Naafiri vs Nocturne in Mid lane is a lane to avoid on patch 26.14. The one thing to respect: his Q — dodge it or he runs you down. Below is the exact page the OTP runs — runes, skill max order, summoner spells, item build and the four tips that decide the lane, plus a quick quiz before you lock in.

⇄ ChangeYOU · MIDNAAFIRIthe Hound of a Hundred Bites

⇄ ChangeENEMY · MIDNOCTURNEthe Eternal Nightmare

VS

Avoid — ban or dodgePre-6 UnplayablePost-6 UnplayableTake Ignite

How to play it

✓ DO

Dodge his Q

When he chases, dodge his Q — its shadow trail speeds him up and if it clips you it's all but guaranteed he catches you and kills you.

Wait out his shield

When he pops his W shield, wait it out before throwing Q — feeding it just gimps your damage and hands him the 1v1.

Respect his R

If you're the target of his ult, pop your own ult preemptively to survive — and hide in a bush the moment it goes off, since he can't ult someone he has no vision on.

✕ DON'T

⛔

Never keep splitpushing alone once he hits 6 — his ult turns any fight into a 2v1.

Runes

DOMINATION

SORCERYuniversal page

SHARDS

No rune change for this matchup — run the universal page, our every-game default.

Spells

FLASH

IGNITE

Items

Start

Core

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16.14 Emerald+ - 48% WR - 562 games

Skill order

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
	Q			Q	Q		Q	Q
			W											W	W		W	W
		E							E	E		E	E
						R					R					R

MAXQ→E→W

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