With Naafiri you always skill the same way, so you can follow the suggested skill order. That’s why I’d rather focus here on giving you a few tips on the skills.

The most important aspect of being successful with Naafiri is to land both Q hits. The closer you are to the opponent, the easier you can hit. A standard combo looks like this: W → Q1 → E → Q2. This keeps you close to your opponent and allows you to reposition the E in an optimal position to hit Q2 safely. Alternatively, you can also use the E at the end of the combo to go out – although this often has little effect due to the shortness of the dash.

Your E pulls all dogs back and lets them appear with you at full life. You can exploit this very well in lane if the opponent tries to focus the dogs.

I’ll come back to the playstyle in lane and how to best deal with the Q there later.

Your W can be blocked by other champions. That’s why it’s very helpful if you come from a flank, so that it’s easier to get access to the enemy carries. The W itself doesn’t do much damage, so it’s not the end of the world if it gets blocked as long as you can reach the enemy carries.

That’s actually all the tips I have. As you can see, Naafiri is not difficult to play. So let’s talk about items and then the laning phase.