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Nilah

Nilah ADC

the Joy Unbound
Win Rate: All Roles 52.2% | as ADC 52.5%
Pick Rate: All Roles 2.0% | as ADC 2.0%
Ban Rate: 3.5%
Analyzed: 10596 ranked matches
League: Platinum+
Patch: 15.17 (25.17)
ADC ARAM

Nilah ADC Guide

A+ Tier

Nilah is incredibly strong in ADC with a 52.5% win rate (#2 among ADC champions), compared to 52.2% win rate across all roles. Excellent meta pick for ranked. Nilah remains underpicked 2.0% overall pick rate and 2.0% usage in ADC in Plat+ on patch 15.17 (25.17)**Data may mix with previous patch on the first day of patch release, based on 10596 ranked games. This champion is primarily played in this role - 97.5% of games. Optimal build starts with Plated Steelcaps, rushing The Collector, Infinity Edge, and Lord Dominik's Regards. Nilah has strong farm - 7.36 CS/min (#6 among ADC champions) and earns 448 gold per minute. Averages 2.2 KDA (#24 among ADC champions). Has a 3.5% ban rate (75th place). Nilah deals primarily physical damage, making this champion strong in magic-heavy team comps. Recommended runes: Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, (Precision) + Magical Footwear, Cosmic Insight, (Inspiration). When playing, most players max abilities in Q > E > W order. Nilah ADC is strong against Ezreal, Twitch, Aphelios, and weak against Xayah, Sivir, and Smolder.

Nilah Roles

Nilah

  • ADC
    (ADC - 97.5%) 10331 games

ARAM Stats

  • ARAM
    Analyzed 9020 ARAM games

Nilah ADC Stats

52.5%
Win Rate (Role)
97.5%
ADC (Role Rate)
3.5%
Ban Rate
0.0070
Penta/Game
8.3
Kills/Game
6.5
Deaths/Game
6.2
Assists/Game
0.31
Wards/Min
7.36
CS/Min
448
Gold/Min

Damage Type

Physical: 93.5%
Magic: 0.8%
True: 5.70%

Overall Champion Matrix

Nilah ADC Summoner Spells

Most Popular
Flash
Flash Teleports you a short distance toward your cursor.
Barrier
Barrier Gain a brief Shield.
50.9% Win Rate 79.7% Pick Rate8238 games

Highest Win Rate
Ghost
Ghost Gain Move Speed and ignore unit collision for the duration.
Barrier
Barrier Gain a brief Shield.
76.9% Win Rate 0.1% Pick Rate10 games

Nilah ADC Item Builds

Most Popular Build

Starting Items
Stealth Ward
Stealth Ward (0 gold) Active (210 - 120s, max 2 charges)
Places an Invisible Stealth Ward that grants vision for 90-120 seconds.
Doran's Blade
Doran's Blade (450 gold) 10 Attack Damage
80 Health
3% Life Steal
Health Potion
Health Potion (50 gold) Consume
Restores 120 Health over 15 seconds.
51.4% Win Rate 88.7% Pick Rate9168 games
Popular Boots
Plated Steelcaps
Plated Steelcaps (1200 gold) 25 Armor
45 Move Speed
Plating
Reduces incoming damage from Attacks by 10%.
51.9% Win Rate 40.3% Pick Rate4158 games
Berserker's Greaves
Berserker's Greaves (1100 gold) 25% Attack Speed
45 Move Speed
52.2% Win Rate 25.9% Pick Rate2671 games
Mercury's Treads
Mercury's Treads (1250 gold) 20 Magic Resist
45 Move Speed
30% Tenacity
52.5% Win Rate 17.6% Pick Rate1820 games
Core Build
Serrated Dirk
Serrated Dirk (1000 gold) 20 Attack Damage
10 Lethality
->
The Collector
The Collector (3000 gold) 50 Attack Damage
10 Lethality
25% Critical Strike Chance
Death
Your damage executes champions that are below 5% Health.
Taxes
Champion kills grant 25 bonus gold.
Infinity Edge
Infinity Edge (3450 gold) 65 Attack Damage
25% Critical Strike Chance
40% Critical Strike Damage
Lord Dominik's Regards
Lord Dominik's Regards (3100 gold) 35 Attack Damage
40% Armor Penetration
25% Critical Strike Chance
59.1% Win Rate 16.4% Pick Rate1693 games
Final Build
Bloodthirster
Bloodthirster (3400 gold) 80 Attack Damage
15% Life Steal
Ichorshield
Convert excess healing from your Lifesteal to a Shield.
60.0% Win Rate 25.4% Pick Rate2621 games

Best Win Rate Build

Starting Items
Stealth Ward
Stealth Ward (0 gold) Active (210 - 120s, max 2 charges)
Places an Invisible Stealth Ward that grants vision for 90-120 seconds.
Cull
Cull (450 gold) 7 Attack Damage
Reap
Restore 3 Health On-Hit.
Killing minions grants 1 gold, up to 100. Reaching the limit grants another 350 gold.
Health Potion
Health Potion (50 gold) Consume
Restores 120 Health over 15 seconds.
65.6% Win Rate 0.5% Pick Rate52 games
Highest Winrate Boots
Boots of Swiftness
Boots of Swiftness (1000 gold) 60 Move Speed
Fleetfooted
Reduce the effectiveness of Slows by 25%.
60.9% Win Rate 2.5% Pick Rate255 games
Mercury's Treads
Mercury's Treads (1250 gold) 20 Magic Resist
45 Move Speed
30% Tenacity
52.5% Win Rate 17.6% Pick Rate1820 games
Berserker's Greaves
Berserker's Greaves (1100 gold) 25% Attack Speed
45 Move Speed
52.2% Win Rate 25.9% Pick Rate2671 games
Core Build
Serrated Dirk
Serrated Dirk (1000 gold) 20 Attack Damage
10 Lethality
->
The Collector
The Collector (3000 gold) 50 Attack Damage
10 Lethality
25% Critical Strike Chance
Death
Your damage executes champions that are below 5% Health.
Taxes
Champion kills grant 25 bonus gold.
Immortal Shieldbow
Immortal Shieldbow (3000 gold) 55 Attack Damage
25% Critical Strike Chance
Lifeline
Taking damage that would reduce your Health below 30% grants a Shield for 3 seconds.
Lord Dominik's Regards
Lord Dominik's Regards (3100 gold) 35 Attack Damage
40% Armor Penetration
25% Critical Strike Chance
65.5% Win Rate 1.7% Pick Rate170 games
Final Build
Mercurial Scimitar
Mercurial Scimitar (3200 gold) 40 Attack Damage
40 Magic Resist
10% Life Steal

ACTIVE
Quicksilver
Removes all crowd control debuffs (excluding Airborne) and grants Move Speed.
64.7% Win Rate 3.7% Pick Rate386 games
Other Items
Death's Dance
Death's Dance (3300 gold) 60 Attack Damage
15 Ability Haste
50 Armor
Ignore Pain
A percentage of damage taken is dealt to you over 3 seconds instead.
Defy
When a champion that you damaged within 3 seconds dies, cleanse Ignore Pain's remaining damage and restore Health over 2 seconds.
62.6% Win Rate 18.4% Pick Rate1903 games
Immortal Shieldbow
Immortal Shieldbow (3000 gold) 55 Attack Damage
25% Critical Strike Chance
Lifeline
Taking damage that would reduce your Health below 30% grants a Shield for 3 seconds.
66.2% Win Rate 10.8% Pick Rate1118 games
Guardian Angel
Guardian Angel (3200 gold) 55 Attack Damage
45 Armor
Rebirth
Upon taking lethal damage, restores 50% base Health and 100% max Mana after 4 seconds of Stasis.
58.5% Win Rate 8.0% Pick Rate826 games
Navori Flickerblade
Navori Flickerblade (2650 gold) 40% Attack Speed
25% Critical Strike Chance
4% Move Speed
Transcendence
Attacks reduce Basic Ability cooldowns by 15% of their remaining cooldown.
43.7% Win Rate 4.2% Pick Rate438 games
Mercurial Scimitar
Mercurial Scimitar (3200 gold) 40 Attack Damage
40 Magic Resist
10% Life Steal

ACTIVE
Quicksilver
Removes all crowd control debuffs (excluding Airborne) and grants Move Speed.
64.7% Win Rate 3.7% Pick Rate386 games
Mortal Reminder
Mortal Reminder (3300 gold) 35 Attack Damage
35% Armor Penetration
25% Critical Strike Chance
Grievous Wounds
Dealing physical damage applies 40% Wounds to enemy champions for 3 seconds.
53.0% Win Rate 3.5% Pick Rate360 games
Spirit Visage
Spirit Visage (2700 gold) 400 Health
50 Magic Resist
10 Ability Haste
100% Base Health Regen
Boundless Vitality
Heals and Shields on you are increased by 25%.
60.9% Win Rate 2.1% Pick Rate216 games

Nilah ADC Runes

Most Frequent Runes

Primary Path
Precision
Conqueror
Conqueror

Conqueror

Basic attacks or spells that deal damage to an enemy champion grant 2 stacks of Conqueror…

Triumph
Triumph

Triumph

Takedowns restore 5% of your missing health, 2.5% of your max health, and grant…

Legend: Alacrity
Legend: Alacrity

Legend: Alacrity

Gain 3% attack speed plus an additional 1.5% for every Legend stack (max 10 sta…

Last Stand
Last Stand

Last Stand

Deal 5% - 11% increased damage to champions while you are below 60% health. Max…

Secondary Path
Inspiration
Magical Footwear
Magical Footwear

Magical Footwear

You get free Slightly Magical Footwear at 12 min, but you cannot buy boots befo…

Cosmic Insight
Cosmic Insight

Cosmic Insight

+18 Summoner Spell Haste+10 Item Haste

Adaptive
Attack Speed
Attack Speed

Attack Speed

Increases attack speed by 10%

Adaptive Force
Adaptive Force

Adaptive Force

Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

Scaling Health
Scaling Health

Scaling Health

Increases health from 10 to 180 HP across levels 1-18

53.4% Win Rate 50.9% Pick Rate5253 games

Best Win Rate Runes

Primary Path
Precision
Conqueror
Conqueror

Conqueror

Basic attacks or spells that deal damage to an enemy champion grant 2 stacks of Conqueror…

Triumph
Triumph

Triumph

Takedowns restore 5% of your missing health, 2.5% of your max health, and grant…

Legend: Alacrity
Legend: Alacrity

Legend: Alacrity

Gain 3% attack speed plus an additional 1.5% for every Legend stack (max 10 sta…

Last Stand
Last Stand

Last Stand

Deal 5% - 11% increased damage to champions while you are below 60% health. Max…

Secondary Path
Inspiration
Magical Footwear
Magical Footwear

Magical Footwear

You get free Slightly Magical Footwear at 12 min, but you cannot buy boots befo…

Cosmic Insight
Cosmic Insight

Cosmic Insight

+18 Summoner Spell Haste+10 Item Haste

Adaptive
Attack Speed
Attack Speed

Attack Speed

Increases attack speed by 10%

Adaptive Force
Adaptive Force

Adaptive Force

Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

Scaling Health
Scaling Health

Scaling Health

Increases health from 10 to 180 HP across levels 1-18

53.4% Win Rate 50.9% Pick Rate5253 games

Nilah best with

Syndra Synergy Champion
+7.0%
Syndra
Syndra
Kayle Synergy Champion
+6.7%
Kayle
Kayle

Nilah ADC Skill (abilities) Orders

Most Frequent Skill Order

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Max Order: Q > E > W
51.0% Win Rate 67.6% Pick Rate6979 games

Highest Win % Skill Order

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Max Order: Q > E > W
58.5% Win Rate 0.5% Pick Rate50 games

Countered by Nilah

Ezreal - countered by Nilah
+5.5%
Ezreal
Ezreal
Twitch - countered by Nilah
+8.7%
Twitch
Twitch
Aphelios - countered by Nilah
+7.0%
Aphelios
Aphelios
Kai'Sa - countered by Nilah
+6.6%
Kai'Sa
Kai'Sa
Ashe - countered by Nilah
+5.7%
Ashe
Ashe
Draven - countered by Nilah
+2.9%
Draven
Draven
Tristana - countered by Nilah
+4.9%
Tristana
Tristana
Lucian - countered by Nilah
+4.0%
Lucian
Lucian
Miss Fortune - countered by Nilah
+4.1%
Miss Fortune
Miss Fortune

Nilah Counterpicks

Xayah - effective counter against Nilah
-5.9%
Xayah
Xayah
Sivir - effective counter against Nilah
-1.7%
Sivir
Sivir
Smolder - effective counter against Nilah
-5.1%
Smolder
Smolder
Vayne - effective counter against Nilah
-4.2%
Vayne
Vayne
Caitlyn - effective counter against Nilah
-1.9%
Caitlyn
Caitlyn
Varus - effective counter against Nilah
-3.2%
Varus
Varus
Jhin - effective counter against Nilah
-1.7%
Jhin
Jhin
Yunara - effective counter against Nilah
-1.3%
Yunara
Yunara

Nilah ADC Lane Matchups

Nilah
+8.7%
Twitch

Nilah vs Twitch
Nilah
+7.0%
Aphelios

Nilah vs Aphelios
Nilah
+6.6%
Kai'Sa

Nilah vs Kai'Sa
Nilah
+5.7%
Ashe

Nilah vs Ashe
Nilah
+5.5%
Ezreal

Nilah vs Ezreal
Nilah
+4.9%
Tristana

Nilah vs Tristana
Nilah
+4.1%
Miss Fortune

Nilah vs Miss Fortune
Nilah
+4.0%
Lucian

Nilah vs Lucian
Nilah
+3.2%
Jinx

Nilah vs Jinx
Nilah
+3.0%
Samira

Nilah vs Samira
Nilah
-1.3%
Yunara

Nilah vs Yunara
Nilah
-1.7%
Sivir

Nilah vs Sivir
Nilah
-1.7%
Jhin

Nilah vs Jhin
Nilah
-1.9%
Caitlyn

Nilah vs Caitlyn
Nilah
-3.2%
Varus

Nilah vs Varus
Nilah
-4.2%
Vayne

Nilah vs Vayne
Nilah
-5.1%
Smolder

Nilah vs Smolder
Nilah
-5.9%
Xayah

Nilah vs Xayah

Nilah lore:

Nilah is an ascetic warrior from a distant land, seeking the world's deadliest, most titanic opponents so that she might challenge and destroy them. Having won her power through an encounter with the long-imprisoned demon of joy, she has no emotions other than unceasing jubilation—a small price to pay for the vast strength she now possesses. Channeling the demon's liquid form into a blade of unparalleled might, she stands defiant against ancient threats long forgotten.

Nilah tips:

Playing Against Nilah

Nilah abilities description:

Joy Unending
P
Joy Unending (passive)
Nilah gains increased experience from last-hitting minions along with the ability to enhance and share nearby healing and shielding from her allies.
Formless Blade
Q
Formless Blade (Q)
With a snap of her whip-blade, Nilah damages any enemies she hits in a straight line in her chosen direction. This action extends her attack range for a short duration.
Jubilant Veil
W
Jubilant Veil (W)
Nilah envelops herself in mist, increasing her movement speed and allowing her to gracefully dodge all incoming attacks. Any allies she touches during the mist's duration will also gain this effect.
Slipstream
E
Slipstream (E)
Nilah enthusiastically dashes toward her target, dealing damage to any enemies she passes through on the way.
Apotheosis
R
Apotheosis (R)
Twirling her whip-blade in joyful exuberance, Nilah deals damage to enemies around her before pulling them closer with her weapon.

Nilah Skins and Splash Arts

Default Nilah Default Nilah
Star Guardian Nilah Star Guardian Nilah
Coven Nilah Coven Nilah
Inkshadow Nilah Inkshadow Nilah