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Nilah
the Joy Unbound

Nilah

Passive · Joy Unending

Nilah shares a portion of nearby allies' healing and gains a percentage of their lifesteal.

DamageDurabilityMagicDifficultyMobilityCC
Champion profile (Riot)
  • Damage8
  • Durability4
  • Magic4
  • Difficulty10
  • Mobility3
  • CC3
Counters by laneEach lane has counters + tips
Top

How to play as Nilah

Top: hold CS, run TP or Ghost depending on the matchup.

How to beat Nilah

Top: punish wave-states and ward river/jungle to dodge ganks.

Jungle

How to play as Nilah

Jungle: track Scuttle, gank weak lanes, scale to objectives.

How to beat Nilah

Jungle: ward objectives, never walk blind into brush.

Strong against

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Weak against

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Mid
Primary

How to play as Nilah

Mid: shove wave fast and roam to side lanes.

How to beat Nilah

Mid: watch for roams and save Flash for the next gank.

ADC

How to play as Nilah

ADC: kite the frontline, hit the closest tank then the carries.

How to beat Nilah

ADC: stay behind minions and focus the enemy ADC in fights.

Support

How to play as Nilah

Support: keep vision + peel for ADC, build Locket Enchant + Knight's Vow.

How to beat Nilah

Support: dodge hooks/engages, buy Mikael's into heavy CC.

Strong against

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Weak against

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Abilities

Joy Unending

Passive

Innate: Nilah heal for 20% of the damage that enemies take from her critical strikes, with each excess healing converted into a shield lasting 6 seconds.

Cooldown|targeting = Passive

Formless Blade

Q

Passive: Nilah gains armor penetration equal to 35% critical strike chance.

Active: Nilah cracks her whip-blade in a line in the target direction that deals physical damage to enemies hit, increased by %. This damage is reduced to 25% against monsters.

If Formless Blade is cast during Slipstream, Nilah calls a wave that rushes along the same direction, dealing the same damage to enemies hit.

Cooldown4Range(600 / 640)*

Jubilant Veil

W

Active: Nilah envelops herself in mist for 1.75 seconds, during which she gains bonus movement speed, reduces incoming magic damage taken by 25%, and dodge non-turret basic attacks.

The nearest allied champion will also be enveloped, which extends Nilah's duration by 1 second.

Cooldown21

Slipstream

E

Active: Nilah dash in the target direction, dealing physical damage to enemies she passes through.

If she hits a unit, the cooldown will be reset, which cannot recur for 10 seconds. Nilah's Formless Blade attacks also reduce the remaining cooldown by (1 / 2) seconds.

Slipstream can be recast during the dash to cast Formless Blade.

Cooldown18

Apotheosis

Ultimate

Active: Nilah whirls her whip-blade over 1 second, dealing physical damage to nearby enemies every 0.25 seconds. She then unleashes a burst that deals physical damage and airborne 2 them toward her. Each hit also slows targets by 10% for 3 seconds, refreshing on subsequent hits.

Each hit heal herself and nearby allied champions for (10% / %) of the post-mitigation damage dealt, converting each excess healing into a shield lasting 6 seconds.

Nilah is able to move during Apotheosis, but unable to basic attack or cast Formless Blade or Slipstream.

Cooldown80 to 60 3