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

Nilah with Karthus

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

based on 625 Nilah with Karthus pairs
Win Rate
50.2 %
K/D/A
2.01
Pick Rate
1 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

At MOBA Champion, we pull the stats from from millions of LoL games directly from Riot Games each and every week. Nilah has been on the same team as Karthus in 625 recent, competitive matches. By gathering so much complete data directly from the creators of LoL, we are completely sure that we can give you high quality, usable builds to help Nilah play with Karthus. It is very rare for Nilah to play with Karthus on the same team. This has only happened in about 1.0% of matches with Nilah.

Nilah Karthus Synergy Summary

Nilah has done a ok job of playing alongside Karthus. On average, they wins an acceptable 50.2% of games the champs try and work together in. If you want to do better as Nilah when playing alongside Karthus by learning how to better synergize your strategy with him, then look into the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Nilah vs Karthus Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsSerrated Dirk

Core Nilah Items

~22 Mins
Lord Dominik's RegardsImmortal ShieldbowThe Collector

Optional Items

BloodthirsterNavori 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
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Last skill for Nilah to max outw

Runes

PrecisionConquerorTriumphLegend: BloodlineLast Stand
DominationSudden ImpactTreasure Hunter
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
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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Guide to Synergizing Nilah and Karthus

Advice to Understand How Karthus Will Play

Lay Waste is very strong at farming minions and harassing enemy champions.

Ask your allies to help point out when you should use Requiem to get kills in different lanes.

Nilah Karthus Synergy Stats

Nilah Image
Win Rate
50.2 %
VS
Win Rate
49.8 %
Karthus Image
8
< Kills >
7.8
7
< Deaths >
6.7
6.1
< Assists >
6.1
1.85
< Killing Sprees >
1.77
173
< Minions Killed >
169
0.19
< Dragons Killed >
0.18
0.54
< Inhibitors >
0.55
18,520
< Physical Damage >
18,142
171
< Magic Damage >
174
410
< True Damage >
412
19,101
< Damage Dealt >
18,728
25,408
< Damage Taken >
24,186
12,949
< Gold Earned >
12,632
2.49
< Towers >
2.59
0.04
< Baron Takedowns >
0.05
8,837
< Total Healing >
8,612
13,677
< Experience >
13,231
17
< Vision Score >
17
9
< Wards Placed >
8
87
< Time Dealing CC >
87

How to Play with Karthus as Nilah in LoL

The Nilah Karthus synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of their gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Karthus, 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 Karthus. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Karthus helps Nilah perform worse in ranked LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Nilah is an ally to Karthus, they observes a small increase in their complete damage output. This difference could signal that Karthus helps provide cover for them to dish out more damage or that his presence also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Nilah is played together with Karthus on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when they plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that they is worse when playing alongside Karthus.

Additionally, when Nilah plays with Karthus on the same side, they often receives more damage than when they fights alone. Getting dealt more damage could indicate that Karthus does a poor job of protecting Nilah in teamfights.

Synergies between Nilah and Karthus

Damage Types Compared

Nilah
Karthus
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Nilah
Karthus

Is Nilah better when played alongside Karthus?

There is no ideal champion pairing for Nilah that will 100% of the time be their #1 teammate. Yet, overall, Karthus is a below average teammate for Nilah. By being on the same side as Nilah, he lowers their win rate by -1.9% to 50.2%. This signals that there is a harmful strategic relationship between Nilah and Karthus that results in them performing not as well together than without each other.

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

Fighting together, you should see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal magic damage. Combined, these champs can blast through enemies with magic damage.

In contrast, by bringing Nilah and Karthus together, you will not be providing your team very much engage potential. Plan to pick other champs on your team that neutralizes this relative disparity in this pairing's abilities.

Regardless of your Karthus ally's ability, you should focus on increasing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you should do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Nilah Players

How We Calculated Our Nilah Karthus Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Nilah and Karthus, we analyzed 625 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 Karthus 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 Karthus during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL games, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and stats presented here, you should grow your win rate by a lot.

The most crucial items to include in your Nilah and Karthus synergy build consist of Lord Dominik's Regards, Immortal Shieldbow, and The Collector. When Nilah included at least these three items in their build, they performed significantly better as an ally of Karthus than with most other common item sets. In fact, Nilah had an average winrate of 50.2% helping carry Karthus with this build.

To have the greatest likelihood of annihilating your oponents, you 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 rune sets players picked for Nilah and Karthus pairings, this blending of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 50.2% win rate overall.

If you would like to view Nilah with Karthus collaboration tips and builds for a an individual division, please select one from the selection menu above. At first, the statistics and build suggestions displayed are computed using every match run with these champions.