Sivir's Boomerang Blade returns to her after reaching the max range, so you can shift position to hit enemies who would otherwise have evaded it.
Try saving Spell Shield for enemy abilities that can disable you such as stuns and roots.
Ricochet resets Sivir's basic attack timer on activation, so activating this immediately after landing a normal basic attack will maximize damage output.
The Sivir Nilah synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Nilah, compared to her overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how her gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Sivir sees a very large drop in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Nilah. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Nilah helps Sivir perform poorer in competitive League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Sivir is paired with Nilah, she sees a large drop in her full damage output. This difference may demonstrate that Nilah does not support by providing cover for her to deal more damage or that their presence also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Sivir is played together with Nilah on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when she plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing alongside Nilah.
Moreover, when Sivir plays with Nilah on the same team, she typically receives less damage than when she plays alone. Taking not as much damage may mean that Nilah does a decent job of covering Sivir in teamfights.
There is no universally accepted best champion pairing for Sivir that will no matter what be her #1 ally. However, overall, Nilah is a terrible ally for Sivir. By locking into the same team as Sivir, they drops their win rate by -6.2% to 41.7%. This clearly indicates that there is a very bad bond between Sivir and Nilah that allows them to perform not as well together than alone.
Nilah has a much greater difficulty compared to Sivir. That means Sivir players must be careful when enlisting Nilah comrades to fight alongside, as they will have to have a much greater level of skill to do well with you.
When playing on the same side, you will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal physical damage. Together, these two can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
Conversely, by pairing Sivir and Nilah together, you will not be giving your other allies a lot of AP. We recommend you have other champions on your team that fills this relative gap in their capabilities.
Regardless of the skill of your Nilah teammate, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well, regardless.
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Sivir in order to synergize with Nilah during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends matches, you should continue reading to gather additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The top finished items to use in your Sivir and Nilah synergy build include Guardian Angel, Lord Dominik's Regards, and Bloodthirster. When Sivir combined at least these three items in her build, she performed much better when fighting alongside Nilah than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Sivir had an average win rate of 41.7% helping carry Nilah with these items in her kit.
To have the highest probability of vanquishing your oponents, you should use the Lethal Tempo, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players chose for this champion pairing, this sequence of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 41.7% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to team up Nilah with Sivir are shown for all skill levels combined. If you want to scope the stats and builds to a specific rank, you can use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.