The stats provided here highlight some important Nilah against Naafiri matchup stats that can help you appreciate the differences and similarities between the pair. Nilah’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Naafiri’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Nilah may be more central to their team's team fighting effectiveness than Naafiri..
Nilah usually has a similar longest killing spree as their enemy does. Typically, they takes a similar amount of damage to Naafiri. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Nilah usually wins when playing against Naafiri, with a 54.6% win rate. As a result, Nilah makes a great counter for Naafiri.
While Nilah does have a much higher win rate than Naafiri, when they face off with one another, Nilah also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes them a more complex champ to develop with. You don't need to be too worried when picking Nilah into Naafirias their relative depth means you may not be able to reach their full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Nilah has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Naafiri. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Nilah vs Naafiri 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 allies during late stage team fights.
Nilah is a great counter to Naafiri. You will do well by focussing your strategy on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Nilah against Naafiri.
To truly master Nilah to counter Naafiri during both the laning 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 mind the build and tips presented here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nilah most often picks up a similar amount of CS as Naafiri. Champs who typically don't acquire much CS typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values shown here to do well.
The best items to use in your Nilah versus Naafiri build consist of Recuerdos de lord Dominik, Filoveloz de Navori, and Recaudadora. When Nilah incorporated at least these three items in their build, they did a lot better versus Naafiri than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Nilah boasted an average win rate of 54.6% when playing against Naafiri with this counter build.
To have the best chance of vanquishing Naafiri as Nilah, Nilah players should use the Conquistador, Triunfo, Leyenda: Linaje, Último esfuerzo, Impacto repentino, and Cazador de tesoros runes from the Precisión and Dominación rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players chose for Nilah vs Naafiri counterpicks, this mix of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 54.6% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Naafiri as Nilah are shown for all ranked divisions combined. To filter the stats and builds to a specific skill level, you should use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.