How to win lane as Naafiri against Pantheon · 54.8% win rate over 885 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Naafiri | Level 1 you edge it by respecting his Q-W and trading on the cooldown. |
| Level 2 | Naafiri | At level 2 a baited W stun lets you punish his burst-then-nothing pattern. |
| Level 3 | Naafiri | Level 3 W The Hunt gives you an all-in his single combo can't sustain. |
| Levels 4-5 | Naafiri | Through 4-5 you out-trade him once his Q-W is down each cycle. |
| Level 6 | Naafiri | At six your R out-duels his roam-focused ultimate in a straight 1v1. |
| First item | Naafiri | First item flips durability so his front-loaded burst stops one-shotting you. |
| Two+ items | Naafiri | Two items in your pack DPS and scaling beat his no-scaling burst kit. |
Levels 1-2 Pantheon has real kill pressure with Q Comet Spear and the W stun, so respect the point-blank Q, dodge W onto a packmate, and only trade after his combo is down.
The full Naafiri vs Pantheon report continues with the mid-game plan, the late-game and teamfight plan, every power spike to play around, and the win conditions for both sides — plus cooldown tracking and the live enemy-jungle tracker inside the app.
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