vs Naafiri
How to Beat Naafiri as Xayah
based on 776 Xayah vs Naafiri matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Xayah vs Naafiri Matchup Summary
Best Xayah vs Naafiri Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Naafiri as Xayah
Tips for Playing as Xayah against Naafiri
Xayah's attacks and abilities leave Feathers on the ground that she can later recall for massive area damage and control.
Xayah can use Featherstorm to dodge almost any ability while also creating a ton of Feathers. Try to utilize the offensive and defensive aspects of this ability.
Xayah vs Naafiri Counter Stats
How to Counter Naafiri with Xayah in LoL
The stats shown on this page underscore some important Xayah against Naafiri matchup stats that can help you distinguish the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Xayah’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Naafiri’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Xayah may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Naafiri..
Xayah often has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than her matchup does. On average, she receives less damage than Naafiri. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also show that the champ with more HP has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Xayah and Naafiri
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Who is Better, Xayah or Naafiri?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Xayah usually loses when playing against Naafiri, with a 48.1% win rate. Therefore, Xayah makes a bad counter for Naafiri.
While Xayah does have a lower win rate compared to Naafiri, when on opposite teams, Xayah also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes her a more difficult character to learn. You should be careful when picking Xayah into Naafiri.
Additionally, Xayah also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Naafiri. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Xayah vs Naafiri matchups, Naafiri is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Xayah is a somewhat poor counter to Naafiri. You will do well by focussing your tactics on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Xayah against Naafiri.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Xayah in order to counter Naafiri during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips presented here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Xayah on average racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Naafiri. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills typically don't need 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, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values reported here to do well.
The most important items to use in your Xayah versus Naafiri build consist of Lord Dominik's Regards, Bloodthirster, and Navori Quickblades. When Xayah used at least these three pieces in her build, she did a lot better countering Naafiri than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Xayah boasted an average win rate of 48.1% when playing against Naafiri with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of beating Naafiri as Xayah, Xayah players should equip the Lethal Tempo, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players picked for Xayah vs Naafiri battles, this set of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 48.1% winrate overall.
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