Once a powerful force of chaos and corruption,
Naafiri was imprisoned in a dagger and lost to the sands of Shurima...
until now.
She’s found terrifying new freedom in a pack of dune hounds,
possessing them in a never ending hunt.
With canine and Darkin abilities at her disposal,
her howl brings a horde of teeth, claws, and blades, and they're hungry.
Welcome to the Naafiri Champion Spotlight.
"It’s lonely at the top of the food chain."
Naafiri’s passive is We Are More.
Naafiri passively spawns mini-me packmates that mirror her attacks and assist her abilities.
Aw, what a good girl!
Hitting champions with abilities, or last hitting anything, reduces the cooldown of a packmate spawn.
As Naafiri levels up, her spawn rate and maximum ca-pack-city will increase.
Each packmate helps Naafiri last hit occasionally,
has its own health,
and can eat skill shots, but not your homework.
Thanks to Darkin corruption, Naafiri isn't just the leader of her pack,
she is them, all at once.
Unlike other champions who command their lowly minions or just go it solo,
Naafiri and her packmates truly play as one.
She's got that dog in her... and another dog, and another.
And they love to make “fetch” happen.
What a mean girl.
Naafiri’s Q fires Darkin Daggers which damage and bleed all enemies hit.
executing minions and small monsters if they’re brought low enough.
Packmates will swarm the first champion hit in a deadly dogpile.
"Tastes like terror."
Naafiri can recast this ability within a short window.
If it hits a bleeding enemy, the remaining bleed will be dealt instantly,
plus missing health damage.
And if the target is a champion, Naafiri will heal.
This ability gives the Naafiri quite the edge in most lanes.
She's got range advantage over many other assassins.
And of course, everyone tastes delicious after a second dagger hit.
When Naafiri is ready to roam in search of larger meals, the minion execute will help her push quickly.
Let us expand our feeding grounds!
Mobility is an assassin's favorite treat.
With Hounds’ Pursuit Naafiri briefly channels before dashing to an enemy.
Her packmates pounce after her dealing extra damage for each puppy pal.
Naafiri will chase her enemy within in a wide range.
If an enemy Ezreal or LeBlanc is trying to slip out of trouble,
she won't give up that easy.
But if her target gets very far away, there's no hounds allowed.
Thanks to this ability,
Naafiri is the top dog when it comes to diving onto squishy targets.
But be careful.
Other champions can block the impact of her charge.
Plus, while she's channeling her packmates go untargetable,
which leaves her open to all kinds of pesky skill shots.
Naafiri’s E, Eviscerate, lets her dash a short distance, damaging enemies in her path.
When she lands Naafiri explodes in a swirl of steel.
Her packmates are recalled and healed to full, which is useful for leashing them out of a pinch.
Naafiri can combine this dash with her W to cover a lot of ground quickly,
expanding her hunting grounds to unsuspecting lanes.
But take caution around champions with lots of CC because they're looking to play dog catcher.
Once Naafiri pops both dashes to engage,
she can't escape until someone's diced up.
With a mighty howl Naafiri runs wild with her ultimate,
The Call of the Pack.
In a flurry of blades and borks,
she spawns bonus packmates to assist her.
Each packmate also gets a health and move speed boost,
kind of like my dog when it’s dinnertime.
Naafiri gains attack damage, out of combat move speed, a burst of vision,
and a shield when she first attacks a champion.
On her first takedown all those effects are refreshed, making her paws-itively lethal.
Of all the buffs on the Naafiri’s ultimate, don't underestimate the vision boost.
The better to see you with, my dear.
It's a shortcut to creating the perfect moment for exercising your killer instincts.
If you reveal an enemy in your headlights, like a fed ADC,
use W to lock onto them and rush them down with your full horde of hounds.
Sigh, it's a dog eat dog world.
Naafiri was born from the concept of a beginner assassin, the ideal champion to learn the class.
She's kind of like a Pantheon or Zed who wants to get ahead quickly,
then chomp down across the map to grab an early win.
For most assassins, the difference between a big play and a fumble is sniffing out when to pick a fight.
Managing your mini-mes and fighting around them is what sets good Naafiri players apart from the pack.
Stubborn Aatrox, so driven to die.
Creating the perfect conditions to go in for the kill is essential for any master assassin.
After the Naafiri’s lessons, any pup can grow into the pick of the litter.
With the full force of her vicious vessels, Naafiri reigns at the top of the food chain.
Help the Hound of a Hundred Bites hunt down her next meal at the links below.