How to win lane as Pantheon against Naafiri · 54.25% win rate over 811 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Pantheon | Your point-click W stun and passive give you a cleaner level-1 than her dash-reliant kit. |
| Level 2 | Pantheon | At level 2 you out-trade her daggers-and-packmates poke with better base control. |
| Level 3 | Pantheon | Level 3 hands you a full all-in that beats her pre-ult skirmish pattern. |
| Levels 4-5 | Pantheon | Levels 4-5 stay yours as long as you force the fight before Call of the Pack comes online. |
| Level 6 | Naafiri | At 6 her ult's packmates, heal, and speed flip the duel firmly in her favor. |
| First item | Naafiri | Her lethality first item plus R uptime is her hardest burst spike, keeping her ahead. |
| Two+ items | Pantheon | Two items deep your bruiser itemization outlasts her burst and swings the phase back to you. |
Naafiri is a capable early skirmisher, but you hold the edge at levels 1-3 with better point-click control. Your W Shield Vault stun interrupts her Hounds' Pursuit dash, and E Aegis Assault soaks the burst from her Darkin Daggers and packmates. Trade when she steps up to Q her daggers into the wave, then punish the recovery. Keep the wave honest and don't let her packmates free-poke you off the minions.
The full Pantheon vs Naafiri 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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