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Lulu vs Nilah

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How to Beat Nilah as Lulu

based on 903 Lulu vs Nilah matchups
Win Rate
46.6 %
K/D/A
3.1
Pick Rate
1.6 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We get our counter stats from the millions of rated LoL matches that we get from Riot Games every week. This guide on how to beat Nilah as Lulu came out of an evaluation of 903 ranked matches where both champs faced off against each other. This particular champ pairing is relatively rare. Lulu encounters Nilah in only 1.6% of her matches.

Lulu vs Nilah Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Lulu does a terrible job of countering Nilah. Typically, she wins a lowly 46.6% of games the champions fight each other in. In Lulu against Nilah rounds, Lulu’s side is 0.0% more expected to obtain first blood. This indicates that she probably will get first blood against Nilah.

Best Lulu vs Nilah Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Faerie CharmGlowing Mote

Core Lulu Items

~22 Mins
Shurelya's BattlesongArdent CenserDream Maker

Optional Items

RedemptionMikael's BlessingStaff of Flowing WaterMoonstone Renewer

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Lulu to level upe
>
Second ability for Lulu to level upw
>
Last skill for Lulu to max outq

Runes

SorcerySummon AeryManaflow BandTranscendenceScorch
InspirationBiscuit DeliveryCosmic Insight
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceArmor
Lulu's passive ability p
Lulu's q ability q
Lulu's w ability w
Lulu's e ability e
Lulu's ultimate ability r
1
E
2
W
3
Q
4
E
5
E
6
R
7
E
8
W
9
E
10
W
11
R
12
W
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W
14
Q
15
Q
16
R

Guide to Countering Nilah as Lulu

Tips for Playing as Lulu against Nilah

Glitterlance can be fired at odd angles depending on where your cursor is - Moving your cursor closer to Pix and Lulu will change your area of effect size considerably.

Consider casting Help, Pix! on ranged attackers for the Pix boost and Wild Growth on Tanks or Fighters for the added initiation power.

Lulu vs Nilah Counter Stats

Lulu Image
Win Rate
46.6 %
VS
Win Rate
53.4 %
Nilah Image
1.6
< Kills >
7.4
5.1
< Deaths >
6.2
14.2
< Assists >
6
0.25
< Killing Sprees >
1.75
28
< Minions Killed >
171
0.03
< Dragons Killed >
0.19
0.53
< Inhibitors >
0.59
1,123
< Physical Damage >
17,229
5,936
< Magic Damage >
169
516
< True Damage >
385
7,576
< Damage Dealt >
17,784
15,334
< Damage Taken >
22,981
8,140
< Gold Earned >
12,445
2.11
< Towers >
2.79
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.05
1,978
< Total Healing >
8,238
10,457
< Experience >
12,900
56
< Vision Score >
17
25
< Wards Placed >
8
262
< Time Dealing CC >
88

How to Counter Nilah with Lulu in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here underscore some vital Lulu against Nilah counter stats that may help you realize the distinctions between this pair of champs. As an example, Lulu’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Nilah’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Lulu may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Nilah. This observation is largely fueled by the differences in assists.

Lulu usually has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than her enemy does. Commonly, she receives less damage than Nilah. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the champ with higher health has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Lulu and Nilah

Damage Types Compared

Lulu
Nilah
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Lulu
Nilah

Who is Better, Lulu or Nilah?

Both League champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Lulu usually loses when playing against Nilah, with a 46.6% win rate. Therefore, Lulu makes a poor counter to Nilah.

While Lulu does have a lower winrate compared to Nilah, when facing one another, Lulu also has a much lower learning curve that makes her a less time consuming champion to learn and master. You may get destroyed when picking Lulu into Nilah.

Furthermore, Lulu also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Nilah. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Lulu vs Nilah matchups, Nilah is the better champ with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.

Lulu is a terribly counter to Nilah. You will do well by focussing your strategy on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Lulu against Nilah.

Additional Information for Lulu Players

How We Calculated Our Lulu vs Nilah Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Nilah as Lulu, we analyzed 903 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 Lulu 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.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Lulu to counter Nilah during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Lulu usually accumulates a lot less CS compared to Nilah. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values shown on this page to do well.

The top items to have in your Lulu versus Nilah build include Shurelya's Battlesong, Ardent Censer, and Dream Maker. When Lulu bought at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better against Nilah than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Lulu boasted an average win rate of 46.6% battling Nilah with this build.

To have the highest chance of coming out on top against Nilah as Lulu, Lulu players should use the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune sets we have analyed for Lulu vs Nilah matchups, this combination of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 46.6% winrate overall.

If you want to see Lulu vs Nilah tips and counter stats for a a specific division rank, please select one from the selection menu above. By default, the statistics and strategies displayed are calculated using all matches with data with both champs.