How to win lane as Naafiri against Qiyana · 48.68% win rate (2,773 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
An assassin duel where you brought backup — even strings favor the side with six health bars.
Track: Qiyana's E — Audacity (11–7s cooldown). Her stick dash — once spent she cannot reach you; kite the cooldown.
Read from Naafiri's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Qiyana.
This is Naafiri's own plan; across 2,773 pooled games the lane is leaning Qiyana.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Naafiri | Level 1 your packmates and base stats out-pressure Qiyana's squishy poke start. |
| Level 2 | Naafiri | Level 2 your Q-E all-in beats her before she has a reset up. |
| Level 3 | Naafiri | Level 3 your E plus pack sustain wins any extended trade over her burst. |
| Levels 4-5 | Naafiri | Levels 4-5 you snowball step-ups while she's still glassy and one item behind. |
| Level 6 | Even / skill | Level 6 your R refreshes the pack and closes her escape, while her R needs terrain you deny. |
| First item | Even / skill | On your first item your all-in still deletes a squishy Qiyana before she scales. |
| Two+ items | Qiyana | With two-plus items Qiyana's wall-combo one-shots and out-roams you, taking the late lead. |
You own levels 1-2: your pack pressure and Q-E 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 all-in range to farm. Track Audacity runs 11s at rank 1, 7 at five — once the stick dash is spent she cannot reach you; kite that window.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Naafiri's side, sampled July 2026.
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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Qiyana, slightly — Naafiri wins 48.68% of 2,773 games; winnable with the right plan.
Mostly — Qiyana has a small statistical edge (51.32% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.
No — if anything Qiyana has the slight edge (Naafiri wins 48.68%), though it stays close.
Naafiri takes Electrocute on the Domination tree with Sudden Impact, Grisly Mementos and Relentless Hunter, and Precision secondary (Presence of Mind and Coup de Grace) vs Qiyana.
Start Doran's Blade + Health Potion and back for Serrated Dirk (≈1100g) — strings start chunking. Build Eclipse / Profane Hydra first, then Serylda's path, with Plated Steelcaps / Lucidity.
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