Naafirivs Xerath
Naafiri vs Xerath is a decisive matchup in LoL patch 26.19. Naafiri wins with a 60.0% win rate (+20.0%) over Xerath based on 10 games. Naafiri wins the early laning phase while Xerath scales better into the late game. Below you'll find the best Naafiri build, runes, laning stats, and strategies for the Naafiri vs Xerath matchup.
Naafiri Matchup Breakdown
Use the dropdown to select an opponent and see a detailed breakdown of how Naafiri 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 Naafiri vs Xerath?
Naafiri wins 61.9% of these games. With this many games the true rate is most likely between 40.9% and 79.2% (95% range).
- Expected
- 49.4% From both champions' overall Mid win rates
- Matchup effect
- +12.5 pts Observed minus expected
- Sample
- 21 games Lane: Mid
- vs patch 26.18
- — Not enough games on both patches
Lane: Mid · Ranked Solo/Duo & Flex · North America server · All ranks · Patch 26.19 · Sep 24 – Sep 28
Key takeaways
- Current data slightly favors Naafiri, but the sample is too limited for a strong conclusion: Naafiri wins 61.9% of 21 games (95% range 40.9–79.2%).
- Both champions' overall Mid win rates predict 49.4% for Naafiri; the result is within the margin of error of that, so this matchup mostly reflects the two champions' general strength.
- Naafiri players pick Manaflow Band far more often against Xerath: 38.5% of their other Mid games, 66.7% here.
How we calculate this
Games: ranked Solo/Duo and Flex games on the North America server from the patch shown. Remakes (games under 5 minutes) are excluded.
A game only counts when Naafiri and Xerath played the same position on opposite teams, so roaming, lane swaps within a team or a champion merely being in the same game never count as this matchup.
The 95% range is a Wilson score interval. Confidence comes from how wide that range is: within ±3 points is very high, ±5 high, ±8 moderate, anything wider low. Below 20 games a matchup is not classified at all.
Expected win rate combines both champions’ win rates in this lane (same games and filters) with the log5 formula: E = A(1−B) / (A(1−B) + B(1−A)). Matchup effect = observed − expected.
"What changes" compares Naafiri's choices in this matchup with the same champion's other games in the same lane, and lists a change only when it is at least 3 points and statistically significant (two-proportion z-test, |z| ≥ 2, 20+ games).
Results are not split by rank: the sample per rank is too small for honest per-rank matchup numbers.
Naafiri vs Xerath Laning Stats
Only 20 games have a 15-minute snapshot so far — the lane-phase numbers appear from 30.
Whole-game averages
Naafiri vs Xerath Win Rate by Game Length
Naafiri's win rate against Xerath by game length. The dot is the win rate, the bar its 95% range and the dashed line the champion's usual win rate at that length. Lengths with fewer than 25 games are left blank.
No game length stands out: Naafiri's results against Xerath in short and long games are within the margin of error of each other.
Naafiri vs Xerath Power Spikes
Who is ahead at each stage, measured from these games. A stage reads "Even" when the difference is inside the margin of error, and "Insufficient data" when there are too few games to tell.
- Lane (15 min)Insufficient data
- First itemInsufficient data
- Games under 20 minInsufficient data
- 20–30 min gamesInsufficient data
- 30+ min gamesInsufficient data
What Naafiri Changes Against Xerath
Choices Naafiri players make noticeably more or less often in this matchup than in their other Mid games.
Manaflow BandRuneUsually38.5%vs Xerath66.7%+28.2 pts
Cut DownRuneUsually32.6%vs Xerath57.1%+24.6 pts
Sudden ImpactRuneUsually62.5%vs Xerath38.1%−24.4 pts
Deathfire TouchKeystoneUsually34.8%vs Xerath57.1%+22.3 pts
Health Scaling (defense)Stat shardUsually91.0%vs Xerath71.4%−19.5 pts
Black CleaverItemUsually5.6%vs Xerath19.0%+13.5 pts- Health (defense)Stat shardUsually6.5%vs Xerath19.0%+12.6 pts
Doran's Shield + Health Potion + Stealth WardStarting itemsUsuallyunder 0.5%vs Xerath4.8%+4.8 pts
Best Naafiri Build vs Xerath
Usual Naafiri build (Mid)
72.7% win rate · 22 games
Against Xerath
Not enough matchup-specific build data: only 7 of 15 Naafiri games against Xerath carried a complete build, which is too few to recommend an item path from. Use Naafiri's standard build instead.
- Skill priority: Q > E > W — the same as usual.
Builds are ranked by the lower edge of their win rate range, not the raw win rate, so a build seen in a handful of wins never outranks a proven one.
Best Naafiri Runes vs Xerath
Usual Naafiri runes (Mid)
Electrocute
49.9% win rate · 365 games
Against Xerath
Too few games for a matchup-specific rune page yet — use the usual page.
Plan your Naafiri draft in Draft Lab
Draft Lab lays out both teams lane by lane with live matchup win rates, damage profiles and game-phase lean, and suggests picks and bans from current meta data.
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Naafiri matchup data for League of Legends patch 26.19. The table below shows Naafiri'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 Naafiri build, runes, laning stats, and early vs late game analysis for that specific matchup.
Other Naafiri Matchups
Hardest for Naafiri
Easiest for Naafiri
Win rate and games for each matchup. Lists are ranked by the edge of the 95% range so small samples cannot top them; matchups with at least 50 games only.
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Naafiri vs Xerath FAQ - Patch 26.19
Who wins Naafiri vs Xerath?
Current data slightly favors Naafiri, but the sample is too limited for a strong conclusion: Naafiri wins 61.9% of 21 games (95% range 40.9–79.2%).
What is Naafiri's win rate against Xerath?
Naafiri wins 61.9% of 21 Mid games against Xerath on patch 26.19 (95% range 40.9–79.2%). Based on both champions' overall Mid win rates, 49.4% would be expected.
Does Naafiri counter Xerath?
Not clearly. Naafiri wins 61.9% of 21 games against Xerath, and the 95% range (40.9–79.2%) includes 50%, so neither champion reliably counters the other on current data.
Who wins lane, Naafiri or Xerath?
There are not enough games with a 15-minute snapshot yet (20) to say who wins lane.
Does Naafiri outscale Xerath?
There are too few games of each length to tell yet.
When is Xerath strongest against Naafiri?
On current data there is no stage of the game where Xerath is ahead of Naafiri beyond the margin of error.
What should Naafiri build against Xerath?
There are not enough games for a matchup-specific core, so use Naafiri's usual Mid core: Voltaic Cyclosword, Axiom Arc, Edge of Night. The biggest change against Xerath: Black Cleaver (5.6% usually, 19.0% here).
What runes should Naafiri use against Xerath?
Use Naafiri's usual Electrocute page (Domination + Precision); there are too few games for a matchup-specific page. The biggest change against Xerath: Manaflow Band (38.5% usually, 66.7% here).