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Nilah with Akali

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How to Synergize Nilah and Akali

based on 3,690 Nilah with Akali pairs
Win Rate
52.3 %
K/D/A
2.14
Pick Rate
6.1 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

At MOBA Champion, we pull the results of from millions of League rounds straight from Riot Games each and every week. Nilah has fought alongside Akali in 3690 recently played, competitive games. By pooling so much accurate data from the makers of League of Legends, we are sure that we can showcase high quality, insightful builds to help Nilah synergize with Akali. It is somewhat uncommon for Nilah to play alongside Akali on the same side. This pairing has only occurred in approx. 6.1% of games with Nilah.

Nilah Akali Synergy Summary

Nilah does a good job of fighting on the same side as Akali. On average, they wins a whopping 52.3% of matches the champions try and work together in. If you want to win more matches as Nilah when playing alongside Akali by learning how to better synergize your strategy with her, then look into the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Nilah vs Akali Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Long SwordHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsPickaxe

Core Nilah Items

~22 Mins
Lord Dominik's RegardsBloodthirsterImmortal Shieldbow

Optional Items

Infinity EdgeBloodsongThe CollectorNavori Quickblades

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 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
3
W
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Q
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Q
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Guide to Synergizing Nilah and Akali

Advice to Understand How Akali Will Play

Akali excels at killing fragile champions. Let your team initiate and then strike at the people in the back.

Twilight Shroud offers safety in even the most dangerous situations. Use that time to save up energy for a quick strike later.

Nilah Akali Synergy Stats

Nilah Image
Win Rate
52.3 %
VS
Win Rate
47.7 %
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7.8
< Kills >
7.8
6.5
< Deaths >
6.7
6.1
< Assists >
6.1
1.77
< Killing Sprees >
1.77
171
< Minions Killed >
169
0.19
< Dragons Killed >
0.18
0.55
< Inhibitors >
0.55
18,661
< Physical Damage >
18,142
174
< Magic Damage >
174
421
< True Damage >
412
19,257
< Damage Dealt >
18,728
24,238
< Damage Taken >
24,186
12,668
< Gold Earned >
12,632
2.64
< Towers >
2.59
0.05
< Baron Takedowns >
0.05
8,922
< Total Healing >
8,612
13,333
< Experience >
13,231
17
< Vision Score >
17
8
< Wards Placed >
8
88
< Time Dealing CC >
87

How to Play with Akali as Nilah in LoL

The Nilah Akali synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of their gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Akali, compared to their overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how their gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.

Overall, Nilah sees a very large drop in their KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Akali. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Akali helps Nilah perform poorer in competitive League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.

When Nilah is an ally to Akali, they gets a marginal improvement in their complete damage output. This difference could signal that Akali provides protection for them to dish out more damage or that her allyship also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Nilah is played with Akali on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when they plays without Akali. This is contrasting evidence that they is worse when playing synergisticly with Akali.

Additionally, when Nilah plays with Akali on the same side, they usually takes a little more damage than when they plays alone. Taking more damage may mean that Akali does a poor job of protecting Nilah during team fights.

Synergies between Nilah and Akali

Damage Types Compared

Nilah
Akali
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Nilah
Akali

Is Nilah better when played alongside Akali?

There is no universally accepted best champion pairing for Nilah that will 100% of the time be their #1 ally. Yet, overall, Akali is a very typical ally for Nilah. By locking into the same team as Nilah, she raises their win rate by 0.2% to 52.3%. This signals that there is a weak synergy between Nilah and Akali that results in them performing better together than alone.

Akali has a much lower diffuclty than Nilah. That means you don't need to be careful when enlisting Akali allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will have to have a much lower level of skill to fight well with you.

When playing together, you should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to destroy wih physical damage. Together, these champs can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.

Conversely, by grouping Nilah and Akali together, you probably will not be granting your other teammates very much utility. Make sure to bring other champs on your team that fills this relative hole in this pairing's potential.

Regardless of your Akali ally's ability, you need to focus on increasing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you should do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Nilah Players

How We Calculated Our Nilah Akali Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Nilah and Akali, we analyzed 3,690 ranked and recent League of Legends matches. We perform advanced data cleaning and statistical methods to guarantee that our team synergy stats are accurate and reliable. You can be confident that our recommended build to pair Nilah with Akali comes from actual 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 your division's most relevant stats and build.

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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing

To learn all of the intricacies of Nilah to work well with Akali during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League rounds, you should continue reading to learn some more tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and stats displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot.

The most important finished items to get in your Nilah and Akali synergy build include Lord Dominik's Regards, Bloodthirster, and Immortal Shieldbow. When Nilah incorporated at least these three pieces in their build, they performed significantly better when paired up with Akali than with many other typical builds. In fact, Nilah had an average winrate of 52.3% when synergizing their build and playstyle to Akali with this build.

To have the highest likelihood of annihilating your oponents, you should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline, Last Stand, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players chose for this champion pairing, this order of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 52.3% win rate overall.

If you want to see Nilah with Akali collaboration tips and stats for a an individual player tier, feel free to choose one from the selection menu provided above. If viewing for the first time, the statistics and build suggestions shown are calculated using all rounds run with these champs.