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How to Synergize Kai'Sa with Naafiri on the Same TeamKai'Sa is in the b tier of champions

Kai'Sa with Naafiri

How to Win With Kai'Sa and Naafiri Paired TogetherKai'Sa is in the a tier of champions
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How to Synergize Kai'Sa and Naafiri

based on 2,034 Kai'Sa with Naafiri pairs
Win Rate
47.8 %
K/D/A
2.16
Pick Rate
1.3 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

Our servers pull data from from millions of League of Legends rounds straight from Riot Games each and every week. Kai'Sa has gone into battle with Naafiri in 2034 recently played, competitive games. By amassing so much relevant data straight from the developers of League of Legends, we have complete confidence that we can produce high quality, accurate builds to help Kai'Sa play with Naafiri. It is very rare for Kai'Sa to play alongside Naafiri on the same team. This has only happened in approx. 1.3% of games with Kai'Sa.

Kai'Sa Naafiri Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Kai'Sa has done a below average job of synergizing with Naafiri. Typically, she wins a poor 47.8% of matches the champions try and synergize their gameplay. If you want to do better as Kai'Sa when fighting on the same team as Naafiri by figuring out how to better synergize your tactics with them, then check out the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Kai'Sa vs Naafiri Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
DaggerNoonquiver

Core Kai'Sa Items

~22 Mins
Wit's EndGuinsoo's RagebladeKraken Slayer

Optional Items

Navori QuickbladesRunaan's HurricaneBlade of The Ruined KingStatikk Shiv

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerheal summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Kai'Sa to level upq
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Second ability for Kai'Sa to level upe
>
Last skill for Kai'Sa to max outw

Runes

DominationHail of BladesTaste of BloodEyeball CollectionTreasure Hunter
InspirationMagical FootwearBiscuit Delivery
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Kai'Sa's passive ability p
Kai'Sa's q ability q
Kai'Sa's w ability w
Kai'Sa's e ability e
Kai'Sa's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
W
3
E
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
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Q
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Guide to Synergizing Kai'Sa and Naafiri

Tips for Playing as Kai'Sa with Naafiri

Make sure to buy items that will evolve at least 1 or 2 of your spells.

Work with your teammates to set up your Ultimate and optimize damage with your passive.

Try to catch enemy carries alone to burst them with Icathian Rain.

Advice to Understand How Naafiri Will Play

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Kai'Sa Naafiri Synergy Stats

Kai'Sa Image
Win Rate
47.8 %
VS
Win Rate
52.2 %
Naafiri Image
7.3
< Kills >
7.7
6.3
< Deaths >
6.3
6.3
< Assists >
6.2
1.72
< Killing Sprees >
1.77
178
< Minions Killed >
180
0.22
< Dragons Killed >
0.23
0.47
< Inhibitors >
0.46
11,576
< Physical Damage >
12,169
7,945
< Magic Damage >
8,110
432
< True Damage >
432
19,954
< Damage Dealt >
20,712
19,935
< Damage Taken >
20,172
12,332
< Gold Earned >
12,522
2.17
< Towers >
2.1
0.07
< Baron Takedowns >
0.07
4,327
< Total Healing >
4,377
12,692
< Experience >
12,822
17
< Vision Score >
17
8
< Wards Placed >
8
45
< Time Dealing CC >
45

How to Play with Naafiri as Kai'Sa in LoL

The Kai'Sa 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, Kai'Sa sees a large worsening in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Naafiri. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Naafiri helps Kai'Sa perform poorer in ranked LoL games. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.

When Kai'Sa is paired with Naafiri, she observes a little drop in her total damage dealt. This difference could demonstrate that Naafiri does not provide cover for her to dish out more damage or that their participation also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Kai'Sa is played with Naafiri on the same side, 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 synergisticly with Naafiri.

Moreover, when Kai'Sa plays with Naafiri on the same team, she often receives a little less damage than when she fights alone. Taking not as much damage could mean that Naafiri does a decent job of covering Kai'Sa in team fights.

Synergies between Kai'Sa and Naafiri

Damage Types Compared

Kai'Sa
Naafiri
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Kai'Sa
Naafiri

Is Kai'Sa better when played alongside Naafiri?

There is no perfect champion pairing for Kai'Sa that will 100% of the time be her ideal synergy. Yet, Naafiri is a pretty good teammate for Kai'Sa. By playing on the same side as Kai'Sa, they raises their win rate by 1.3% to 47.8%. This signals that there is a good bond between Kai'Sa and Naafiri that results in them performing at the top of their game together than without each other.

Naafiri has a much lower diffuclty than Kai'Sa. That means Kai'Sa players don't need to be careful when finding Naafiri comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a much lower level of skill to be able to cooperate well with you.

Playing together, Kai'Sa players will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal physical damage. When paired, these champions can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.

Conversely, by bringing Kai'Sa and Naafiri together, you probably will not be providing your team much AP. Make sure to pick other champions on your team that offsets this relative gap in their playstyle.

Regardless of your Naafiri ally's ability, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you should do well anyway.

Additional Information for Kai'Sa Players

How We Calculated Our Kai'Sa Naafiri Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Kai'Sa and Naafiri, we analyzed 2,034 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 Kai'Sa 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

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Kai'Sa to pair well with Naafiri during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends games, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown here, you should grow your win rate significantly.

The top finished items to have in your Kai'Sa and Naafiri synergy build include Wit's End, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Kraken Slayer. When Kai'Sa included at least these three great items in her build, she performed significantly better when fighting alongside Naafiri than with many other typical builds. In fact, Kai'Sa had an average win rate of 47.8% helping carry Naafiri with these items in her kit.

To have the best probability of coming out on top against your oponents, Kai'Sa players should take the Hail of Blades, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Domination and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes we have analyed for this team composition, this order of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 47.8% win rate overall.

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