How to win lane as Yone against Naafiri · 51.35% win rate (8,012 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
A window duel — her burst versus your round trip; shield the opener and snap back from exchanges she can't unwrite.
Track: Naafiri's W — Hounds' Pursuit (26–18s cooldown). The lock-on pack dash starts her dive — stand near minions to body-block the hounds.
Read from Yone's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Naafiri.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | Level 1 is even as her packmates aren't online and trades are equal. |
| Level 2 | Even / skill | Level 2 stays even because neither of you has a decisive all-in yet. |
| Level 3 | Naafiri | Level 3 favours Naafiri once her packmates and W make her win extended trades. |
| Levels 4-5 | Naafiri | Levels 4-5 favour Naafiri as her dog damage and dive threat peak. |
| Level 6 | Yone | Level 6 flips to you as your first-item spike lets you clear her dogs and turn. |
| First item | Yone | At first item you outscale her, killing packmates with AoE and surviving her engage. |
| Two+ items | Even / skill | With two-plus items you flank past her single-target kit and outscale hard. |
Levels 1-2 are even skill fights; her packmates aren't fully online and you can trade Q for Q on roughly equal footing. Don't feed her Q Darkin Daggers stacks by standing in the recall daggers, and keep the wave neutral so her early damage can't snowball a lead. Track Hounds’ Pursuit: 110/95/80 lock-on dive with a recast — stand near minions to body-block the hounds.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Yone's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Yone 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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Yone, slightly — a 51.35% win rate edge over 8,012 games; execution can flip it.
Mostly — Yone has a small statistical edge (51.35% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.
Not a hard counter — Yone has a slight edge (51.35% win rate), and play quality decides the rest.
Yone takes Lethal Tempo on the Precision tree with Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Last Stand, and Resolve secondary (Bone Plating and Second Wind) vs Naafiri.
Start Doran's Blade + Health Potion and back for Executioner's Calling (≈800g) — cuts her sustain. Build BotRK / Immortal Shieldbow first, then Infinity Edge, with Plated Steelcaps / Berserker's.
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