Naafiri Champion Spotlight | Gameplay - League of Legends 

DOMINATING! UNSTOPPABLE! DOGLIKE!

Gotta love how Riot is presenting counterplay while also showcasing pros and cons of her kit. Very nice

I hope we got more monster champion to see and NAAFIRI is the best start this year!

It's been 13 years, and Phreak is still doing these. Been a while since i've been invested in the League community, but Arena brought me back. Fantastic spotlight, I love the updated format that includes counter play, especially for abilities that look "super easy and overpowered" like her w.

I really like this design insight explaining what role the Champion is trying to achieve, really helpful for new players; I hope you guys keep this for the future Spotlights.

Honestly I'm glad to see a simpler champion intended for newer players. Shows they're giving a nod to attracting players to the game.

Personally i really like to see more streamlined champs now and then. It's nice to see a champ that doesn't need multiple paragraphs to explain. And having a simpler champ for new players, or new to a role is very nice to see

Naafiri looks pretty one dimensional, but as someone who doesn't jungle much, she looks easy to pilot for when I need to fill the role.

1:30 Riot inspired by lethality Yorick

WHO LET THE DOGS OUT?

That anouncer. I- I need that ANOUNCER IN THE VOID You are still here for years and happy to hear you voice again

If you didn’t come from tiktok raise your hand 🤚🏽

this champ honestly looks really fun to play! excited to try her out

While i haven't played league in years, i still see this stuff from time to time. Honestly this feels like a breath of fresh air, the abilities aren't too complicated, which is a good step away from their more recent line ups.

It's refreshing to see new UI in champion spotlight. I hope this will be maintained in the future!

There's been a lot of complex champs over the years, so it's nice to see an actual noob friendly one.

Such a good champion spotlight. Expert level info and teasey video!!

i like that she also has a clear counter. yes if shes fed it will be hard, but if you have aoe dmg you can kill her packmates, which nerves her severely

I haven't played actual League in quite a while but this is almost enough to bring me back. Badass champion is badass.

This new Champion spotlight edit is so cool, it fits Naafiri

1:17 LOVED THAT MEAN GIRL REFERENCE

Got that DAWG in her

200 years of game desing to make a talon q that is longer than the time the developers parents were away in their chilldhood

Alright, they're definitely nerfing her packmates being able to block skillshots. Late game she summons so many she's completely protected, it's dumb.

900 range undodgable point and click gapcloser that follows ur dashes, on an assassin, and it becomes 1250 with her other dash, COOL, LOTS OF COUNTER PLAY TO THIS ONE!

The Dog is Unchained

I will say, its refreshing to hear Phreak's voice again. I miss him on the shoutcasting desk.

Its been a long time since a new champion has made me want to play league again. :o Phreaks puns never get old!

Glad to see Riot still willing to experiment with monsters and making more in the subclasses that have been shown to be popular (without ofc giving them kits that are way too niche)

They even threw in a cat joke with the "Check out the Lynx below"

Riot: "we are making a monster champion so its ok we made a manta hot" also riot: "here is the new monster champion, a dog that fell into a box of knives"

one of the only champions that have recently come out that actually interested me and makes me wanna main them, pyke and sett included

Her vision bonus on her R is very dangerous.

When I was in highschool, I remember I made a werewolf champion that summons five werewolves as his ult...

Im so glad we have a new monster champion. they are my favorite.

She's edgy She's vicious She can be pet

finallllyyyy we can know how this dog can be put on a leash 😆😆

The amount of dog puns just shows how long they've been wanting to put a dog into the game XD

the lion king reference in the beginning was slick

Im so hyped to play her!

Like the counterplay bits added into the explanations.

Most beautiful spotlight yet!!

riot hasnt made a more broken champ since yuumi release omg

Awesome video with lots of good puns. Now we have an official dog champion we need a few more (like a rabbit and tiger) to round out the Chinese Zodiac signs!

Thats kinda neat. Nice to see new content after all this time. The puns were cringe as always love to see it.

As someone who had tried assasin Yorick alot this really feels exactly that.

I wonder how much time they spent sitting at the round table coming up with dog puns.

Out of all the OP Champs I can see Naafri being among the worst. Haha. She looks super fun to play though. Those gap closers are nuts. Akali and Ahri look like childsplay.

every champion is OP when enemies run and don't hit back

We got yorick the necromancer and nafiri the pack dog. I love summoner classes in video games maybe even the most but what i'd love to see next is 2 champions in one. Maybe not necesserily 2 healthbars or seperate control but it would be cool to have a duo champ like those 2 kids with the slingshots from the breathe cinematic.

Alright great, now give us a darkin support and we're set

Next time make new champions available in ranked at least two weeks later, thanks

New monster/creature champ that who has an easy to understand kit. Wish they would do that more often.

I love the new champion spotlight ❤

so naafiri gets a leashing ability for dogs she can respawn in 30 seconds, but maiden has to sprint it down under t3 if you hit one e

Naafiri is so cool. I hope they add her to Wild Rift some day soon

The first 'animal that acts like an animal' champion, kudos Rito!

I’m so glad phreak still does these

Naafiri looks like a bizarre canine fanged wyvern design in a Monster Hunter game. I love it

her passiv randomly blocks skillshots? that´s busted

1:17 - OKAY DUDE Really good movie though.

Excited to see what they do with skarner and shyvana

What is Riot doing to this game

Idk, something about all the benefits she gets from her abilities (skill shot blocks, bonus shields, vision, mini nocturne ult) makes her seem just a bit too overloaded/annoying to deal with. Talon feels like a better “intro to assassin” character

All the new champions become invincible, go under, jump more than ever just like mi ex.

Over terrain dash, lock on, huge range, and a slow in 1 ability is crazy. Plus heal, CS, and skill shot protection? How is this balanced?

EVERYBODY needs to buy this champ. Then Riot might consider doing more monster champs.

Finally,i got Naafiri vs me in ranked and i cant find this video so i dont know the spells, but it's okay she have 0/12/1 in the end ! thx rito

These Videos makes our days better

Phreak sounds like he’s having so much fun 😎

Can we just collectively agree that League of Legends does not need any more champions !!!!

Coll champ design and all but i hate how assassin players need less and less effort to kill someone from full.

looks like it will make me come back to the game after 4 years

btw annie's q is "do damage" and her w is "do dmg but short"

I like picturing all the Darkins together and then there’s Naafiri itching herself with her hind leg.

Hello Phreak can you nerf AP Kai'sa please?

Why does every champion now get a billion range jumps? I'm looking at you Yone

I played her some hours ago and It was so much fun

League finally has its own Geomancer

Milio then naafiri. And now we just have to wait and see what that artist mage and vampire jungler are gonna be like

pls make Joraal a darkin supp in the future

nice puns as always ;)

Great video!

OP as always. Good release riot. Would expect nothing else.

30 years of game design

"she's got that dog in her"😂

I was attacked by what looked like one of these in human form

Needs more dashes

Okay you do realize you just made an assasin champion who 1. Is extremely hard to hit bcs dogs, 2. Most lilely has a very healthy jungle clear 3. Has a point and click dash that can only be blocked by teammates, a trait usually reserved for ultimate abilities, because a basic ability shouldn't call for constant pressure to stand in front of squishies and 4. Who's only weak trait is her lack of mobility after engaging, a trait easily solved by the confusion her dogs cause, a duskblade and the movement speed she gets. Also 5. You can't even use vision control to your benefit against her, and you can't even just kill her dogs like you would with yorick because we gotta give her something to heal them with, who cares about HP management. You know I understand it can be hard playtesting and stuff but was there really noone in the office who mentioned how frustrating this could be to non-competitve players who don't want to constantly get rushed by a pack of unpunishable dog minions. It's especially funny because her kit is surprisingly dumb, aside of hitting the two Qs. It's like she was designed so a single casual player could ruin the game for 9 others, because she has everything they could possibly need + Duskblade's new infuriating passive. I don't often think a LoL champ is badly designed, I wouldn't even say it here, but I feel like there were oversights when making her and she just ends up being a chore to play against.

"She's a good dog." -Kraglin 2023

Finally a monster champion

A Champion Spoltight should show how to COUNTER a new champion, also. ALL these Spotlights are always focused on the champion abilities, but they never teach us how to defend against her. A Champion Spotlight is currently 100% "This is what she does", it should be 70% "This is what she does" and 30% "Here are real world examples of her fighting, to show us when to engage her, and how. It's *VERY* Frustrating playing against new champions because, while we have 10 years of experience killing Lux, MF and Jax, we have 0 experience with this new champion -- and this lack of experience is even WORSE with a new POINT AND CLICK champion like Naafiri comes out, and she ruins the game for like 1 to 2 months. *PLEASE* add real-world fights to the Champion Spotlights, already! UGhhhhhhhhhhhh!!

It’s illegal to play this champ without knowing the meaning of “WAT DA DOG DOIN’”

designers: Ok, what should "Q" do?... YES

If adjusted right (a bit OP during PBE), her kit is not overloaded. It can't prolong trades and is only there to kill an enemy asap, kind of how a dog or a wolf pack would act. Perfect for an assassin concept. It's a beginner champ with a high mastery ceiling. They did great with this one.

Champion Spotlight is something new this year i love it.

What did the dev that made this champ smoke? How can you go like, yep looks like a balanced champ to me.

They realliy overdid themselves with all the puns

So.. it's basicly rengar without the bush mechanic and no stealth on the ult.

That actually looks crazy but pretty balanced compared to what's been released lol.