Rammus often stacks high Armor, leaving him especially vulnerable to caster damage while not in Defensive Ball Curl.
Pay particular attention to when his Defensive Ball Curl is off. Rammus has much lower stats than a normal tank when he's out of the stance.
The stats shown here underscore some strategic Nilah against Rammus matchup stats that can help us grasp the differences between this set of champions. For instance, Nilah’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Rammus’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Nilah may be more central to their team's team fighting effectiveness than Rammus. This observation is largely caused by the difference in kills.
Nilah normally has a slightly larger longest killing spree than their foe does. On average, they takes less damage than Rammus. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Nilah usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Rammus, with a 50.4% win rate. Therefore, Nilah makes an ok counter for Rammus.
While Nilah does have a higher winrate than Rammus, when they face off with one another, Nilah also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes them a more time consuming champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Nilah into Rammusas their relative depth means 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 Rammus. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Nilah vs Rammus matchups, Nilah is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Nilah is a decent counter to Rammus. You will do well by focussing your actions on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Nilah against Rammus.
If you would like to truly master Nilah in order to counter Rammus during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nilah on average racks up much more CS relative to Rammus. Champions who typically don't earn much CS often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers displayed here to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Nilah versus Rammus build include Lord Dominik's Regards, Immortal Shieldbow, and The Collector. When Nilah bought at least these three items in their build, they performed significantly better versus Rammus than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Nilah had an average winrate of 50.4% when countering Rammus with this build.
To have the highest probability of crushing Rammus as Nilah, Nilah players 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 runes that we analyzed for Nilah vs Rammus counters, this combination of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 50.4% win rate overall.
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