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Elise vs Nilah

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How to Beat Nilah as Elise

based on 400 Elise vs Nilah matchups
Win Rate
43.3 %
K/D/A
2.33
Pick Rate
1.5 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We summarize our counter statistics from the millions of recently ranked LoL matches that we get from Riot Games each and every week. Our guide on how to beat Nilah as Elise resulted from an evaluation of 400 ranked games where both champions engaged one another. This champion matchup is relatively rare. Elise encounters Nilah in only 1.5% of her games.

Elise vs Nilah Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Elise does a terrible job of beating Nilah. Normally, she wins a lowly 43.3% of games the champions fight each other in. In Elise versus Nilah games, Elise’s team is 0.1% more likely to gain first blood. This indicates that she most likely will get first blood versus Nilah.

Best Elise vs Nilah Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Scorchclaw PupHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeHextech Alternator

Core Elise Items

~22 Mins
Zhonya's HourglassShadowflameStormsurge

Optional Items

Lich Bane

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Elise to level upq
>
Second ability for Elise to level upw
>
Last skill for Elise to max oute

Runes

DominationElectrocuteCheap ShotEyeball CollectionRelentless Hunter
SorceryNimbus CloakWaterwalking
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Elise's passive ability p
Elise's q ability q
Elise's w ability w
Elise's e ability e
Elise's ultimate ability r
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Q
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Q
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Guide to Countering Nilah as Elise

Tips for Playing as Elise against Nilah

Spider Form is most effective at finishing off enemies with low health; Human Form's Neurotoxin does more damage to healthy foes.

Elise's Spider Form and Spider Form abilities do not cost mana and can be prioritized when you are trying to conserve mana.

When in Spider Form, Spiderlings will attack the target that Elise uses Venomous Bite on.

Elise vs Nilah Counter Stats

Elise Image
Win Rate
43.3 %
VS
Win Rate
56.7 %
Nilah Image
7.4
< Kills >
7.9
6.6
< Deaths >
6.8
8
< Assists >
6.4
1.81
< Killing Sprees >
1.85
32
< Minions Killed >
178
1.22
< Dragons Killed >
0.22
0.43
< Inhibitors >
0.6
1,350
< Physical Damage >
18,603
17,020
< Magic Damage >
229
1,426
< True Damage >
382
19,797
< Damage Dealt >
19,215
29,253
< Damage Taken >
24,797
11,481
< Gold Earned >
13,042
1.42
< Towers >
2.8
0.25
< Baron Takedowns >
0.06
12,617
< Total Healing >
8,945
12,903
< Experience >
13,699
25
< Vision Score >
18
7
< Wards Placed >
9
167
< Time Dealing CC >
100

How to Counter Nilah with Elise in LoL

The stats shown here show several influential Elise vs. Nilah matchup stats that may help you interpret the differences between these two champs. As an example, Elise’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Nilah’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Elise may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Nilah..

Elise normally has a similar longest kill spree as her matchup does. Typically, she receives more damage than Nilah. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also illustrate that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Elise and Nilah

Damage Types Compared

Elise
Nilah
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Elise
Nilah

Who is Better, Elise or Nilah?

Both League champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Elise usually loses when taking on Nilah, with a 43.3% win rate. Therefore, Elise makes a bad counter to Nilah.

While Elise does have a much lower winrate than Nilah, when facing one another, Elise also has a lower difficulty level that makes her a less difficult character to pick up and master. You may get destroyed when picking Elise into Nilahas her relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.

Additionally, Elise has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Nilah. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Elise vs Nilah matchups, Nilah is the better champion with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.

Elise is a terribly counter to Nilah. Make sure you focus your play on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Elise against Nilah.

Other Champion Matchups Against Elise

Elise Loses Against

XerathXerath42.2% winrateNilahNilah43.3% winrateLeonaLeona43.8% winrateSettSett44% winrate

Elise Wins Against

NidaleeNidalee61.1% winrateYuumiYuumi58.1% winrateKarthusKarthus54.6% winrateOlafOlaf54.4% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

SonaSona+ 53.8% 586 GamesRengarRengar+ 54.1% 246 GamesLilliaLillia+ 54.1% 207 GamesBriarBriar+ 59.8% 209 Games

Additional Information for Elise Players

How We Calculated Our Elise vs Nilah Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Nilah as Elise, we analyzed 400 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Nilah as Elise comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

Other Useful Resources

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Elise in order to counter Nilah during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips shown above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Elise on average racks up a lot less CS compared to Nilah. Champions who typically don't earn much CS often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values reported on this page to do well.

The most crucial items to use in your Elise versus Nilah build include Zhonya's Hourglass, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Elise combined at least these three pieces in her build, she performed much better versus Nilah than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Elise had an average winrate of 43.3% when countering Nilah with this counter build.

To have the highest likelihood of crushing Nilah as Elise, you should use the Electrocute, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Nimbus Cloak, and Waterwalking runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players picked for Elise vs Nilah counter picks, this mix of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 43.3% winrate overall.

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