Nilah vs Akali
How to Beat Akali as Nilah
based on 3,714 Nilah vs Akali matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nilah vs Akali Matchup Summary
Best Nilah vs Akali Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Akali as Nilah
Advice to Win Against Akali
Akali's Five Point Strike is powerful when used at maximum range and energy. Engage on her when she has low energy to maximize your chance of winning trades.
Return to base if your Health is low and Akali has her ultimate available.
Akali can still be hit by area effect spells while obscured inside Twilight Shroud. Doing so will briefly reveal her position.
Nilah vs Akali Counter Stats
How to Counter Akali with Nilah in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here clarify several critical Nilah versus Akali matchup stats that may help us explain the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Nilah’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Akali’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Nilah may be more central to their team's team fighting potential than Akali..
Nilah often has a similar longest kill spree as their enemy does. Typically, they takes a similar amount of damage to Akali. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the champion with more health has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Nilah and Akali
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Who is Better, Nilah or Akali?
Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Nilah usually wins when playing against Akali, with a 52.0% win rate. As a result, Nilah makes a good counter for Akali.
While Nilah does have a higher win rate than Akali, when facing one another, Nilah also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes them a more complex champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Nilah into Akalias their relative depth means you may not be able to unleash their full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Nilah has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Akali. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Nilah vs Akali matchups, Nilah is the better champ with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Nilah is a decent counter for Akali. You will do well by focussing your play on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Nilah against Akali.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Nilah to counter Akali during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nilah typically racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Akali. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values reported on this page to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Nilah versus Akali build consist of Guardian Angel, Immortal Shieldbow, and The Collector. When Nilah used at least these three pieces in their build, they did significantly better vs. Akali than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Nilah had an average win rate of 52.0% battling Akali with these items in their kit.
To have the greatest probability of vanquishing Akali as Nilah, you should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline, Last Stand, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players chose for Nilah vs Akali counters, this blending of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 52.0% win rate overall.
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