How to counter naafiri?

[native geyser]

I was playing a game of clash today and the enemy locked in naafiri into my azir.

I literally got utterly obliterated that game from like min 1. I took crown into her, and went ninja tabi, but it felt like it didnt even matter to her damage, on top of her ability to just outtank any dmg I had.

I know that i'm supposed to dodge her q but despite doing that her damage still seems really really high with very little opportunites to punish her. So im just really confused what to do.

[woven plaza]

that was the first sentence

[gusty oak]

zhonya cc untargetable like fizz e

barrier helps

and bone shield for early game

[woven plaza]

yeah

tabi doesnt really do much into naafiri

its only like 20 armor and she has a super easy time procing crown

[gusty oak]

try to cancel her w with cc then she's basically useless because thats the only way she can get on to you

[woven plaza]

yeah

from my experience shes somewhat similair to zed and she really spikes at 3 and 9

and even though you say her dmg was really high even if you dodged the qs

[gusty oak]

the pups are so annoying because they can meatshield for her so the best counter is like a point and click cc like pantheon

[woven plaza]

it shouldnt be unless shes really ahead

[woven plaza]

untill level 9 she only has 2 dogs, that have 30cd so when i was playing ahri into her a single q killed them

and it wastn such an issue

her roams are really strong tho

she also got hotfixed 2 days ago and had her dmg nerfed

[sonic sable]

I have a friend who picked her up, jungle mostly but he says you want to stay near turret as much as you can so when she goes for a W onto you you can talk into turret since she can’t cancel, as Azir you can use your dash (E?) to a soldier

You’re also ranged so you can try to poke the pack when there’s not many of them. I haven’t laned against a Naafiri but that’s what he told me and what he knows so far

[toxic prawn]

Bruh tabis azir

[bold goblet]

She plays just like Zed, if you give her the opportunity to go in, she will go in. The thing that is different from Zed/Ekko/Yone is that they have an ability to recall back to their spot wherever they put it. Naafiri doesnt have that, so she either fully commits and kill you, or she dies/takes ton of damage for it.

You need to exploit that, dont let her jump on you for free. If a Zed were to W E Q W Auto you, its the same as Naafiri doing it. You just have to be aware of her packs though, because they do stupid damage for some reason. You should never be dying to her as Azir anyways as all he needs to do is play slow for 6, then you can start doing something.

Learn her W range as that is her main engage combo, Most good Naafiri's will never use E as their combo starter as if they miss, you essentially wouldnt have extra damage and its risky. Yes sometimes they do use it for extra mobility into W range and mainly if they know they can 100% kill you, but other than that, if you see them use E first, always try to punish that.

New champions are fairly easy to pick up once you just look at their abilities, but thats just me

[craggy sluice]

Don’t let her hit q

On 2nd one

[vestal wasp]

dont play champs with single target skillshots /j

[alpine lynx]

Play with team you can block her w she is useless if you're coordinated

[left oar]

any qiyana players with advice? i want to poke with grass q but im thinking you have to hold ice to counter the dash

[rare linden]

kill her before she kills you

[light vine]

stopwatch

[woven plaza]

i think neeko and irelia are one of the better counters

[left oar]

i've just figured out that ryze absolutely shits on naafiri

e w the dash space her out pull the wave gg

when she locks on pull back into minion wave root her in the wave spam her with magic blasters

[bold goblet]

Or in general any engager, because thats Ryze.

[blissful perch]

Just play irelia u one shot her little pets later and then she is free