Riot really wanted you to play a bad champion and buff it for it

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Naafiri has not had a good time in League of Legends since the 2023 release. The assassin for beginners had had problems for a long time and was hardly played. Riot wanted to proceed with the last patch, but that was probably too good. Shortly after the patch, a nerf came as a hotfix.

What is Naafiri for a champion? In 2023, Naafiri appeared as an assassin for beginners. Instead of complex skills, there is a simple kit that could also be used without much practice. However, it was not particularly popular for a long time. For a long time she was hardly played and it was pretty bad for her in Jungle.

With Patch 25.06 of March 19, 2025, this should change. She received a re-work, her ultimate and W capabilities were exchanged and adapted, and she also received improvements for the Jungle. The rework also fulfilled its goal, probably better than expected, because only a day later it was generated in a hotfix.

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The change to the Jungle Naafiri was very good at

How is Naafiri doing now? While its picking rate on all ranks on the Midlane was still 1.8 % and 0.3 % in Jungle in early March, this has now improved significantly according to U.GG (as of 22.03.2025, 13:45)

  • On the Midlane, she has a pick rate of 3.7 % to all ranks.
  • Your win rate on the Midlane is currently 52.96 % and Naafiri is the 3. most successful Midlaner in this patch.
  • The biggest change is in Jungle. There she currently has a pick rate of 7.0 %.
  • Your winning rate in Jungle is 52.98 %. The most successful jungler is currently in the game.

    • The LOL coach Thomas Yuen on X.com showed what their improvements look like in a graph:

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    Both win-rates are very high and suggest that their new kit is quite strong. The current statistics are also so impressive because Naafiri was already generated shortly after the release of the patch. A hotfix (via League of Legends Wiki) were slightly weakened and their regeneration of life.

    However, this does not seem to harm their success, as the statistics mentioned show. The streamer and professional boy Lucas Larson even recommends that you should play Naafiri on X.com if you want to climb in the rank before it is more generated.

    How likely is a nerf? With a comparatively high pick rate and such good win rate in two positions, you can assume that Naafiri will receive even more nerfs. However, since the patch only appeared a few days ago, you have to wait and see how the numbers develop. If you want to play a simple champion in the jungle, then you should currently use Naafiri. LOL is currently doing pretty well on Twitch: LOL is the number 1 game on Twitch, sporting integrity sacrifices so that it stays that way

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