Yasuo with Naafiri
How to Synergize Yasuo and Naafiri
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Yasuo Naafiri Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Yasuo and Naafiri
Tips for Playing as Yasuo with Naafiri
Last Breath can be cast on any target that is knocked Airborne, even by one of your allies.
Dash through a minion to have Sweeping Blade available to chase your opponent should they flee; Dash directly to your opponent to preserve a minion as your escape route.
At level 18, Yasuo's Steel Tempest reaches its Attack Speed cap with 55% Attack Speed from items.
Advice to Understand How Naafiri Will Play
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Yasuo Naafiri Synergy Stats
How to Play with Naafiri as Yasuo in LoL
The Yasuo 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, Yasuo sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Naafiri. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Naafiri helps Yasuo perform not as well in competitive League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Yasuo is paired with Naafiri, he observes a little drop in his complete damage output. This difference could signal that Naafiri does not support by providing protection for him to deal more damage or that their participation also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Yasuo is played alongside Naafiri on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Naafiri. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Naafiri.
Moreover, when Yasuo plays with Naafiri on the same side, he often receives a little less damage than when he fights alone. Receiving not as much damage could mean that Naafiri does a decent job of covering Yasuo in teamfights.
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Is Yasuo better when played alongside Naafiri?
There is no ideal companion for Yasuo that will no matter what be his #1 teammate. However, overall, Naafiri is a below average companion for Yasuo. By being on the same side as Yasuo, they decreases their win rate by -3.0% to 47.6%. This clearly indicates that there is a bad strategic relationship between Yasuo and Naafiri that results in them performing not as well together than without each other.
Naafiri has a much lower diffuclty than Yasuo. That means you don't need to be careful when enlisting Naafiri teammates to fight alongside, as they will have to have a much lower level of skill to be able to fight well with you.
Playing cooperatively, Yasuo players should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to destroy wih physical damage. Combined, these champs should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.
Conversely, by aligning Yasuo and Naafiri together, you will not be granting your other allies very much AP. We recommend you bring other champs on your team that offsets this hole in this pairing's capabilities.
Regardless of the skill of your Naafiri teammate, you should focus on increasing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Yasuo in order to pair well with Naafiri during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and stats displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The ideal items to build first in your Yasuo and Naafiri synergy build consist of Infinity Edge, Wit's End, and Kraken Slayer. When Yasuo used at least these three items in his build, he performed much better when fighting alongside Naafiri than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Yasuo had an average winrate of 47.6% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Naafiri with this build.
To have the best likelihood of coming out on top against your oponents, you should use the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds that we analyzed for this team composition, this combo of runes resulted in the top win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 47.6% winrate overall.
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