Nilah

Nilah Build

the Joy Unbound

Role: ADC Pick Rate: 1.2% Win Rate: 53.33%

Recommended Build

Summoner Spells

Flash Flash
Barrier Barrier

Skill Priority

Q E W

Items

Start
Doran's Blade
Health Potion
Core
The Collector The Collector
Gluttonous Greaves Gluttonous Greaves
Infinity Edge Infinity Edge
Late
Lord Dominik's Regards
Immortal Shieldbow
Death's Dance

Runes

Most Played
Precision
Conqueror
Conqueror 96.4% · 53.9% WR
Triumph
Triumph 97.5% · 53.8% WR
Legend: Alacrity
Legend: Alacrity 68.3% · 54.5% WR
Last Stand
Last Stand 90.9% · 53.8% WR
Inspiration
Cash Back
Cash Back
Cosmic Insight
Cosmic Insight
Attack Speed
Attack Speed
Adaptive Force
Adaptive Force
Health Scaling
Health Scaling
Best WR
Precision
Conqueror
Conqueror 96.4% · 53.9% WR
Triumph
Triumph 97.5% · 53.8% WR
Legend: Alacrity
Legend: Alacrity 68.3% · 54.5% WR
Last Stand
Last Stand 90.9% · 53.8% WR
Inspiration
Triple Tonic
Triple Tonic
Magical Footwear
Magical Footwear
Attack Speed
Attack Speed
Adaptive Force
Adaptive Force
Tenacity and Slow Resist
Tenacity and Slow Resist

Skill Order

Q
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
W
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
E
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
R
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15

Win Rate by Elo

Iron Iron 42.24%
Bronze Bronze 50.14%
Silver Silver 52.63%
Gold Gold 53.29%
Platinum Platinum 53.82%
Emerald Emerald 53.94%
Diamond Diamond 52.92%
Master Master 53.07%
Grandmaster Grandmaster 58.39%
Challenger Challenger 57.47%
All Elos All Elos 53.79%

Best Counters and Matchups for Nilah

See all counters for Nilah

Top 5 Counters Against Nilah

Swain
42.6% WR -2.6%
Brand
46.6% WR +1.1%
Xayah
47.3% WR +0.2%
Senna
49.1% WR +3.3%
Ziggs
49.3% WR +2.7%

Top 5 Best Matchups for Nilah

Yasuo
60.6% WR +14.2%
Twitch
59.8% WR +12.6%
Aphelios
Aphelios Matchup detail
57.4% WR +8.6%
Kai'Sa
57.3% WR +7.8%
Kog'Maw
56.5% WR +10.6%

Patch History

V14.20 - November 10th Hotfix
  • Slipstream Basic damage reduced from 65/90/115/140/165 (+Champions stunned with Pyromania (P)20% bonus AD) to 60/70/80/90/100 (+Champions stunned with Pyromania (P)20% bonus AD)
  • Apotheosis Damage Over Time reduced from 60/120/180 (+Champions stunned with Pyromania (P)80% bonus AD) to 60/100/140 (+Champions stunned with Pyromania (P)40% bonus AD) Burst Damage AD ratio reduced from Champions stunned with Pyromania (P)120% bonus AD to Champions stunned with Pyromania (P)100% bonus AD Maximum Damage reduced from 185/345/505 (+Champions stunned with Pyromania (P)200% bonus AD) to 185/325/465 (+Champions stunned with Pyromania (P)140% bonus AD)
V14.20
  • Slipstream Cast Time: 0.01 seconds ⇒ Instant.
V14.12
  • Slipstream Base health regeneration increased to 6 from 4. Armor growth increased to 4.5 from 4.2.
V14.9
  • Stats Selection radius increased to 120 units from 75.
  • Formless Blade AD ratio reduced to Champions stunned with Pyromania (P)90 / 95 / 100 / 105 / 110% AD from Champions stunned with Pyromania (P)90 / 97.5 / 105 / 112.5 / 120% AD. Damage critical strike chance ratio reduced to 0% − 100% (based on critical strike chance) from 0% − 120% (based on critical strike chance). Bonus attack speed increased to 10% − 60% (based on level) from 10% − 50% (based on level).
V14.2
  • Jubilant Veil New Effect: Cast can now be buffered during the lockout of other abilities. New Effect: Can now be cast during the windup of other spells.
  • Slipstream Adjusted the casting of it in combination with Formless Blade to be more consistent.
V13.22
  • Formless Blade Bonus attack speed reduced to 10% − 50% (based on level) from 10% − 60% (based on level).
  • Apotheosis Bonus AD ratio per tick reduced to Champions stunned with Pyromania (P)20% bonus AD from 28%.
V13.21
  • Coven Nilah Formless Blade Bug Fix: VFX when cast during Slipstream adjusted to not look similar to the VFX of Coven Morgana's Dark Binding.
V12.23 - December 14th Hotfix
  • Formless Blade AD ratio reduced to Champions stunned with Pyromania (P)90 / 97.5 / 105 / 112.5 / 120% AD from Champions stunned with Pyromania (P)90 / 100 / 110 / 120 / 130% AD. Damage critical strike chance ratio increased to 0% − 120% (based on critical strike chance) from 0% − 100% (based on critical strike chance). Healing increased to 0% − 20% (based on critical strike chance) of damage dealt from 0% − 15% (based on critical strike chance).
  • Apotheosis Bonus AD ratio per tick reduced to Champions stunned with Pyromania (P)28% bonus AD from 35%. Healing changed to 20% − 50% (based on critical strike chance) of damage dealt from 30% − 45% (based on critical strike chance).
V12.22
  • Stats Base mana regeneration increased to 8.2 from 8.18.
V12.21
  • Formless Blade Bug Fix: Passive shield duration now properly matches the ability tooltip.
V12.15
  • Joy Unending Bug Fix: Fixed a bug that caused it to be audible from the Fog of War. Bug Fix: Fixed a bug that caused it to trigger with Oceanic Will.
V12.14
  • General Bug Fix: SFX from locking in the champion while in champion select is no longer louder than intended.
  • Joy Unending Bug Fix: No longer unintentionally triggers Fimbulwinter's Everlasting.
  • Formless Blade Bug Fix: Empowered attack now does not last for a longer duration if used during Slipstream. Bug Fix: Empowered attacks no longer deal damage to the caster themself while they are affected by berserk. Bug Fix: VFX for the empowered attacks are now properly shown.
  • Jubilant Veil Bug Fix: Now is properly grayed out in the HUD while Apotheosis is being casted.
V12.13 - July 14th Hotfix
  • Stats Base health reduced to 570 from 590. Base armor reduced to 27 from 30.
  • Joy Unending Increased healing modifier reduced to 7.5% from 10%. Increased shielding modifier reduced to 15% from 20%.
  • Formless Blade Empowered attack AD ratio reduced to Champions stunned with Pyromania (P)100% AD from Champions stunned with Pyromania (P)110% AD. Secondary minion AD ratio reduced to Champions stunned with Pyromania (P)33% AD from Champions stunned with Pyromania (P)36.3% AD. Secondary monster AD ratio reduced to Champions stunned with Pyromania (P)10% AD from Champions stunned with Pyromania (P)11% AD. Bonus attack speed reduced to 10% − 60% (based on level) from 15% − 65% (based on level).
  • Slipstream Recharge cooldown increased to 26 / 22.5 / 19 / 15.5 / 12 seconds from 24 / 21 / 18 / 15 / 12.
V12.13 - Added
  • Joy Unending (Innate) Innate: Whenever Nilah kills a minion, she and the nearest allied champion gain Champions killed with Trueshot Barrage (R)50% of the experience they would have lost due to sharing, in addition to the normal amount of shared experience. Innate: Nilah receives 10% increased healing and 20% bonus shield strength from allied champions' abilities. Allies that grant a heal or shield to themselves or Nilah gain the increased amount as well. If the ally granted it to themself only, Nilah gains the amount too. This effect only triggers if Nilah or the ally are near each other, with the increased amount triggering after 0.5 seconds of the heal or shield being granted. Shields granted last the same duration as the shield that triggered the effect, up to a maximum duration of 4 seconds. Effect Radius: 1000.
  • Formless Blade (Q) Passive: Nilah gains 0% − 33% (based on critical strike chance) Champion skillshot and targetted missiles evaded with Hallowed Mist (W)armor penetration. Her basic attacks and Formless Blade heal her for 0% − 15% (based on critical strike chance) of the post-mitigation damage dealt to champions, with healing in excess of her Champions killed with Comeuppance (R)maximum health being converted to a shield. Each instance of shield gained by this effect lasts for 6 seconds. Active: Nilah cracks her whip-blade in a line in the target direction, dealing 5 / 10 / 15 / 20 / 25 Champions stunned with Pyromania (P)(+ 90 / 100 / 110 / 120 / 130% AD) Champions killed from outside standard Attack rangephysical damage to all enemies struck, increased by 0% − 100% (based on critical strike chance). Formless Blade can hit structures. Casting Formless Blade during Slipstream causes a wave to be sent towards Nilah's location at the end of the dash, dealing the same damage to all enemies hit. If Formless Blade hits an enemy, Nilah's whip-blade becomes enhanced for the next 4 seconds, granting her 125 bonus attack range and Champions hit with Martial Cadence (P)15% − 65% (based on level) bonus attack speed and causing her basic attacks to strike in a cone, dealing Champions stunned with Pyromania (P)110% AD Champions killed from outside standard Attack rangephysical damage to enemies hit. Against secondary non-champion targets, this is reduced to Champions stunned with Pyromania (P)36.3% AD for minions and Champions stunned with Pyromania (P)11% AD for monsters. On-hit effects are only applied to the primary target. Mana Cost: 30. Cooldown: 4 seconds. Range: 0 - 600 / -150 - 500, Width: 150, Cast Time: 0.25 seconds.
  • Jubilant Veil (W) Active: Nilah envelops herself in mist for 2.25 seconds, during which she becomes ghosted, gains 15 / 17.5 / 20 / 22.5 / 25% Champions killed 5s before or after using Chronobreak (R)bonus movement speed, dodges all non- turret basic attacks, and reduces all incoming Damage mitigated with Shifting Sands (E)magic damage taken by 25%. While active, touching allied champions also envelops them in the mist, granting them the same effects for 1.5 seconds. Mana Cost: 60 / 45 / 30 / 15 / 0. Cooldown: 26 / 25 / 24 / 23 / 22 seconds. Cast Time: None.
  • Slipstream (E) Active: Nilah dashes a fixed distance towards or through the target unit, dealing 65 / 90 / 115 / 140 / 165 Champions stunned with Pyromania (P)(+ 20% AD) Champions killed from outside standard Attack rangephysical damage to enemies she passes through. Nilah periodically stocks a Slipstream charge, up to a maximum of 2. Slipstream resets Nilah's basic attack timer. Formless Blade and Apotheosis can be cast during the dash. Cost: 30 mana + 1 charge. Static Cooldown: 0.5 seconds. Recharge: 22 / 19.5 / 17 / 14.5 / 12 seconds. Target Range: 550, Range: 450, Collision Radius: 150, Speed: 2200, Cast Time: None.
  • Apotheosis (R) Active: Nilah whirls her whip-blade over 1 second, dealing 15 / 30 / 45 Champions stunned with Pyromania (P)(+ 35% bonus AD) Champions killed from outside standard Attack rangephysical damage to nearby enemies every 0.25 seconds. Afterwards, she bursts to deal them 125 / 225 / 325 Champions stunned with Pyromania (P)(+ 120% bonus AD) Champions killed from outside standard Attack rangephysical damage and pull them 250 units towards her. Each hit slows the targets by 10% for 3 seconds, refreshing on subsequent hits. Nilah heals herself and nearby allied champions for 30% − 45% (based on critical strike chance) of the post-mitigation damage dealt to champions, reduced to 10% against non-champions, with healing in excess of Champions killed with Comeuppance (R)maximum health being converted to a shield. Each instance of shield gained by this effect lasts for 6 seconds. Nilah is unable to basic attack and cast her other abilities during Apotheosis, but she is still able to move. Mana Cost: 80. Cooldown: 110 / 95 / 80 seconds. Effect Radius: 450 / 1500, Cast Time: None.

Recommended build

What players actually run on Nilah on the current patch: summoner spells, skill priority, starting, core and late items, runes and skill order.

Every entry comes with its pick rate (how often it is chosen) and, where available, its win rate. For runes, Most Played is the page the majority takes and Best WR the variant that wins most among those with enough games: when they differ, the second is usually the sharper choice, the first the safer one.

Win rate by elo

Nilah's win rate in each rank tier, from Iron to Challenger, plus all tiers combined.

A champion that climbs with rank is usually one that rewards mechanics or game knowledge; one that peaks in low elo is often easy to pick up and punished by better players. Read the tier you play in, not the average. Tiers with no data for this patch are hidden.

Counters and matchups

A preview of the counters page: the five opponents Nilah struggles against the most, and the five it beats most often, on the current patch.

Percentages are Nilah's own win rate in each duel, with the gap to its overall win rate. The full lists, with every matchup that has enough games, are on the counters page linked below each table.

Patch history

Balance changes that touched Nilah, patch by patch, most recent first, as published in the official patch notes.

The ten latest patches are shown, the older ones fold out. Use it to read the win rate movements above: a jump right after a patch is usually a buff or a nerf, not a change in how people play the champion.