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How to Synergize Irelia with Naafiri on the Same TeamIrelia is in the b tier of champions

Irelia with Naafiri

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How to Synergize Irelia and Naafiri

based on 642 Irelia with Naafiri pairs
Win Rate
45.3 %
K/D/A
1.64
Pick Rate
0.6 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

At MOBA Champion, we download the stats from from millions of League matches directly from Riot Games each and every week. Irelia has fought alongside Naafiri in 642 recent, ranked matches. By gathering so much accurate data from the developers of League of Legends, we have complete confidence that we can give you high quality, usable builds to help Irelia play with Naafiri. It is very rare for Irelia to play alongside Naafiri as teammates. This has only happened in approximately 0.6% of matches with Irelia.

Irelia Naafiri Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Irelia has done a terrible job of fighting on the same side as Naafiri. On average, she wins a dismal 45.3% of games the champs fight together on the same side. If you want to win more matches as Irelia when playing alongside Naafiri by figuring out how to better synergize your playstyle with them, then check out the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Irelia vs Naafiri Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Recurve BowVampiric Scepter

Core Irelia Items

~22 Mins
Wit's EndBlade of The Ruined KingSundered Sky

Optional Items

Death's DanceSterak's GageExperimental Hexplate

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Irelia to level upq
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Second ability for Irelia to level upw
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Last skill for Irelia to max oute

Runes

PrecisionConquerorTriumphLegend: AlacrityLast Stand
ResolveBone PlatingUnflinching
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Irelia's passive ability p
Irelia's q ability q
Irelia's w ability w
Irelia's e ability e
Irelia's ultimate ability r
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Q
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Guide to Synergizing Irelia and Naafiri

Tips for Playing as Irelia with Naafiri

Defiant Dance is not interrupted by crowd control, try timing it for incoming disables.

Flawless Duet does not have a maximum travel distance, try using it in creative ways.

Use Bladesurge to cover great distances by targeting low life minions on your way to champion targets.

Advice to Understand How Naafiri Will Play

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Irelia Naafiri Synergy Stats

Irelia Image
Win Rate
45.3 %
VS
Win Rate
54.7 %
Naafiri Image
6.5
< Kills >
7.3
6.9
< Deaths >
7
4.8
< Assists >
5
1.45
< Killing Sprees >
1.66
202
< Minions Killed >
206
0.09
< Dragons Killed >
0.1
0.44
< Inhibitors >
0.47
15,102
< Physical Damage >
16,208
5,843
< Magic Damage >
6,139
598
< True Damage >
751
21,544
< Damage Dealt >
23,099
30,366
< Damage Taken >
31,302
12,404
< Gold Earned >
12,894
2.29
< Towers >
2.3
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.03
10,277
< Total Healing >
10,768
14,743
< Experience >
15,027
16
< Vision Score >
17
8
< Wards Placed >
8
116
< Time Dealing CC >
113

How to Play with Naafiri as Irelia in LoL

The Irelia Naafiri synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Naafiri, compared to her overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how her gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.

Overall, Irelia sees a very large drop in her 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 Irelia perform not as well in competitive League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Irelia is paired with Naafiri, she observes a little drop in her complete damage output. This may demonstrate that Naafiri doesn't help cover for her to dish out more damage or that their presence on the team also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Irelia is played alongside Naafiri on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when she plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing with Naafiri.

Moreover, when Irelia plays with Naafiri on the same team, she usually receives a little less damage than when she fights alone. Receiving not as much damage may indicate that Naafiri does a decent job of covering Irelia during team fights.

Synergies between Irelia and Naafiri

Damage Types Compared

Irelia
Naafiri
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Irelia
Naafiri

Is Irelia better when played alongside Naafiri?

There is no top champion pairing for Irelia that will no matter what be her #1 ally. Yet, Naafiri is a terrible ally for Irelia. By playing on the same side as Irelia, they decreases their win rate by -4.5% to 45.3%. This clearly indicates that there is a terrible bond between Irelia and Naafiri that allows them to perform not as well together than without each other.

Naafiri has a much lower diffuclty than Irelia. That means Irelia players don't need to be cautious when arranging Naafiri allies to fight alongside, as they will have to have a much lower level of skill to play well with you.

Fighting together, Irelia players will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal physical damage. Combined, these champions can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.

In contrast, by aligning Irelia and Naafiri together, you may not be giving your team much magic damage. We recommend you include other champs on your team that nullifies this disparity in this pairing's potential.

Regardless of your Naafiri ally's ability, you should focus on increasing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well anyway.

Additional Information for Irelia Players

How We Calculated Our Irelia Naafiri Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Irelia and Naafiri, we analyzed 642 ranked and recent League of Legends matches. We perform advanced data cleaning and statistical methods to guarantee that our team synergy stats are accurate and reliable. You can be confident that our recommended build to pair Irelia with Naafiri comes from actual 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 your division's most relevant stats and build.

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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing

To truly master Irelia in order to pair well with Naafiri during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends games, you should continue reading to pick up some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you mind the build and tips presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly.

The ideal finished items to use in your Irelia and Naafiri synergy build include Wit's End, Blade of The Ruined King, and Sundered Sky. When Irelia incorporated at least these three finished items in her build, she performed significantly better when paired up with Naafiri than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Irelia had an average win rate of 45.3% when playing alongside Naafiri with these items in her kit.

To have the best likelihood of beating your oponents, you should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the runes players used for this team composition, this order of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 45.3% winrate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to synergize Naafiri with Irelia are presented for every ranked division. If you would like to scope the stats and builds to a specific player tier, you should use the selection menu at the top of this page.