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How to Synergize Nilah with Irelia on the Same TeamNilah is in the s tier of champions

Nilah with Irelia

How to Win With Nilah and Irelia Paired TogetherNilah is in the b tier of champions
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How to Synergize Nilah and Irelia

based on 1,530 Nilah with Irelia pairs
Win Rate
51.8 %
K/D/A
2.05
Pick Rate
2.5 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

We pull the stats from from millions of LoL matches straight from Riot Games each and every week. Nilah has gone into battle with Irelia in 1530 recently played, competitive matches. By pooling so much complete data directly from the hosts of LoL, we have complete confidence that we can present to you robust, usable builds to help Nilah synergize with Irelia. It is relatively rare for Nilah to play with Irelia on the same team. This has only happened in approx. 2.5% of rounds with Nilah.

Nilah Irelia Synergy Summary

Nilah has done a decent job of teaming up with Irelia. Normally, they wins an acceptable 51.8% of the time the champions play on the same team. If you want to do better as Nilah when playing alongside Irelia by learning how to better synergize your play style with her, then review the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Nilah vs Irelia 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 ShieldbowThe Collector

Optional Items

BloodthirsterNavori QuickbladesBloodsongVoltaic Cyclosword

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
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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 Synergizing Nilah and Irelia

Advice to Understand How Irelia Will Play

Defiant Dance is not interrupted by crowd control, try timing it for incoming disables.

Flawless Duet does not have a maximum travel distance, try using it in creative ways.

Use Bladesurge to cover great distances by targeting low life minions on your way to champion targets.

Nilah Irelia Synergy Stats

Nilah Image
Win Rate
51.8 %
VS
Win Rate
48.2 %
Irelia Image
7.4
< Kills >
7.8
6.5
< Deaths >
6.7
5.9
< Assists >
6.1
1.69
< Killing Sprees >
1.77
165
< Minions Killed >
169
0.18
< Dragons Killed >
0.18
0.51
< Inhibitors >
0.55
16,759
< Physical Damage >
18,142
179
< Magic Damage >
174
379
< True Damage >
412
17,317
< Damage Dealt >
18,728
23,297
< Damage Taken >
24,186
12,249
< Gold Earned >
12,632
2.42
< Towers >
2.59
0.05
< Baron Takedowns >
0.05
8,050
< Total Healing >
8,612
12,878
< Experience >
13,231
16
< Vision Score >
17
8
< Wards Placed >
8
83
< Time Dealing CC >
87

How to Play with Irelia as Nilah in LoL

The Nilah Irelia synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of their gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Irelia, 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 Irelia. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Irelia helps Nilah perform poorer in ranked League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Nilah plays on the same team as Irelia, they observes a measurable drop in their total damage output. This change may demonstrate that Irelia does not support by providing protection for them to dish out more damage or that her presence also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Nilah is played together with Irelia on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when they plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that they is worse when playing alongside Irelia.

Additionally, when Nilah plays with Irelia on the same side, they often takes a little less damage than when they fights alone. Taking not as much damage could mean that Irelia does a decent job of covering Nilah in teamfights.

Synergies between Nilah and Irelia

Damage Types Compared

Nilah
Irelia
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Nilah
Irelia

Is Nilah better when played alongside Irelia?

There is no universally accepted best companion for Nilah that will always be their best teammate. Yet, Irelia is a very typical ally for Nilah. By playing on the same team as Nilah, she decreases their win rate by -0.3% to 51.8%. This proves that there is not really a strong strategic relationship between Nilah and Irelia that results in them performing worse together than alone.

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

Fighting together, you should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to dish out massive AD. When paired, these champions should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.

In contrast, by grouping Nilah and Irelia together, you probably will not be granting your side a lot of protection for burst damage. Make sure to have other champions on your team that offsets this relative disparity in their kit.

Regardless of your Irelia ally's skill level, you need to focus on increasing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well anyway.

Additional Information for Nilah Players

How We Calculated Our Nilah Irelia Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Nilah and Irelia, we analyzed 1,530 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 Irelia 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 in order to synergize with Irelia during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League, you should keep reading to pick up additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you use the build and tips presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly.

The best finished items to include in your Nilah and Irelia synergy build include Lord Dominik's Regards, Immortal Shieldbow, and The Collector. When Nilah incorporated at least these three pieces in their build, they did significantly better as an ally of Irelia than with most other common item sets. In fact, Nilah boasted an average win rate of 51.8% when playing alongside Irelia with this build.

To have the highest chance of defeating 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 runes players picked for this team composition, this combination of runes resulted in the top win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 51.8% winrate overall.

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