How to win lane as Naafiri against Yone · 48.65% win rate (8,012 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
He out-brawls the pack if it stays — strike in Q-E passes, heal through, and dive only the spent engage.
Track: Yone's E — Soul Unbound (22–10s cooldown). His burst window — survive it and punish the body he snaps back to.
Read from Naafiri's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Yone.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | You out-stat Yone at level 1 with packmate chip and stronger auto pressure while he has no sustain. |
| Level 2 | Even / skill | At level 2 your bonus ability keeps the wave and trade advantage; Yone can't punish your steps. |
| Level 3 | Naafiri | Level 3 gives you the full W-Q-E all-in that beats his Q-stacking trade pattern. |
| Levels 4-5 | Naafiri | Through levels 4-5 your packmates and double Q keep winning short trades before his Q3 knockup lands. |
| Level 6 | Yone | At 6 Yone flips the lane: R Fate Sealed pulls you in and W shields his dive. |
| First item | Yone | On his first item his crit and E rewind poke let him farm and skirmish safely against you. |
| Two+ items | Even / skill | At two items your assassin burst out-races his shield and rewind, swinging the fight back to you. |
Levels 1-2 are yours: Yone is a weak early laner with only Q Mortal Steel poke and no sustain, so use your packmate damage to push and chunk him whenever he steps up to last-hit. Track Yone Soul Unbound: 22s at rank 1, 10s max — his burst window; survive it and punish the body he snaps back to. W online: the lock-on dive threatens anyone past the wave's midline. The lane plays scared now.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Naafiri's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Naafiri vs Yone 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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Yone, slightly — Naafiri wins 48.65% of 8,012 games; winnable with the right plan.
Mostly — Yone has a small statistical edge (51.35% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.
No — if anything Yone has the slight edge (Naafiri wins 48.65%), 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 Yone.
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 Ionian Lucidity.
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