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How to Win Nilah vs Irelia Counter MatchupNilah is in the s tier of champions

Nilah vs Irelia

How to Beat Irelia as Nilah in LoLNilah is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Irelia as Nilah

based on 1,488 Nilah vs Irelia matchups
Win Rate
54.7 %
K/D/A
2.19
Pick Rate
2.5 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we evaluate millions of recently ranked LoL rounds every week. In our dataset, Nilah faced Irelia in 1488 rounds. Using so many games with Nilah versus Irelia gives us confidence in our capability to provide actionable statistics and a supported build to wreck your foe. This champion matchup is fairly rare. Nilah has to counter Irelia in only 2.5% of their games.

Nilah vs Irelia Matchup Summary

Nilah does a great job of beating Irelia. Normally, they wins a fantastic 54.7% of games the champions face off with each other in. In Nilah versus Irelia matches, Nilah’s team is 0.0% more probable to obtain first blood, implying that they probably will get first blood against Irelia.

Best Nilah vs Irelia Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Cloak of AgilitySerrated Dirk

Core Nilah Items

~22 Mins
Lord Dominik's RegardsImmortal ShieldbowNavori Quickblades

Optional Items

BloodthirsterVoltaic CycloswordThe CollectorInfinity Edge

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerhaste summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Nilah to level upq
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Second ability for Nilah to level upe
>
Last skill for Nilah to max outw

Runes

PrecisionConquerorTriumphLegend: BloodlineLast Stand
DominationSudden ImpactTreasure Hunter
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Nilah's passive ability p
Nilah's q ability q
Nilah's w ability w
Nilah's e ability e
Nilah's ultimate ability r
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Q
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E
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W
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Q
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Q
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Guide to Countering Irelia as Nilah

Advice to Win Against Irelia

Pay attention to Ionian Fervor stacks and try to engage Irelia when it is down.

Minion waves greatly enhance Irelia's mobility, beware fighting her inside one.

Beware of wasting your high impact spells on Defiant Dance.

Nilah vs Irelia Counter Stats

Nilah Image
Win Rate
54.7 %
VS
Win Rate
45.3 %
Irelia Image
7.8
< Kills >
7
6.4
< Deaths >
6.8
6.2
< Assists >
5.1
1.75
< Killing Sprees >
1.58
167
< Minions Killed >
199
0.19
< Dragons Killed >
0.1
0.52
< Inhibitors >
0.42
17,859
< Physical Damage >
15,619
168
< Magic Damage >
5,930
502
< True Damage >
747
18,530
< Damage Dealt >
22,297
23,225
< Damage Taken >
29,762
12,488
< Gold Earned >
12,382
2.59
< Towers >
2.14
0.06
< Baron Takedowns >
0.03
8,407
< Total Healing >
10,203
13,050
< Experience >
14,490
16
< Vision Score >
16
8
< Wards Placed >
8
83
< Time Dealing CC >
105

How to Counter Irelia with Nilah in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here underscore some valuable Nilah against Irelia matchup statistics that can help you grasp the distinctions between this set of champs. For instance, Nilah’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Irelia’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Nilah may be more central to their team's team fighting effectiveness than Irelia..

Nilah often has a similar longest kill spree as their enemy does. On average, they receives less damage than Irelia. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also indicate that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Nilah and Irelia

Damage Types Compared

Nilah
Irelia
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Nilah
Irelia

Who is Better, Nilah or Irelia?

Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Nilah usually wins when taking on Irelia, with a 54.7% win rate. Therefore, Nilah makes a great counter to Irelia.

While Nilah does have a much higher win rate than Irelia, when on opposite teams, Nilah also has a much greater learning curve that makes them a more difficult champ to learn and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Nilah into Ireliaas their relative depth means that you may not be able to reach their full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Moreover, Nilah also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Irelia. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Nilah vs Irelia matchups, Nilah is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.

Nilah is a great counter to Irelia. Make sure you focus your strategy on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Nilah against Irelia.

Other Champion Matchups Against Nilah

Nilah Loses Against

LilliaLillia46% winrateTaricTaric47.7% winrateJannaJanna47.8% winrateBardBard48.3% winrate

Nilah Wins Against

NidaleeNidalee60.7% winrateRek'SaiRek'Sai59.1% winrateYuumiYuumi58.4% winrateKai'SaKai'Sa57.2% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

TaricTaric+ 57% 1485 GamesLilliaLillia+ 57.4% 3643 GamesTahm KenchTahm Kench+ 57.4% 1251 GamesAniviaAnivia+ 58% 860 Games

Additional Information for Nilah Players

How We Calculated Our Nilah vs Irelia Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Irelia as Nilah, we analyzed 1,488 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 Irelia as Nilah 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

Nilah Build Irelia Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Nilah to counter Irelia during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Nilah on average racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Irelia. Champions who on average don't earn much CS typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values shown on this page to do well.

The ideal items to use in your Nilah versus Irelia build include Lord Dominik's Regards, Immortal Shieldbow, and Navori Quickblades. When Nilah included at least these three pieces in their build, they performed much better when fighting Irelia than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Nilah boasted an average win rate of 54.7% when countering Irelia with this counter build.

To have the highest chance of vanquishing Irelia as Nilah, you should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline, Last Stand, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune builds players used for Nilah vs Irelia matchups, this order of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 54.7% winrate overall.

If you would like to get Nilah x Irelia tips and counter stats for a an individual division rank, feel free to select one from the selection menu shown above. By default, the statistics and strategies displayed are calculated using every game completed with these champs.