Champion sheet · Mid

Naafiri

Patches 16.20 to 16.22 · All regions

Tournament presence · pick + ban

16.6%#41 of 173 champions

Pick: 6.8%picked in 1,910 of 28,106 games
Ban: 9.8%2,197 bans over 22,406 games, against 6.6% in soloQ

Win rate as Mid41.6% between 35.7% and 47.7% over 178 gamesSoloQ 48.6%: clear gap

Median length29.8 minsoloQ 27.4 min

Amateur: 29,590 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, KR 63% · EUW 26% · NA 11%. SoloQ Master+: 661,121 games on the same patches. An amateur figure in gold clearly differs from soloQ.

At a glance

Four answers, each one opens its chapter.

What changes in tournaments3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Mid.Win rateDraftLength
How to play itDeathfire Touch, then Voltaic Cyclosword, Axiom Arc, and Serylda's Grudge: the most played build in soloQ.
In a compMap pressure first: more map pressure than 93% of mid laners.Map pressureDuelistSplit-push
With / againstNo opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.
In draftTaken at any point of the series.

01 — What changes in tournaments

What changes in tournaments?

3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Mid.

Win rateWins less in amateur play
Amateur
41.6%
SoloQ
48.6%
41.6% win rate in amateur play over 178 games, against 48.6% in soloQ over 5,737 games.
DraftBanned more often in amateur play
Amateur
9.8%
SoloQ
6.6%
9.8% ban rate in amateur play over 16,228 games, against 6.6% in soloQ over 457,860 games.
LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
29.8 min
SoloQ
27.4 min
Median of 29.8 min in amateur play, against 27.4 min in soloQ.

02 — How to play it

How to play it?

Deathfire Touch, then Voltaic Cyclosword, Axiom Arc, and Serylda's Grudge: the most played build in soloQ.

SoloQ build, amateur differences under each block

RunesDeathfire Touch55% · 3,128

Same in amateur play

SpellsFlash + Ignite90% · 5,179

Same in amateur play

SkillsQnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 100% · 30 games

Core (3 legendaries)11% · 350

11%of soloQ games

Voltaic Cyclosword
Axiom Arc
Serylda's Grudge

Same in amateur play

Not collected in soloQ: starting items, 4th item, and skill order.

03 — In a comp

What does it bring to a comp?

Map pressure first: more map pressure than 93% of mid laners.

Map pressuretop7%4.1 · mid laners: 3.2
Takes its kills in duelstop24%26% · mid laners: 23%

Read on tournament games from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12 (44,638 games) · same reading as the draft review · compared with other mid laners

What marks it

Map pressure
Duelist
Split-push

Like other mid laners

Damage in lane
Gold at 20 min
Absorbs damage
Team damage

What it is not

Few teamfights
Carries its own kills
Little CC
No poke

Damage / min by phase · at equal gold

Rank 54 in lane, 23 in mid game and 13 in late game, out of 100 mid laners.

536+8 vs 528

839-61 vs 899

1,014-165 vs 1,179

Lane · 5–14 minMid game · 15–22Late · 23–30

Naafirimid laners

Gold vs. direct opponent

At 20 min, ahead of 72% of mid laners against the direct opponent.

mid laners

4.1takedowns outside its lane before 15 min; mid laners: 3.2.

Where it stands among mid laners · every measure

0 ← less · median · more → 100

Damage in lane · rank 54 of 100 among mid laners536 · median 528
Damage in mid game · rank 23 of 100 among mid laners839 · median 899
Damage in late game · rank 13 of 100 among mid laners1,014 · median 1,179
Gold at 15 min · rank 78 of 100 among mid laners+244 · median +25
Gold at 20 min · rank 72 of 100 among mid laners+338 · median +71
Map pressure · rank 93 of 100 among mid laners4.1 · median 3.2
Absorbs damage · rank 55 of 100 among mid laners514 · median 489
Plays teamfights · rank 25 of 100 among mid laners53% · median 55%
Takes its kills in duels · rank 76 of 100 among mid laners26% · median 23%
Lets allies carry kills · rank 10 of 100 among mid lanersrank 10 of 100
Crowd control (CC) · rank 5 of 100 among mid laners0.1 · median 0.7
Team damage · rank 55 of 100 among mid laners22% · median 21%

04 — With / against

With whom, against whom?

No opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.

Best results

Ranked by the gap to expected in amateur play, at the lower bound of its interval, at most 5 per role. The other source is a reference.