Darius with Naafiri
How to Synergize Darius and Naafiri
based on 1,405 Darius with Naafiri pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Darius Naafiri Synergy Summary
Best Darius vs Naafiri Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Darius and Naafiri
Tips for Playing as Darius with Naafiri
Noxian Guillotine does more damage the more attacks you can land prior to it. Use Noxian Might to deal maximum damage.
Darius benefits greatly from enhanced survivability. The longer you can prolong a fight, the more powerful he becomes.
Decimate is a powerful harassment ability. Strike an enemy from maximum range for the greatest effect.
Advice to Understand How Naafiri Will Play
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Darius Naafiri Synergy Stats
How to Play with Naafiri as Darius in LoL
The Darius Naafiri synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Naafiri, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Darius sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Naafiri. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Naafiri helps Darius perform not as well in ranked League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Darius plays on the same team as Naafiri, he sees a small decrease in his complete damage dealt. This change could signal that Naafiri does not provide cover for him to dish out more damage or that their participation also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Darius is played with Naafiri on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Naafiri. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Naafiri.
Moreover, when Darius plays with Naafiri on the same team, he on average receives a little less damage than when he fights alone. Taking not as much damage may indicate that Naafiri does a decent job of protecting Darius during team fights.
Synergies between Darius and Naafiri
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Is Darius better when played alongside Naafiri?
There is no top champion pairing for Darius that will 100% of the time be his #1 ally. However, overall, Naafiri is a terrible ally for Darius. By locking into the same team as Darius, they lowers their win rate by -3.2% to 46.0%. This signals that there is a very bad bond between Darius and Naafiri that allows them to perform worse together than alone.
Naafiri has a lower difficulty than Darius. That means you don't need to be careful when lining up Naafiri allies to play with, as they will require a lower level of skill to play well with you.
Fighting alongside, you should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to dish out massive AD. Together, these champions can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
Although, by pairing Darius and Naafiri together, you probably will not be granting your team enough AP. Plan to bring other champions on your team that offsets this gap in this pairing's capabilities.
Regardless of the ability of your Naafiri ally, you should focus on increasing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Darius to synergize with Naafiri during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends rounds, you should continue reading to pick up additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed here, you should increase your win rate by a lot.
The most important finished items to build first in your Darius and Naafiri synergy build include Sterak's Gage, Trinity Force, and Dead Man's Plate. When Darius used at least these three great items in his build, he did significantly better as an ally of Naafiri than with most other common item sets. In fact, Darius had an average winrate of 46.0% when playing alongside Naafiri with this build.
To have the highest chance of coming out on top against your oponents, Darius players should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Darius and Naafiri pairings, this blending of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 46.0% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to pair Naafiri with Darius are shown for all ranked divisions. If you would like to filter the stats and builds to a particular division, you should use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.