Wukong vs Naafiri - Matchup Guide | Patch 26.14

YouWukong

EnemyNaafiri

Win Condition

Win the armor-stacking war. Use to outlast her burst, cancel her dash with your knockup, and focus her down before she gets resets.

Overview

You are a bruiser that thrives in extended fights, while she is an assassin reliant on landing daggers. Your armor makes you naturally tanky against her physical damage, giving you the edge in jungle skirmishes. You win by surviving her burst and knocking her up during her dash-ins.

Difficulty

Medium

Your and can negate her burst, but her mobility and poke make her hard to pin down without .

You (Wukong)

•High armor from
• clone to block or bait
•Reliable CC with
•Point-and-click gap close with

Them (Naafiri)

•Full physical damage kit
• relies on hitting two daggers
•Dash-reliant engage with
•Untargetability window on

Naafiri's Abilities

Ability	Threat	What It Means For You
	Low	Her dogs add DPS. Use to hit multiple dogs and clear them quickly.
	High	The second hit deals massive bonus damage and heals her. Dodge or block it with .
	Med	She becomes untargetable. Don't waste or while she is in this state.
	Med	Short dash that heals her dogs. Use it to track which way she is kiting.
	High	She dashes at you and gains a shield on recast. Knock her up with mid-dash to stop her.

Lane Phase

Lvl 1-5

→Start for a faster jungle clear—the attack speed and AoE help clear her packmates.
→If you meet in the river, don't use until she throws her second dagger.
→Focus on stacking by auto-attacking her or her dogs to maximize your armor early.
→Invade her if she is low; she lacks a long-range escape before she gets items.

Lvl 6+Power spike

→When she uses to dash at you, time to knock her up and cancel the movement.
→Save your second cast for when she tries to disengage with .
→Track her untargetability; wait for her to reappear before committing your burst.

Trading Patterns

Safe Poke

onto her → for the armor shred → to stealth away before she can land .

Punish

When she misses her first , she loses her bleed damage. Dash in with and force a long trade.

All-in

→ → (first knockup) → auto-attacks → to follow her dash → (second knockup) → [[Summoner:Ignite]].

Respect

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Second — It deals execute damage and heals her, swinging a winning fight into a loss.
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Untargetability — She can dodge your or the start of your , wasting your cooldowns.
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Shield — The shield on recast can absorb your final damage, allowing her to survive and turn.
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Packmate bodyblocks — They can sometimes mess up your pathing or absorb targeted spells if you misclick.

Punish

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Miss — Jump in immediately with . She cannot out-duel you without the bleed.
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on cooldown — This is her only dash. If she uses it to clear, she is a sitting duck for a gank.
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used early — Once her untargetability is gone, she is vulnerable to your full combo.
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Low Packmate count — Her damage is significantly lower when her dogs are dead. Fight her then.

Wave Management

Early

Focus on a full clear to reach level 6 as fast as possible; you need to match her teamfight impact.

Post-6

Look to counter-gank. Your is much stronger in 2v2s than her single-target focused kit.

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Ability

Threat

What It Means For You

Low

Her dogs add DPS. Use to hit multiple dogs and clear them quickly.

High

The second hit deals massive bonus damage and heals her. Dodge or block it with .

Med

She becomes untargetable. Don't waste or while she is in this state.

Med

Short dash that heals her dogs. Use it to track which way she is kiting.

High

She dashes at you and gains a shield on recast. Knock her up with mid-dash to stop her.