Ahrivs Naafiri
Ahri vs Naafiri is a decisive matchup in LoL patch 26.14. Naafiri wins with a 57.4% win rate (+14.8%) over Ahri based on 115 games. Naafiri holds the advantage in both the early and late game. Below you'll find the best Ahri build, runes, laning stats, and strategies for the Ahri vs Naafiri matchup.
Ahri Matchup Breakdown
Use the dropdown to select an opponent and see a detailed breakdown of how Ahri performs against them. You'll get head-to-head win rates, laning stats, the best build and runes for the matchup, and early vs late game analysis — all based on real ranked data.
Who Wins the Ahri vs Naafiri Matchup?
Ahri vs Naafiri Matchup Summary
The Ahri vs Naafiri matchup is a decisive matchup in League of Legends ranked play. Based on 115 recent matches analyzed, Naafiri wins with a 57.4% win rate compared to Ahri's 42.6%, giving Naafiri a 14.8 percentage point advantage. Naafiri dominates at every stage — from early laning through late game team fights. This consistent advantage makes it difficult for Ahri players to find favorable windows, so team-dependent strategies and avoiding solo confrontations are essential. The most significant statistical gap is in crowd control, where Ahri leads by 0.5s CC/min — a difference that heavily influences the outcome of trades and skirmishes. Naafiri has a strong advantage in this matchup. Ahri players should play defensively, prioritize safe farming under tower, and look for opportunities created by jungle pressure or Naafiri overextending. Avoid prolonged trades and wait for team fights where positioning and coordination matter more. Understanding these matchup dynamics is essential for champion select decisions and in-game strategy when facing this lane opponent.
Ahri vs Naafiri Laning Phase Breakdown
Naafiri is favored during the laning phase against Ahri, winning 4 out of 5 key stat categories. Naafiri holds advantages in farming, damage, gold income and sustain, making them the stronger laner in this matchup.
Best Ahri Build Against Naafiri
Crimson Lucidity is the optimal boots choice against Naafiri, providing the mobility and stats Ahri needs most in this matchup. The top-performing core items for Ahri against Naafiri are Luden's Echo, Stormsurge and Shadowflame. This combination gives Ahri an effective balance of damage, survivability, and utility for the matchup. This build performs exceptionally well, achieving a 75.0% win rate across 4 games — well above average and making it the top item path against Naafiri. Adjustments may be needed based on team compositions and game state, but this build provides the strongest foundation for the Ahri vs Naafiri matchup.
Early Game vs Late Game
Ahri47.4%
Naafiri52.6%Ahri40.3%Naafiri59.7%Naafiri dominates the early game (first 15 minutes) with a commanding 52.6% win rate — a 5.3 percentage point lead over Ahri. This lopsided early game means Naafiri can dictate the pace of the lane from level 1, controlling trades, wave state, and river priority.
Naafiri is far superior in the late game (25+ minutes), boasting a 59.7% win rate — 19.5 points above Ahri. Extended games heavily favor Naafiri, whose kit and scaling make them a dominant force in team fights and objective control.
Naafiri holds the advantage at every stage of the game, making this a consistently favorable matchup from lane through late game team fights. Ahri players should look for outplays, team-dependent strategies, and picks rather than relying on scaling to win this matchup.
Best Ahri Runes Against Naafiri
Domination
Sorcery
The Domination and Sorcery rune setup gives Ahri the best tools to compete against Naafiri in this difficult matchup, compensating for the statistical disadvantages with optimal rune synergies.
Ahri matchup data for League of Legends patch 26.14. The table below shows Ahri's win rate, gold difference, and performance stats against every champion in the current meta. Click any champion name to see a detailed head-to-head breakdown including the best Ahri build, runes, laning stats, and early vs late game analysis for that specific matchup.
Opponent | Win Rate | Matches | CS/min | DMG/min | Gold/game | Early WR | Late WR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 52.14% | 234 | 6.4 | 830 | 11,199 | 50.5% | 53.2% | |
| 46.12% | 219 | 6.3 | 904 | 11,477 | 38.1% | 52.5% | |
| 48.58% | 212 | 6.3 | 911 | 10,849 | 53.1% | 44.8% | |
| 47.60% | 208 | 6.5 | 814 | 11,667 | 56.6% | 41.6% | |
| 44.92% | 187 | 6.3 | 820 | 11,202 | 43.2% | 46.0% | |
| 49.72% | 177 | 6.1 | 788 | 11,941 | 50.0% | 49.6% | |
| 48.03% | 152 | 6.5 | 924 | 11,104 | 46.7% | 48.9% | |
| 50.67% | 150 | 6.3 | 886 | 11,613 | 48.1% | 52.0% | |
| 49.66% | 147 | 6.0 | 840 | 11,378 | 41.2% | 54.2% | |
| 45.83% | 144 | 6.4 | 795 | 11,603 | 47.1% | 45.2% | |
| 45.60% | 125 | 6.2 | 785 | 11,010 | 39.3% | 50.7% | |
| 52.89% | 121 | 6.2 | 866 | 11,137 | 45.1% | 58.6% | |
| 53.78% | 119 | 6.3 | 712 | 10,940 | 52.2% | 54.8% | |
| 42.61% | 115 | 6.1 | 818 | 11,245 | 47.4% | 40.3% | |
| 45.45% | 110 | 6.4 | 798 | 10,955 | 50.0% | 42.4% | |
| 52.73% | 110 | 6.1 | 829 | 11,388 | 40.0% | 60.0% | |
| 44.00% | 100 | 6.5 | 838 | 11,227 | 42.9% | 44.6% | |
| 41.05% | 95 | 6.1 | 786 | 11,050 | 40.5% | 41.4% | |
| 44.19% | 86 | 6.4 | 878 | 10,988 | 40.0% | 47.1% | |
| 61.18% | 85 | 6.7 | 839 | 10,942 | 61.1% | 61.2% | |
| 50.00% | 84 | 6.3 | 915 | 10,849 | 51.6% | 49.1% | |
| 48.75% | 80 | 6.3 | 814 | 10,183 | 46.1% | 51.2% | |
| 53.25% | 77 | 6.3 | 759 | 10,500 | 56.8% | 50.0% | |
| 47.95% | 73 | 6.3 | 907 | 10,042 | 51.2% | 43.3% | |
| 52.11% | 71 | 6.4 | 765 | 10,755 | 57.9% | 45.5% | |
| 54.93% | 71 | 6.7 | 963 | 12,067 | 50.0% | 57.5% | |
| 55.88% | 68 | 6.6 | 904 | 11,727 | 53.9% | 57.1% | |
| 41.27% | 63 | 6.3 | 775 | 10,817 | 37.5% | 45.2% | |
| 60.32% | 63 | 6.7 | 788 | 10,895 | 58.6% | 61.8% | |
| 43.55% | 62 | 6.4 | 821 | 10,498 | 48.1% | 40.0% | |
| 57.41% | 54 | 6.4 | 823 | 10,581 | 50.0% | 63.3% | |
| 56.00% | 50 | 7.0 | 834 | 12,562 | 68.2% | 46.4% | |
| 37.78% | 45 | 6.6 | 871 | 11,117 | 25.0% | 48.0% | |
| 46.51% | 43 | 6.1 | 900 | 11,804 | 53.3% | 42.9% | |
| 46.34% | 41 | 6.3 | 889 | 11,454 | 38.9% | 52.2% | |
| 65.00% | 40 | 6.5 | 980 | 11,860 | 62.5% | 66.7% | |
| 60.53% | 38 | 7.0 | 843 | 12,280 | 73.7% | 47.4% | |
| 56.76% | 37 | 7.0 | 860 | 12,201 | 60.0% | 54.5% | |
| 36.36% | 33 | 5.0 | 723 | 12,599 | 33.3% | 37.0% | |
| 43.75% | 32 | 6.6 | 751 | 10,179 | 47.1% | 40.0% | |
| 43.75% | 32 | 5.8 | 775 | 11,654 | 40.0% | 45.5% | |
| 53.33% | 30 | 6.6 | 909 | 11,162 | 57.1% | 50.0% | |
| 46.15% | 26 | 7.2 | 1,029 | 11,623 | 46.7% | 45.5% | |
| 40.00% | 25 | 6.6 | 717 | 10,891 | 50.0% | 30.8% | |
| 52.38% | 21 | 6.0 | 768 | 10,845 | 62.5% | 46.1% | |
| 45.00% | 20 | 6.4 | 915 | 12,088 | 42.9% | 46.1% | |
| 45.00% | 20 | 5.5 | 771 | 11,110 | 33.3% | 50.0% | |
| 26.32% | 19 | 5.0 | 652 | 10,203 | 14.3% | 33.3% | |
| 47.37% | 19 | 5.4 | 744 | 11,076 | 25.0% | 63.6% | |
| 50.00% | 18 | 6.3 | 841 | 10,557 | 37.5% | 60.0% | |
| 55.56% | 18 | 6.3 | 972 | 11,673 | 50.0% | 58.3% | |
| 58.82% | 17 | 5.8 | 948 | 12,465 | 50.0% | 63.6% | |
| 58.82% | 17 | 6.1 | 793 | 10,762 | 62.5% | 55.6% | |
| 58.82% | 17 | 6.4 | 957 | 11,546 | 50.0% | 63.6% | |
| 43.75% | 16 | 6.6 | 1,014 | 11,812 | 50.0% | 40.0% | |
| 46.67% | 15 | 6.5 | 1,047 | 9,825 | 62.5% | 28.6% | |
| 60.00% | 15 | 6.2 | 883 | 11,900 | 60.0% | 60.0% | |
| 60.00% | 15 | 5.8 | 1,032 | 12,683 | 50.0% | 63.6% | |
| 38.46% | 13 | 6.0 | 658 | 10,413 | 66.7% | 14.3% | |
| 81.82% | 11 | 6.8 | 1,009 | 11,310 | 66.7% | 87.5% | |
| 27.27% | 11 | 6.6 | 1,111 | 10,147 | 20.0% | 33.3% | |
| 50.00% | 10 | 5.8 | 1,055 | 13,820 | 0.0% | 50.0% | |
| 60.00% | 10 | 5.3 | 807 | 12,823 | 100.0% | 55.6% | |
| 30.00% | 10 | 6.0 | 1,059 | 12,067 | 33.3% | 25.0% | |
| 70.00% | 10 | 6.6 | 1,183 | 10,754 | 83.3% | 50.0% | |
| 40.00% | 10 | 6.9 | 810 | 13,256 | 50.0% | 33.3% | |
| 22.22% | 9 | 5.7 | 851 | 10,398 | 0.0% | 33.3% | |
| 22.22% | 9 | 6.7 | 910 | 11,874 | 40.0% | 0.0% | |
| 55.56% | 9 | 6.7 | 1,055 | 11,714 | 100.0% | 42.9% | |
| 55.56% | 9 | 6.9 | 1,109 | 13,498 | 75.0% | 40.0% | |
| 75.00% | 8 | 5.6 | 926 | 11,010 | 33.3% | 100.0% | |
| 75.00% | 8 | 6.8 | 817 | 11,198 | 80.0% | 66.7% | |
| 75.00% | 8 | 7.0 | 823 | 13,907 | 100.0% | 66.7% | |
| 62.50% | 8 | 6.6 | 635 | 10,268 | 60.0% | 66.7% | |
| 25.00% | 8 | 6.4 | 1,095 | 11,216 | 33.3% | 20.0% | |
| 12.50% | 8 | 5.9 | 1,011 | 12,026 | 0.0% | 25.0% | |
| 14.29% | 7 | 7.0 | 832 | 9,237 | 25.0% | 0.0% | |
| 14.29% | 7 | 6.1 | 803 | 11,510 | 0.0% | 25.0% | |
| 28.57% | 7 | 2.5 | 715 | 9,495 | 25.0% | 33.3% | |
| 42.86% | 7 | 7.3 | 895 | 14,433 | 100.0% | 20.0% | |
| 28.57% | 7 | 5.1 | 688 | 7,292 | 40.0% | 0.0% | |
| 28.57% | 7 | 5.9 | 870 | 13,351 | 33.3% | 25.0% | |
| 57.14% | 7 | 5.7 | 866 | 9,344 | 75.0% | 33.3% | |
| 57.14% | 7 | 7.0 | 1,173 | 14,354 | 100.0% | 40.0% | |
| 50.00% | 6 | 3.8 | 842 | 13,838 | 0.0% | 50.0% | |
| 33.33% | 6 | 7.3 | 849 | 10,998 | 50.0% | 0.0% | |
| 50.00% | 6 | 2.3 | 623 | 9,665 | 66.7% | 33.3% | |
| 50.00% | 6 | 6.6 | 841 | 13,367 | 50.0% | 50.0% | |
| 33.33% | 6 | 6.2 | 860 | 11,803 | 100.0% | 0.0% | |
| 50.00% | 6 | 5.8 | 975 | 10,703 | 33.3% | 66.7% | |
| 50.00% | 6 | 6.8 | 1,021 | 12,177 | 0.0% | 75.0% | |
| 50.00% | 6 | 6.1 | 845 | 10,980 | 50.0% | 50.0% | |
| 33.33% | 6 | 6.0 | 844 | 9,979 | 0.0% | 66.7% | |
| 60.00% | 5 | 6.5 | 951 | 14,162 | 0.0% | 75.0% | |
| 60.00% | 5 | 3.6 | 495 | 5,409 | 60.0% | 0.0% | |
| 80.00% | 5 | 5.0 | 765 | 9,207 | 100.0% | 50.0% | |
| 80.00% | 5 | 5.5 | 915 | 7,145 | 66.7% | 100.0% | |
| 40.00% | 5 | 6.8 | 804 | 13,370 | 0.0% | 66.7% | |
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Ahri vs Naafiri - Frequently Asked Questions
How does Ahri do against Naafiri in League of Legends?
Naafiri wins the Ahri vs Naafiri matchup with a 57.4% win rate compared to Ahri's 42.6%, a 14.8 percentage point difference. This data is based on 115 recent ranked games in patch 26.14.
How does Ahri do against Naafiri in the early game?
In the early game, Naafiri has the advantage against Ahri with a 52.6% win rate versus 47.4%. Naafiri players should look to press their lane advantage through aggressive trades and wave control during the first 15 minutes.
How does Ahri do against Naafiri in the late game?
In the late game, Naafiri takes over the Ahri vs Naafiri matchup with a 59.7% win rate compared to 40.3%. Naafiri scales better into team fights and objective contests after 25 minutes.
Who wins the Ahri vs Naafiri matchup?
Naafiri wins the matchup against Ahri with a 57.4% win rate in League of Legends patch 26.14. The 14.8 percentage point advantage means Naafiri is significantly favored in this lane matchup based on 115 games analyzed.
What is the best Ahri build against Naafiri?
The best Ahri build against Naafiri includes Luden's Echo, Stormsurge, Shadowflame with Crimson Lucidity. This build achieves a 75.0% win rate in the matchup. Check the matchup breakdown above for the full item path and build order.
What are the best Ahri runes against Naafiri?
The best Ahri runes against Naafiri use the Domination primary tree with Sorcery secondary. This rune setup achieves a 40.8% win rate in the Ahri vs Naafiri matchup. See the full rune breakdown in the matchup comparison above.
Does Ahri counter Naafiri?
No, Ahri struggles against Naafiri with only a 42.6% win rate. Naafiri has the advantage in this matchup. Ahri players should focus on safe farming and avoiding extended trades to minimize Naafiri's lead.
How do I play Ahri against Naafiri?
When playing Ahri against Naafiri, play cautiously and avoid Naafiri's power spikes. Look for jungle assistance and team-dependent plays since Naafiri has the statistical advantage at most stages. Use the matchup-specific build and runes above to optimize your chances.