Naafiri is the latest addition to League of Legends’ champion roster. Her lores and powers has been revealed, bringing additional information to the Darkin.
Riot has recently published the cinematic trailer for Naafiri. This cinematic concentrates on her lore more than anything else. But it finally gave Naafiri and her troop their due.
On the lore front, this teaser depicts Naafiri’s beginnings, notably how she is the host of the entire pack of dogs. Originally, a shuriman was transferring Naafiri’s dagger to another location. Then, in the midst of his trek, he was assaulted by a swarm of shuriman dogs. In that instance, Naafiri gained control of the dogs.
Naafiri is a one-of-a-kind champion that focuses on employing a pack of hounds as her primary source of damage. She has lots of mobility and burst, which should please any assassin player in terms of terrifying late-game potential.
She, like many other assassins, must combine her abilities well in order to maximise her entire damage, as well as find some tough angles to dive into the backline and bust any AD carriers or mid laners hiding behind their tanks.
Riot has also released a Naafiri’s abilities rundown on their official page with, while not much, some details and description about her abilities, along with a demo clip of each abilities.
League of Legends Naafiri Abilities
Passive – We Are More
Naafiri spawns Packmates that attack the targets of her attacks and abilities. Hitting champions with abilities or killing enemies reduces this ability’s cooldown.
Q – Darkin Dagger
Naafiri hurls up to two daggers, each inflicting bleed, or each inflicting bonus damage if the target is already bleeding. If the target is a champion, she restores some health.
Packmates leap to attack champions hit by this skill.
W – Hounds’ Pursuit
Naafiri and her packmates dash at an enemy, colliding with the first champion hit and dealing damage. Her Packmates become untargetable and dash alongside Naafiri, dealing additional damage per Packmate.
E – Eviscerate
Naafiri dashes and damages enemies in an area, recalling and healing her Packmates to full.
R – The Call of the Pack
Naafiri empowers her pack and spawns additional Packmates, gaining a burst of speed and vision and a shield when she attacks a champion.
On first champion takedown, all effects are refreshed.
The Darkin Assassin is set to be released in League of Legends in patch 13.14 on July 20, 2023.