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

Nilah vs Nami

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

based on 1,613 Nilah vs Nami matchups
Win Rate
52.4 %
K/D/A
1.98
Pick Rate
2.7 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We summarize our counter stats from the millions of rated League of Legends rounds that we evaluate every week. Our guide on how to beat Nami as Nilah resulted from an evaluation of 1613 ranked matches where both champions fought each other. This particular matchup is fairly rare. Nilah encounters Nami in only 2.7% of their games.

Nilah vs Nami Matchup Summary

Nilah does a good job of countering Nami. On average, they wins a whopping 52.4% of the time the champs battle one another in. In Nilah versus Nami rounds, Nilah’s team is 0.1% less probable to gain first blood. This implies that they probably won't be able to get first blood against Nami.

Best Nilah vs Nami Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
PickaxeSerrated Dirk

Core Nilah Items

~22 Mins
Lord Dominik's RegardsImmortal ShieldbowNavori Quickblades

Optional Items

BloodthirsterBloodsongVoltaic CycloswordStormrazor

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
ResolveSecond WindRevitalize
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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R
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Q
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Guide to Countering Nami as Nilah

Advice to Win Against Nami

Aqua Prison is a very powerful ability with a long cooldown, take advantage of the situation if Nami misses this ability.

Tidal Wave has a very long range but travels slowly, be aware of when it is coming your way as you can move out of its path.

Try to avoid fighting an opponent affected by Tidecaller's Blessing, it lasts a short duration so waiting it out can help you greatly.

Nilah vs Nami Counter Stats

Nilah Image
Win Rate
52.4 %
VS
Win Rate
47.6 %
Nami Image
7
< Kills >
1.8
6.5
< Deaths >
5.2
5.9
< Assists >
15.4
1.61
< Killing Sprees >
0.35
172
< Minions Killed >
23
0.18
< Dragons Killed >
0.03
0.59
< Inhibitors >
0.53
17,012
< Physical Damage >
946
150
< Magic Damage >
8,800
362
< True Damage >
589
17,524
< Damage Dealt >
10,336
23,548
< Damage Taken >
15,660
12,425
< Gold Earned >
8,425
2.57
< Towers >
2.3
0.06
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
8,213
< Total Healing >
9,440
13,147
< Experience >
10,767
17
< Vision Score >
57
9
< Wards Placed >
24
86
< Time Dealing CC >
205

How to Counter Nami with Nilah in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here show several important Nilah against Nami matchup statistics that may help you distinguish the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Nilah’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Nami’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Nilah may be more central to their team's team fighting effectiveness than Nami. This observation is largely a result of the difference in kills.

Nilah usually has a much larger longest killing spree than their foe does. Commonly, they takes more damage than Nami. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the champ with more health has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Nilah and Nami

Damage Types Compared

Nilah
Nami
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Nilah
Nami

Who is Better, Nilah or Nami?

Both League champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Nilah usually wins when facing off against Nami, with a 52.4% win rate. Thus, Nilah makes a good counter to Nami.

While Nilah does have a higher win rate compared to Nami, when they face off with one another, Nilah also has a much greater learning curve that makes them a more challenging character to develop with. You should be be fine when picking Nilah into Namias their relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash their full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.

Furthermore, Nilah has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Nami. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Nilah vs Nami matchups, Nilah is the better champ with a noticably 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 good counter for Nami. You will do well by focussing your actions on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Nilah against Nami.

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 Nami Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Nami as Nilah, we analyzed 1,613 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 Nami 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 Nami Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Nilah in order to counter Nami during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Nilah typically gets much more CS relative to Nami. Champions who on average don't get much CS often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. 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, usually require many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values shown on this page to do well.

The top items to focus on in your Nilah versus Nami build include Lord Dominik's Regards, Immortal Shieldbow, and Navori Quickblades. When Nilah combined at least these three pieces in their build, they performed a lot better when facing Nami than with most other typical builds. In fact, Nilah had an average winrate of 52.4% battling Nami with this counter build.

To have the greatest likelihood of vanquishing Nami as Nilah, you should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline, Last Stand, Revitalize, and Second Wind runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Nilah vs Nami matchups, this mixture of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 52.4% win rate overall.

If you need to see Nilah vs Nami tips and counter stats for a a distinct player tier, feel free to select one from the selection menu provided above. If viewing for the first time, the stats and strategies given are calculated using all games run with these champions.