Yone vs Naafiri — Mid Lane Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Yone against Naafiri · 52.83% win rate over 6,027 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27

Verdict: Yone is favoured — Yone owns 3 of the 7 game windows to Naafiri's 2. Yone wins 52.83% of games vs Naafiri in mid lane (6,027 Emerald+ games analysed).

Favour timeline — who owns each window

StageFavouredWhy
Level 1Even / skillLevel 1 is even as her packmates aren't online and trades are equal.
Level 2Even / skillLevel 2 stays even because neither of you has a decisive all-in yet.
Level 3NaafiriLevel 3 favours Naafiri once her packmates and W make her win extended trades.
Levels 4-5NaafiriLevels 4-5 favour Naafiri as her dog damage and dive threat peak.
Level 6YoneLevel 6 flips to you as your first-item spike lets you clear her dogs and turn.
First itemYoneAt first item you outscale her, killing packmates with AoE and surviving her engage.
Two+ itemsYoneWith two-plus items you flank past her single-target kit and outscale hard.

Early game (levels 1–5)

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.

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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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