Naafiri Mid, patch 16.11. Below you'll find Naafiri's build, runes, toughest counters, strongest duos, and win conditions, every number measured from current-patch Emerald+ ranked games.
Naafiri is an AD assassin in the mid, and on patch 16.11 they grade out as a top-tier pick — a 53.2% win rate, 2.5% pick rate, 29,108 ranked games sampled. On the power curve, Naafiri spikes hardest in the mid game around the two-to-three-item mark — that is the window to force fights and objectives.
How Naafiri wins: roaming out of lane to snowball the rest of the map, and using Naafiri's mobility to catch isolated targets. The kit grades 8/10 roaming, 7/10 mobility. Naafiri's soft spots are siege and disengage (2/10, 1/10) — avoid fights that hinge on them.
The most-played core build is Voltaic Cyclosword, Axiom Arc, Serylda's Grudge, which holds a 55.0% win rate across 1,975 games this patch. Set the enemy team at the top of the page to see how the path shifts against that comp.
The matchup to respect is Bel'Veth, where Naafiri sits at just 42.5%, the lane swings the other way into Mel (62.3%), and on the team side, Naafiri gains the most from a Xerath (+10.0% pair win rate).
Naafiri's highest-volume core items and rune page this patch. Select the enemy composition above and the build re-optimizes for that exact matchup.
Champions that beat Naafiri Mid the most this patch, anywhere on the enemy team. Top ban targets.
The teammates that make Naafiri Mid stronger this patch, measured by how much the pair's win rate beats Naafiri going solo.
Naafiri is also played in these other roles this patch.
Drafting a whole team? The Team Builder coaches all 10 picks at once. Want Naafiri's current standing? Open the Tier List.