01 / Naafiri
At a glance
Learn Naafiri abilities and prepare your first games. Find builds for each supported role.
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Strengths & weaknesses
Tools to play around
- Darkin DaggersContributes damage to the champion’s rotation.
- The Call of the PackProvides protection when its conditions are met.
What can go wrong
- Darkin DaggersPractise the hit area and target conditions first. Do not spend the rest of your rotation automatically when the opening damage misses.
- The Call of the PackMatch the protective effect to the moment damage arrives. Read who it protects and how long it lasts before relying on it.
- A completed combo is only useful when your position, resources and follow-up are safe.
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Abilities & tips
Open an ability to read its effect and a practical use tip.
PWe Are More
Naafiri spawns packmates that attack the targets of her attacks and abilities.
Read the effect and its conditions, then practise it alone. Build your sequence around the effect you can reliably reproduce.
QDarkin Daggers
Naafiri hurls up to two daggers, each inflicting bleed, or each inflicting bonus damage if the target is already bleeding. Packmates leap to attack the first champion or monster hit by this skill.
Practise the hit area and target conditions first. Do not spend the rest of your rotation automatically when the opening damage misses.
WThe Call of the Pack
Naafiri becomes Untargetable and empowers her pack, spawning additional packmates and gaining increased Move Speed and Attack Damage.
Match the protective effect to the moment damage arrives. Read who it protects and how long it lasts before relying on it.
EEviscerate
Naafiri dashes and damages enemies in an area around her, recalling her packmates and fully healing them.
Practise the hit area and target conditions first. Do not spend the rest of your rotation automatically when the opening damage misses.
RHounds' Pursuit
Naafiri and her packmates dash at a champion, dealing damage. Naafiri reveals nearby enemies if she scores a takedown and can recast this Ability once. The second cast grants a shield.
Practise the hit area and target conditions first. Do not spend the rest of your rotation automatically when the opening damage misses.
Naafiri combos: execution and timing
AA = basic attack · EAA = empowered attack · 1/2/3 = cast stage. Follow the order, not instant key presses.
Recast practice: Darkin Daggers
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- Q
- E
- AA
With Naafiri, start with Darkin Daggers, then continue through Darkin Daggers → Eviscerate → Basic attack. Treat the repeated Darkin Daggers as separate activations. Practise its first effect and the moment for the follow-up independently.
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Game plan by role
Naafiri · Jungle
Practise a repeatable clear before adding risky invades. Check nearby lane positions before entering the river or committing to a gank.
Prepare objectives by resetting, checking vision and moving with nearby allies. Avoid starting an objective solely because it has spawned.
Keep Smite and your escape plan in mind around contested objectives. Choose between engaging, covering a carry and keeping access to the objective.
Before your next fight, check: Darkin Daggers · Hounds' Pursuit · Combos
Naafiri · Mid
Use the wave to control when trades happen. Keep a defensive option if the opposing jungler is missing, and avoid forcing a combo into a large enemy wave.
Move after checking the wave, vision and who can follow. A useful roam should not cost several uncontested waves for no clear opportunity.
Fight from a position where you can repeat your useful spells. Look for an opening after enemy control is spent instead of entering first by habit.
Before your next fight, check: Darkin Daggers · Hounds' Pursuit · Combos
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Matchup preparation
Compare opponents in the build for the role you are actually playing. Then check their key control, escape and defensive spells before choosing your trade.
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Practice checklist
- Cast each ability alone and identify its range, target conditions and stopping point.
- Practise the first sequence slowly. Repeat it while moving, without skipping the conditions shown on its card.
- After each attempt, identify the spell you would still have available to defend or retreat.
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Naafiri · Builds & runes
Choose a role, then select your rank on the build page for runes, items, skill order and matchup statistics.