Naafiri vs Qiyana — Mid Lane Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Naafiri against Qiyana · 51.63% win rate over 736 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27

Verdict: Naafiri is favoured — Naafiri owns 6 of the 7 game windows to Qiyana's 1. Naafiri wins 51.63% of games vs Qiyana in mid lane (736 Emerald+ games analysed).

Favour timeline — who owns each window

StageFavouredWhy
Level 1NaafiriLevel 1 your packmates and base stats out-pressure Qiyana's squishy poke start.
Level 2NaafiriLevel 2 your W all-in beats her before she has a reset up.
Level 3NaafiriLevel 3 your E plus pack sustain wins any extended trade over her burst.
Levels 4-5NaafiriLevels 4-5 you snowball step-ups while she's still glassy and one item behind.
Level 6NaafiriLevel 6 your R refreshes the pack and closes her escape, while her R needs terrain you deny.
First itemNaafiriOn your first item your all-in still deletes a squishy Qiyana before she scales.
Two+ itemsQiyanaWith two-plus items Qiyana's wall-combo one-shots and out-roams you, taking the late lead.

Early game (levels 1–5)

You own levels 1-2: your pack pressure and W all-in punish Qiyana hard while she's a squishy poke-assassin with no reset. Deny her the elemental she wants and freeze so she has to walk into your W range to farm.

Read the rest of this matchup

The full Naafiri vs Qiyana 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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