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Naafiri vs Ambessa

NaafiriYOU · MID
AmbessaENEMY · MID
VS
Swings with levelsPre-6 MediumPost-6 HardTake Ignite

How to play it

Don't Q her shield
Don't use Q while her shield is up: time your Q2 after it dissipates or you waste your poke into it.
Poke her in lane
During laning you poke her down with relative ease: chip her whenever her shield's on cooldown, before she gets items.
Don't dive her
She's incredibly hard to hit up close because of her passive, so poke from range instead of jumping on top of her.
Never commit on top of her: her passive makes her nearly impossible to hit up close, so poke from range instead.
Runes
DOMINATIONDOMINATION
Electrocute
Dark Harvest
Hail of Blades
Cheap Shot
Taste of Blood
Sudden Impact
Sixth Sense
Grisly Mementos
Deep Ward
Treasure Hunter
Relentless Hunter
Ultimate Hunter
SORCERYSORCERY
Axiom Arcanist
Manaflow Band
Nimbus Cloak
Transcendence
Celerity
Absolute Focus
Scorch
Waterwalking
Gathering Storm
SHARDS
Adaptive
Attack Speed
Ability Haste
Adaptive
Move Speed
Health Scaling
Health +65
Tenacity
Health Scaling
Spells
FlashFLASH
IgniteIGNITE
Items
Start
Core
16.14 Emerald+ - 52% WR - 271 games
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Naafiri · Mid · Patch 26.17 · Ranked Solo · Updated Sep 5, 2026

Naafiri vs Ambessa in Mid lane is a lane that swings with levels on patch 26.17. The one thing to respect: her W shield, don't dump Q into it; time your Q2 for after it drops or you waste your poke.

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