Naafiri vs LeBlanc Counter Pick

The difficulty ratings sit at opposite ends: LeBlanc at 9, Naafiri at 2. That shapes a matchup where the penalty for one misplaced Distortion is immediate, and the split across 675 games on patch 16.13.1 sits at 57.8% for Naafiri.

Armor is the mechanical reason. LeBlanc starts on 22 and reaches only 93.4 by level 18, an unusually soft physical-damage profile, and everything Naafiri does — Darkin Daggers, the packmates from We Are More, the area damage on Eviscerate — is physical. Mirror Image turns her invisible for a second below 40% health and leaves a decoy behind, which is a genuine escape from a single attacker and a much weaker one against a champion who arrives with several bodies.

Range is where LeBlanc lives: 525 units against 125, with Sigil of Malice marking a target so that any follow-up ability detonates the mark for extra damage, and Mimic replaying a basic spell at higher power, so a second detonation can appear from nowhere. Holding that distance wins the trade outright. Ethereal Chains decides whether she gets to, since a target that stays shackled for 1.5 seconds is rooted, and a rooted assassin reaches nobody. Both champions move at 340, and The Call of the Pack adds speed and untargetability to the approach.