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

Nilah vs Lucian

How to Beat Lucian as Nilah in LoLNilah is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Lucian as Nilah

based on 3,745 Nilah vs Lucian matchups
Win Rate
52.7 %
K/D/A
2.03
Pick Rate
6.2 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We produce our matchup stats from the millions of recently ranked League games that we evaluate every week. This guide on how to beat Lucian as Nilah came out of an examination of 3745 ranked games where both champions opposed each other. This champion matchup is somewhat uncommon. Nilah has to counter Lucian in only 6.2% of their games.

Nilah vs Lucian Matchup Summary

Nilah does a good job of countering Lucian. On average, they wins a terrific 52.7% of the time the champs clash against one another in. In Nilah vs Lucian matches, Nilah’s team is 0.2% less probable to get first blood. This indicates that they probably won't get first blood versus Lucian.

Best Nilah vs Lucian Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsPickaxe

Core Nilah Items

~22 Mins
Lord Dominik's RegardsBloodthirsterNavori Quickblades

Optional Items

Immortal ShieldbowPhantom DancerBloodsongThe Collector

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
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Last skill for Nilah to max outw

Runes

PrecisionConquerorTriumphLegend: BloodlineLast Stand
DominationSudden ImpactTreasure Hunter
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
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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Q
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Guide to Countering Lucian as Nilah

Advice to Win Against Lucian

Lucian cannot change the aim of The Culling. Take advantage of this by avoiding the angle of the bullets.

Lucian has strong burst, but little sustained damage.

Piercing Light does not give Lucian extra Attack Range. He still needs to find a target in range to line up his shot. Avoid Piercing Light by anticipating the angle Lucian will choose.

Nilah vs Lucian Counter Stats

Nilah Image
Win Rate
52.7 %
VS
Win Rate
47.3 %
Lucian Image
7.4
< Kills >
7.7
6.7
< Deaths >
6.3
6.2
< Assists >
6.9
1.68
< Killing Sprees >
1.78
172
< Minions Killed >
184
0.17
< Dragons Killed >
0.2
0.55
< Inhibitors >
0.49
17,761
< Physical Damage >
19,341
179
< Magic Damage >
2,675
401
< True Damage >
540
18,342
< Damage Dealt >
22,557
24,000
< Damage Taken >
20,208
12,544
< Gold Earned >
12,392
2.61
< Towers >
2.4
0.05
< Baron Takedowns >
0.06
8,426
< Total Healing >
4,615
13,252
< Experience >
12,650
17
< Vision Score >
19
9
< Wards Placed >
9
88
< Time Dealing CC >
39

How to Counter Lucian with Nilah in LoL

The stats provided here show several influential Nilah vs. Lucian matchup statistics that may help us interpret the differences between these two champions. For instance, Nilah’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Lucian’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Nilah may be more central to their team's team fighting potential than Lucian..

Nilah usually has a similar longest killing spree as their matchup does. Typically, they receives more damage than Lucian. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also illustrate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Nilah and Lucian

Damage Types Compared

Nilah
Lucian
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Nilah
Lucian

Who is Better, Nilah or Lucian?

Both League champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Nilah usually wins when facing off against Lucian, with a 52.7% win rate. As a result, Nilah makes a good counter for Lucian.

While Nilah does have a higher winrate than Lucian, when on opposite teams, Nilah also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes them a more complex champ to learn and master. You should be be fine when picking Nilah into Lucianas their relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash their full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Additionally, Nilah has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Lucian. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Nilah vs Lucian 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 team members during team fights.

Nilah is a good counter for Lucian. Focus your strategy on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Nilah against Lucian.

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 Lucian Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Lucian as Nilah, we analyzed 3,745 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 Lucian 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 Lucian Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Nilah to counter Lucian during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Nilah typically gets a similar amount of CS as Lucian. Champs who typically don't earn many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers reported here to do well.

The ideal items to have in your Nilah versus Lucian build include Lord Dominik's Regards, Bloodthirster, and Navori Quickblades. When Nilah used at least these three items in their build, they did a lot better vs. Lucian than with many other common builds. In fact, Nilah had an average win rate of 52.7% when countering Lucian with this counter build.

To have the greatest probability of coming out on top against Lucian as Nilah, Nilah players 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 sets that we analyzed for Nilah vs Lucian clashes, this sequence of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 52.7% winrate overall.

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