How to win lane as Viktor against Naafiri · 50.01% win rate over 8,661 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Naafiri | Level 1 is Naafiri's because her dagger poke and hound pack out-trade your rangeless start. |
| Level 2 | Even / skill | Level 2 is even as your second point and Death Ray unlock let you start clearing hounds. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | Level 3 stays even with your beam clearing her pack and poking her step-ups. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | Levels 4-5 remain a skill standoff decided by wave state and whether she reaches her all-in threshold. |
| Level 6 | Naafiri | Level 6 flips to Naafiri as Hounds of the Hunt plus her ultimate let her dive and burst you. |
| First item | Naafiri | First item stays hers because her all-in kill pressure spikes against your squishy, dashless body. |
| Two+ items | Viktor | Two-plus items go to Viktor as your DPS, range, Gravity Field, and Zhonya's shut down her all-in. |
Level 1 is Naafiri's: her Darkin Daggers and hound pack out-trade your rangeless start, so play back and soak XP. From level 2-5 the lane stabilises around skill — use Death Ray to clear her hounds and poke her step-ups, and keep the wave from giving her Eviscerate a free dash path. Do not get chunked into her all-in threshold.
The full Viktor 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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