Riot Games has unveiled League of Legends’ new Champion, Naafiri the Hound of a Hundred Bites. Naafiri will join other League of Legends Champions onto the rift in patch 13.14.
Naafiri is an ancient Darkin with incredible power, who was destined to lead her kin. Though, her ambitions were cut short when she was entombed within a blade and imprisoned in a crypt beneath the Shuriman sands. Centuries later, Naafiri has been set free and is bound to a new host – the Dune Hounds.
Check out the gameplay trailer reveal for Naafiri in League of Legends:
“We track for a thousand years. None can flee for that long.”
Though Naafiri wasn’t particularly happy about turning into a Dune Hound, she soon discovered that the pack’s collective consciousness would prove invaluable to her plans. Her strength lies in the unity, loyalty, and shared strength of the entire pack. Naafiri seeks to unify the Darkin and will unleash the collective power of the pack to whoever stands in her way.
League of Legends – 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 Dagger
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.
Again, League of Legends’ new Champion, Naafiri will join the game with Patch 13.14, which is expected to drop sometime in mid-July. You can find her Champion Insights through this link.