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How to Synergize Nilah and Graves

based on 2,514 Nilah with Graves pairs
Win Rate
50.7 %
K/D/A
1.96
Pick Rate
4.2 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

We pull the stats from from millions of League games straight from Riot Games each and every week. Nilah has been on the same team as Graves in 2514 recently played, competitive games. By amassing so much relevant data from the creators of LoL, we have complete confidence that we can produce high-quality, insightful builds to help Nilah synergize with Graves. It is somewhat uncommon for Nilah to play with Graves on the same team. This pairing has only occurred in approx. 4.2% of rounds with Nilah.

Nilah Graves Synergy Summary

Nilah has done a average job of synergizing with Graves. Usually, they wins an acceptable 50.7% of matches the champs try and synergize their gameplay. If you want to maximize your potential as Nilah when fighting on the same team as Graves by learning how to better synergize your playstyle with him, then look into the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Nilah vs Graves Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsPickaxe

Core Nilah Items

~22 Mins
BloodthirsterImmortal ShieldbowThe Collector

Optional Items

Lord Dominik's RegardsBloodsongNavori QuickbladesPhantom Dancer

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerheal 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
2
E
3
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 Synergizing Nilah and Graves

Advice to Understand How Graves Will Play

Smoke Screen can be used both to escape and to set up a kill.

Using Quickdraw to get into range and delivering a point blank Buckshot can do lots of damage.

Nilah Graves Synergy Stats

Nilah Image
Win Rate
50.7 %
VS
Win Rate
49.3 %
Graves Image
7.2
< Kills >
7.8
6.8
< Deaths >
6.7
6.1
< Assists >
6.1
1.66
< Killing Sprees >
1.77
170
< Minions Killed >
169
0.15
< Dragons Killed >
0.18
0.54
< Inhibitors >
0.55
17,406
< Physical Damage >
18,142
163
< Magic Damage >
174
415
< True Damage >
412
17,985
< Damage Dealt >
18,728
23,953
< Damage Taken >
24,186
12,385
< Gold Earned >
12,632
2.56
< Towers >
2.59
0.04
< Baron Takedowns >
0.05
8,131
< Total Healing >
8,612
13,042
< Experience >
13,231
17
< Vision Score >
17
8
< Wards Placed >
8
85
< Time Dealing CC >
87

How to Play with Graves as Nilah in LoL

The Nilah Graves synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of their gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Graves, 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 large worsening in their KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Graves. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Graves helps Nilah perform not as well in ranked League rounds. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.

When Nilah is an ally to Graves, they gets a little drop in their total damage dealt. This difference could demonstrate that Graves does not provide protection for them to dish out more damage or that his presence also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Nilah is played together with Graves on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when they plays without Graves. This is contrasting evidence that they is worse when playing alongside Graves.

Additionally, when Nilah plays with Graves on the same team, they often takes a little less damage than when they plays alone. Receiving not as much damage may mean that Graves does a decent job of covering Nilah in team fights.

Synergies between Nilah and Graves

Damage Types Compared

Nilah
Graves
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Nilah
Graves

Is Nilah better when played alongside Graves?

There is no one best champion pairing for Nilah that will always be their best ally. Yet, overall, Graves is a not very good teammate for Nilah. By locking into the same side as Nilah, he drops their win rate by -1.4% to 50.7%. This shows that there is a negative strategic relationship between Nilah and Graves that allows them to perform worse together than alone.

Graves has a much lower diffuclty than Nilah. That means Nilah players don't need to be very careful when finding Graves comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will have to have a much lower level of skill to be able to work well with you.

Working alongside, Nilah players should witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to dish out massive AD. Together, these two can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.

Conversely, by bringing Nilah and Graves together, you may not be providing your side enough utility. Plan to pick other champs on your team that helps cover this disparity in their kit.

Regardless of the ability of your Graves teammate, you need to focus on maximizing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well anyway.

Additional Information for Nilah Players

How We Calculated Our Nilah Graves Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Nilah and Graves, we analyzed 2,514 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 Graves 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

If you would like to truly master Nilah to pair well with Graves during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League matches, you should keep reading to master additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you use the build and tips displayed above, you should increase your win rate significantly.

The most important finished items to focus on in your Nilah and Graves synergy build consist of Bloodthirster, Immortal Shieldbow, and The Collector. When Nilah included at least these three great items in their build, they did a lot better as an ally of Graves than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Nilah boasted an average winrate of 50.7% when playing alongside Graves with these items in their kit.

To have the best likelihood of beating your oponents, Nilah players should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline, Last Stand, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Of all the runes players picked for this champion pairing, this combo of runes resulted in the top win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 50.7% win rate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to team up Graves with Nilah are shown for all skill levels combined. If you want to narrow the statistics and builds to a distinct rank, you may use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.