Across the sands of Shurima, a chorus of howls rings out. It is the call of the dune hounds, voracious predators who form packs and compete for the right to hunt in these barren lands. Among them, one pack stands above all, for they are driven not only by canine instincts, but by the ancient power of the Darkin.
Glacial Fissure leaves a powerful slow zone, position it well to split teamfights and slow the enemy approach.
Leap in front of squishy friends and shield them from projectiles with Unbreakable.
Work with your allies to stack Concussive Blows, encourage them to basic attack marked targets.
The Naafiri Braum synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of their gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Braum, compared to their overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how their gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Naafiri sees a very large drop in their KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Braum. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Braum helps Naafiri perform not as well in competitive League rounds. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Naafiri is an ally to Braum, they sees a small increase in their full damage dealt. This change could signal that Braum helps provide protection for them to deal more damage or that his presence also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Naafiri is played with Braum on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when they plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that they is worse when playing with Braum.
Moreover, when Naafiri plays with Braum on the same side, they usually receives a little less damage than when they fights alone. Receiving not as much damage could indicate that Braum does a decent job of protecting Naafiri in teamfights.
There is no universally accepted best champion pairing for Naafiri that will no matter what be their top synergy. Yet, Braum is a very typical teammate for Naafiri. By being on the same side as Naafiri, he decreases their win rate by -0.2% to 50.0%. This clearly indicates that there is only a small strategic relationship between Naafiri and Braum that results in them performing worse together than alone.
Braum has a greater difficulty than Naafiri. That means Naafiri players should be cautious when enlisting Braum teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a greater level of skill to be able to work well with you.
Working on the same side, you should witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to tank a lot of damage. Combined, these two will be able to tank for the rest of their team.
In contrast, by grouping Naafiri and Braum together, you probably will not be granting your other teammates much magic damage. We recommend you bring other champs on your team that fills this relative hole in their kit.
Regardless of the skill of your Braum teammate, you need to focus on maximizing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well anyway.
If you would like to truly master Naafiri to work well with Braum during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League, you should keep reading to master additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you use the build and tips presented above, you should grow your win rate significantly.
The ideal items to have in your Naafiri and Braum synergy build include Edge of Night, Profane Hydra, and Opportunity. When Naafiri bought at least these three great items in their build, they did much better when fighting alongside Braum than with many other common item sets. In fact, Naafiri boasted an average winrate of 50.0% helping carry Braum with this build.
To have the highest chance of annihilating your oponents, you should equip the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune sets players chose for Naafiri and Braum pairings, this composite of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 50.0% winrate overall.
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