The newest League of Legends Champion Naarifi has finally been revealed, including her background and abilities, and she is about to dominate low elo.
Naarifi is the latest champion to join the League of Legends roster. She is not only a dog but also a Darkin, joining the few Darkin champs who are already in the game including Aatrox, Rhaast (who possess Kayn's weapons), Varus and Xolaani. Given the limited number of Darkins in the League of Legends universe, she's sure to add a ton of new interesting lore to the game.
Naarifi will be classed as an Assassin, and is designed to be played in mid-lane meaning she will be rocking up game dynamics around the entire map with her high roaming potential. After a big shake-up in bot lane dynamics following patch 13.12, Naarifi will be a chaotic addition to the game.
Riot Games has stated that she has a low skill ceiling, making her easier to pick up and master. This will likely lead to domination in low elo games where other low-skill ceiling Assassins typically played in mid-lane such as Akali, Zed and Katarina are often centre stage and need constant balancing.
Naafiri abilities
Passive - We Are More
Naafiri creates a Packmate after an amount of time that will attack enemies that she targets for physical damage, which is increased after she uses an ability. Hitting champions with abilities or killing enemies reduces this ability’s cooldown.
Q - Darkin Daggers
Naafiri hurls Darkin-tainted blades, dealing physical damage and inflicting a bleed for a few seconds.This ability may be recast. If enemies hit are already bleeding, instead deal the remaining bleed damage plus bonus physical damage and missing health physical damage. If the target was a champion, Naafiri restores some health. Packmates will leap at the first target hit, prioritizing champions and attacking them for a few seconds.
W - Hounds’ Pursuit
After a brief delay, Naafiri dashes at an enemy, dealing physical damage and briefly slowing her target or the first champion she collides with. This ability gains range based on ultimate rank. Packmates become untargetable and dash alongside Naafiri, dealing additional damage per Packmate.
E - Eviscerate
Naafiri surges forward, dashing and dealing physical damage to enemies she passes through, then explodes outward, dealing additional physical damage. Packmates are recalled to Naafiri and are healed to full.
R - The Call of the Pack
Naafiri prepares to hunt, empowering her Packmates and spawning bonus Packmates for a short duration. Naafiri then gains a burst of out of combat Movespeed, vision, and the first time she hits an enemy champion, she gains a shield. On first champion takedown, all ultimate effects are refreshed.
