Wild Rift: NILAH Build Guide (7.3)
League of Legends: Wild Rift NILAH, role - Assassin / Marksman. Use the guidelines to take your NILAH Wild Rift champion play style to the next level. Study in detail the build of items, runes, spells, skills that need to be developed in the first place. In order to find out what position NILAH is in the rating table, go to the - Tier List page.
 58 (3) |  600 (128) |  10 (0.43) |
 0.8 (0.013) |  340 (50) |  10 (0.86) |
 350 (0) |  37 (5) |  32 (2) |
 200% (0) |
(PASSIVE) JOY UNENDING
After an attack crits, Nilah heals herself for 20% of the damage dealt. Excess healing is converted into an equivalent amount of shield that lasts 6 seconds.
(Q) FORMLESS BLADE
4s 
30
Passive: Gains 28% of current Critical Strike Chance as Armor Penetration.
Active: Nilah cracks her whip-blade in a straight line, dealing 63 physical damage (10/15/20/25 + 90/100/110/120% ) to enemies hit. Every 1% Critical Rate increases damage by 1%.
After Formless Blade hits an enemy, Nilah gains 10% Attack Speed (
) and 125 bonus Attack Range. Her attacks also deal 100% physical damage to enemies in a cone for 4 seconds reduced by 80% against non-champion.
When Formless Blade is cast during Slipstream, Nilah leaves behind a wave that is sent towards her at the end of the dash, dealing the same damage to enemies hit.
Deals 25% damage to monsters.
(W) JUBILANT VEIL
21/20/19/18s 45
Nilah envelops herself in mist for 1.75 seconds, during witch she gains 15/20/25/30% Movement Speed, reduces incoming magic damage taken by 25% and becomes immune to non-tower attacks. If there are allied champions nearby, the nearest allied champion gains the same effects, and the duration of the effects Nilah gained is extended by 1 second.
(E) SLIPSTREAM
18/16/14/12s 40
Nilah dashes forward for a fixed distance, dealing 82 physical damage (70/100/130/160 + 20% ) to any enemies that she passes through. Empowered attacks reduce the cooldown of this ability by 1 second. Cooldown is further reduced by 1 second after hitting a champion. Hitting any unit will also refresh this ability's cooldown.
Cooldown cannot be refreshed again within 10 seconds.
If no unit was hit, immediately enters cooldown.
(R) APOTHEOSIS
80/70/60s 80
Nilah whirls her whip-blade, dealing 60 physical damage (60/110/160 + 50% bonus ) continuously over 1 second and reducing the enemy's Movement Speed by 10% for 3 seconds.
When keeping her whip-blade, Nilah also deals 125 physical damage (125/225/325 +120% bonus ) and pulls nearby enemies toward her. Nilah also heals herself and nearby allied champions by 20% of the damage (20% + 30% ) that she dealt to enemy champions. Excess healing is converted into a shield that lasts 6 seconds.
Non-champion units are healed by 10% instead.
NILAH Meta Overview — Ranks & Performance Analytics
This meta overview presents NILAH’s ranked performance across different roles and skill tiers. The data includes tier placement, win rate, pick rate, ban rate, and short-term trends, allowing you to evaluate her current strength and draft priority. Statistics are synced with rank buckets and role selection, helping you understand where NILAH performs best and how her impact changes in the evolving Wild Rift meta.
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DUO NILAH Build items and runes
The information below will help you get familiar with the game on the DUO Line NILAH. We have prepared a items builds, runes, summoner spells and ability order for a comfortable game. Situational options for replacing items and runes are also available to you.
Key items
Long Sword. Next, you should pay attention to whether your mobility champion is enough, our further actions will depend on this. If it is hard for you to dodge the enemy's skills or you want to roam on neighboring lines, then it is better to buy 
Boots of Speed at an early stage.
Long Sword
+12 Attack Damage
500
The Collector
Execute low health champions +50 Attack Damage
+10 Armor Penetration
+25% Critical Rate
Death and Taxes: Dealing damage that would leave an enemy champion below 5% of their max Health executes them, permanently increases the max Health percentage execution threshold by 0.1%, and grants 25 bonus gold.
Limited to 1 The Collector. 3000
The Collector TIPS: This item combines Attack Damage, Armor Penetration, and Critical Strike Chance, significantly improving your ability to finish off enemies. Champions at critically low Health are instantly executed when damaged, while each execution gradually increases the execution threshold and grants bonus gold. An excellent choice for marksmen, assassins, and other AD champions focused on quickly eliminating weakened targets.
Berserker's Greaves
Attack Speed
+35% Attack Speed
+45 Move Speed
Blessed Blade: Attacks restore 10 Health on hit. 1200
Berserker's Greaves TIPS: These boots grant a significant boost to attack speed and movement speed, while empowering your basic attacks with on‑hit life steal. — A great pick for marksmen and auto‑attack bruisers who need mobility, rapid attack cadence, and constant sustain in fights.
Infinity Edge
Increases Critical Strike Damage +75 Attack Damage +25% Critical Rate
Infinity: Critical Strikes deal 230% damage instead of 200%. 3400
Infinity Edge TIPS: This item significantly increases Attack Damage and Critical Strike Chance while also increasing the damage dealt by Critical Strikes. An excellent choice for marksmen and other AD champions focused on Critical Strike builds, especially in the later stages of the game when a high Critical Strike Chance allows you to make the most of its damage amplification.
Berserker's Greaves
Attack Speed +35% Attack Speed +45 Move Speed
Blessed Blade: Attacks restore 10 Health on hit. 1200
Berserker's Greaves TIPS: These boots grant a significant boost to attack speed and movement speed, while empowering your basic attacks with on‑hit life steal. — A great pick for marksmen and auto‑attack bruisers who need mobility, rapid attack cadence, and constant sustain in fights.
Gunmetal Greaves
Increases Attack Speed and Movement Speed +50% Attack Speed +45 Move Speed
+5% Lifesteal
Noxian Gait: Attacks against enemy champions grant Movement Speed (10% for melee champions / 7% for ranged champions) decaying over 2 seconds.
Blessed Blade: Attacks restore 12 Health on hit. 2200
Gunmetal Greaves TIPS: These boots significantly increase Attack Speed while also providing Movement Speed and Lifesteal, making them well suited for champions who rely on frequent basic attacks. Attacking enemy champions temporarily increases Movement Speed, making it easier to chase and reposition, while each hit also restores Health. An excellent choice for auto-attackers who need mobility and consistent sustain in combat.
The Collector (Execute low health champions) as your first item, followed by Berserker's Greaves (Grants Attack Speed) (sometimes it will still be better to build a boot as the first item, which significantly increases the mobility of your champion) the third key element in our build is Infinity Edge (Increases Critical Strike Damage).
Maybe now it's time to think about upgrading your boot, invest in
Gunmetal Greaves (Increases Attack Speed and Movement Speed).
The remaining last three items are situational, of course you can use the example builds above. But for a more effective game you will need to pay attention to the situation on the battlefield.
The Collector
Execute low health champions +50 Attack Damage +10 Armor Penetration +25% Critical Rate
Death and Taxes: Dealing damage that would leave an enemy champion below 5% of their max Health executes them, permanently increases the max Health percentage execution threshold by 0.1%, and grants 25 bonus gold.
Limited to 1 The Collector. 3000
The Collector TIPS: This item combines Attack Damage, Armor Penetration, and Critical Strike Chance, significantly improving your ability to finish off enemies. Champions at critically low Health are instantly executed when damaged, while each execution gradually increases the execution threshold and grants bonus gold. An excellent choice for marksmen, assassins, and other AD champions focused on quickly eliminating weakened targets.
Berserker's Greaves
Attack Speed +35% Attack Speed +45 Move Speed
Blessed Blade: Attacks restore 10 Health on hit. 1200
Berserker's Greaves TIPS: These boots grant a significant boost to attack speed and movement speed, while empowering your basic attacks with on‑hit life steal. — A great pick for marksmen and auto‑attack bruisers who need mobility, rapid attack cadence, and constant sustain in fights.
Infinity Edge
Increases Critical Strike Damage +75 Attack Damage +25% Critical Rate
Infinity: Critical Strikes deal 230% damage instead of 200%. 3400
Infinity Edge TIPS: This item significantly increases Attack Damage and Critical Strike Chance while also increasing the damage dealt by Critical Strikes. An excellent choice for marksmen and other AD champions focused on Critical Strike builds, especially in the later stages of the game when a high Critical Strike Chance allows you to make the most of its damage amplification.
Dominik’s Regards
Armor Pen and bonus damage +35 Attack Damage +35% Armor Penetration +25% Critical Rate
Giant Slayer: Deal bonus damage based on the enemy champion's bonus Health, up to 12% bonus damage when the enemy champion has 1.200 bonus Health. 3300
Dominik’s Regards TIPS: This item combines Attack Damage, percentage Armor Penetration, and Critical Strike Chance, allowing you to effectively deal with durable enemies. Your damage is further increased against champions with large amounts of bonus Health. An excellent choice for marksmen and other AD champions against tanks and fighters who stack Armor and Health.
Immortal Shieldbow
Gain a shield when Health is low +55 Attack Damage +25% Critical Rate
Lifeline: Damage that puts you under 35% Health grants a shield for 3s. The shield absorbs 350–650 damage for melee champions and 300–550 damage for ranged champions. (70s cooldown) 3000
Immortal Shieldbow TIPS: This item combines high Attack Damage and Critical Strike Chance with additional protection in dangerous situations. When your Health drops to a critical level, it automatically grants a shield that helps you survive incoming damage and continue fighting. An excellent choice for marksmen and other AD champions who need extra protection against burst damage without sacrificing significant offensive power.
Death's Dance
Delays damage taken +50 Attack Damage
+45 Armor +15 Ability Haste
Cauterize: 30% of all physical damage and magic damage received (12% for ranged champions) is dealt to you over 3 seconds as true damage instead.
Defy: When a champion that you damaged within 3 second(s) dies, cleanse Cauterize's remaining damage pool and restore Health equal to 90% bonus AD over 2 second(s). 3200
Death's Dance TIPS: This item combines Attack Damage, Armor, and Ability Haste, significantly improving survivability in extended fights. A portion of incoming physical and magic damage is delayed over time, reducing immediate burst damage. Participating in a champion takedown clears the remaining delayed damage and restores Health. An excellent choice for fighters and other AD champions who need to survive heavy damage and keep fighting after securing a takedown.
Situational items
Dominik’s Regards
Armor Pen and bonus damage +35 Attack Damage +35% Armor Penetration +25% Critical Rate
Giant Slayer: Deal bonus damage based on the enemy champion's bonus Health, up to 12% bonus damage when the enemy champion has 1.200 bonus Health. 3300
Dominik’s Regards TIPS: This item combines Attack Damage, percentage Armor Penetration, and Critical Strike Chance, allowing you to effectively deal with durable enemies. Your damage is further increased against champions with large amounts of bonus Health. An excellent choice for marksmen and other AD champions against tanks and fighters who stack Armor and Health.
Mortal Reminder
Armor Penetration (%) and reduced enemy healing +35 Attack Damage +30% Armor Penetration +25% Critical Rate
Sepsis: Dealing physical damage to enemy champions applies 50% Grievous Wounds for 3 seconds.
Grievous Wounds reduces the effectiveness of Healing and Regeneration effects. 3000
Mortal Reminder TIPS: This item combines Attack Damage, percentage Armor Penetration, and Critical Strike Chance, allowing you to effectively deal with armored enemies. Dealing physical damage to enemy champions applies Grievous Wounds, reducing the effectiveness of their healing and health regeneration. An excellent choice against teams with high Armor, healing, and regeneration.
Mortal Reminder — This item combines Attack Damage, percentage Armor Penetration, and Critical Strike Chance, allowing you to effectively deal with armored enemies. Dealing physical damage to enemy champions applies Grievous Wounds, reducing the effectiveness of their healing and health regeneration. An excellent choice against teams with high Armor, healing, and regeneration.
Dominik’s Regards
Armor Pen and bonus damage +35 Attack Damage +35% Armor Penetration +25% Critical Rate
Giant Slayer: Deal bonus damage based on the enemy champion's bonus Health, up to 12% bonus damage when the enemy champion has 1.200 bonus Health. 3300
Dominik’s Regards TIPS: This item combines Attack Damage, percentage Armor Penetration, and Critical Strike Chance, allowing you to effectively deal with durable enemies. Your damage is further increased against champions with large amounts of bonus Health. An excellent choice for marksmen and other AD champions against tanks and fighters who stack Armor and Health.
Bloodthirster
Gain Lifesteal and convert excess healing into a shield +75 Attack Damage +15% Lifesteal
Ichorshield: Convert excess healing from your Lifesteal to a shield that absorbs up to 165–345 damage. 3200
Bloodthirster TIPS: This item significantly increases physical damage and Lifesteal, providing strong health recovery from attacks. Excess healing from Lifesteal is converted into a protective shield, allowing you to build additional protection before entering a fight. An excellent choice for marksmen and other AD champions who need high damage, sustained combat power, and extra survivability.
Bloodthirster — This item significantly increases physical damage and Lifesteal, providing strong health recovery from attacks. Excess healing from Lifesteal is converted into a protective shield, allowing you to build additional protection before entering a fight. An excellent choice for marksmen and other AD champions who need high damage, sustained combat power, and extra survivability.
Immortal Shieldbow
Gain a shield when Health is low +55 Attack Damage +25% Critical Rate
Lifeline: Damage that puts you under 35% Health grants a shield for 3s. The shield absorbs 350–650 damage for melee champions and 300–550 damage for ranged champions. (70s cooldown) 3000
Immortal Shieldbow TIPS: This item combines high Attack Damage and Critical Strike Chance with additional protection in dangerous situations. When your Health drops to a critical level, it automatically grants a shield that helps you survive incoming damage and continue fighting. An excellent choice for marksmen and other AD champions who need extra protection against burst damage without sacrificing significant offensive power.
Fiendhunter Bolts
After using your ultimate ability, your next few attacks Critically Strike +25% Critical Rate +45% Attack Speed +4% Move Speed
Night Vigil: Gain 20 Ultimate Ability haste.
Opening Barrage: After casting your ultimate ability, your next 3 attacks within 8s gain 50% Attack Speed and Critically Strike for 80% of your normal Critical Damage. If an attack would already Critically Strike, it deals 15% bonus true damage instead. (45s Cooldown) 2650
Fiendhunter Bolts TIPS: This item combines Critical Strike Chance, Attack Speed, and mobility while also allowing you to use your ultimate ability more frequently. After casting your ultimate, your next few attacks gain significantly increased Attack Speed and are guaranteed to Critically Strike, while attacks that would already Critically Strike instead deal additional true damage. An excellent choice for champions who rely on basic attacks to deal most of their damage after using their ultimate.
Fiendhunter Bolts — This item combines Critical Strike Chance, Attack Speed, and mobility while also allowing you to use your ultimate ability more frequently. After casting your ultimate, your next few attacks gain significantly increased Attack Speed and are guaranteed to Critically Strike, while attacks that would already Critically Strike instead deal additional true damage. An excellent choice for champions who rely on basic attacks to deal most of their damage after using their ultimate.
Immortal Shieldbow
Gain a shield when Health is low +55 Attack Damage +25% Critical Rate
Lifeline: Damage that puts you under 35% Health grants a shield for 3s. The shield absorbs 350–650 damage for melee champions and 300–550 damage for ranged champions. (70s cooldown) 3000
Immortal Shieldbow TIPS: This item combines high Attack Damage and Critical Strike Chance with additional protection in dangerous situations. When your Health drops to a critical level, it automatically grants a shield that helps you survive incoming damage and continue fighting. An excellent choice for marksmen and other AD champions who need extra protection against burst damage without sacrificing significant offensive power.
Navori Quickblades
Attacks reduce basic ability cooldowns +25% Critical Rate +40% Attack Speed +4% Move Speed
Deft Strikes: Attacks reduce the remaining cooldowns of your basic abilities by 15%. 2650
Navori Quickblades TIPS: This item combines Critical Strike Chance, Attack Speed, and mobility, allowing you to use your basic abilities much more frequently. Each attack reduces their remaining cooldowns, creating strong synergy between basic attacks and abilities. An excellent choice for marksmen and other champions who constantly weave attacks and basic abilities together.
Navori Quickblades — This item combines Critical Strike Chance, Attack Speed, and mobility, allowing you to use your basic abilities much more frequently. Each attack reduces their remaining cooldowns, creating strong synergy between basic attacks and abilities. An excellent choice for marksmen and other champions who constantly weave attacks and basic abilities together.
Death's Dance
Delays damage taken +50 Attack Damage +45 Armor +15 Ability Haste
Cauterize: 30% of all physical damage and magic damage received (12% for ranged champions) is dealt to you over 3 seconds as true damage instead.
Defy: When a champion that you damaged within 3 second(s) dies, cleanse Cauterize's remaining damage pool and restore Health equal to 90% bonus AD over 2 second(s). 3200
Death's Dance TIPS: This item combines Attack Damage, Armor, and Ability Haste, significantly improving survivability in extended fights. A portion of incoming physical and magic damage is delayed over time, reducing immediate burst damage. Participating in a champion takedown clears the remaining delayed damage and restores Health. An excellent choice for fighters and other AD champions who need to survive heavy damage and keep fighting after securing a takedown.
Guardian Angel
Revives at death +45 Attack Damage +40 Armor
Resurrect: Upon taking lethal damage, restores 50% Health and 100% Mana after 4 seconds of stasis. (180s Cooldown) 3200
Guardian Angel TIPS: This item is perfect for champions who need a second chance in teamfights. It is especially effective against champions with high burst damage, such as Zed, Syndra, or Zoe, as well as against strong diving champions like Camille, Kha'Zix, or Lee Sin. The Resurrection effect allows you to return to the fight after taking lethal damage, restoring health and mana, giving you a chance to continue fighting and assist your team even in critical moments.
Guardian Angel — This item is perfect for champions who need a second chance in teamfights. It is especially effective against champions with high burst damage, such as Zed, Syndra, or Zoe, as well as against strong diving champions like Camille, Kha'Zix, or Lee Sin. The Resurrection effect allows you to return to the fight after taking lethal damage, restoring health and mana, giving you a chance to continue fighting and assist your team even in critical moments.
Death's Dance
Delays damage taken +50 Attack Damage +45 Armor +15 Ability Haste
Cauterize: 30% of all physical damage and magic damage received (12% for ranged champions) is dealt to you over 3 seconds as true damage instead.
Defy: When a champion that you damaged within 3 second(s) dies, cleanse Cauterize's remaining damage pool and restore Health equal to 90% bonus AD over 2 second(s). 3200
Death's Dance TIPS: This item combines Attack Damage, Armor, and Ability Haste, significantly improving survivability in extended fights. A portion of incoming physical and magic damage is delayed over time, reducing immediate burst damage. Participating in a champion takedown clears the remaining delayed damage and restores Health. An excellent choice for fighters and other AD champions who need to survive heavy damage and keep fighting after securing a takedown.
Mercurial Scimitar
Dispels crowd control +45 Attack Damage +12% Lifesteal
+40 Magic Resistance
Quicksilver Sash (Active): Removes all crowd control debuffs from you and grants immunity to crowd control for 0.25s.
Perseverance (Passive): When the Quicksilver effects ends, grant 30% Tenacity and 30% Slow Resist for 1.5 seconds. (60s Cooldown)
Cannot be used during knock up or knock back effects. 3100
Mercurial Scimitar TIPS: This item is designed to counter crowd control. Its active removes most disabling effects and briefly grants immunity to follow-up control, while the passive provides additional resistance to crowd control and slows once the effect ends. It is an excellent choice for marksmen, fighters, and assassins who need to maintain their mobility and keep dealing damage against heavy-CC team compositions.
Mercurial Scimitar — This item is designed to counter crowd control. Its active removes most disabling effects and briefly grants immunity to follow-up control, while the passive provides additional resistance to crowd control and slows once the effect ends. It is an excellent choice for marksmen, fighters, and assassins who need to maintain their mobility and keep dealing damage against heavy-CC team compositions.
Death's Dance
Delays damage taken +50 Attack Damage +45 Armor +15 Ability Haste
Cauterize: 30% of all physical damage and magic damage received (12% for ranged champions) is dealt to you over 3 seconds as true damage instead.
Defy: When a champion that you damaged within 3 second(s) dies, cleanse Cauterize's remaining damage pool and restore Health equal to 90% bonus AD over 2 second(s). 3200
Death's Dance TIPS: This item combines Attack Damage, Armor, and Ability Haste, significantly improving survivability in extended fights. A portion of incoming physical and magic damage is delayed over time, reducing immediate burst damage. Participating in a champion takedown clears the remaining delayed damage and restores Health. An excellent choice for fighters and other AD champions who need to survive heavy damage and keep fighting after securing a takedown.
Maw of Malmortius
Converts damage from attacks into a magic shield +55 Attack Damage +45 Magic Resistance +10 Ability Haste
Lifeline: Upon taking Magic Damage that would reduce your Health to below 35%, gain 
+10% Omni Vamp. until the end of combat and a magic shield that absorbs 220-530 Magic Damage for 3s. (70s Cooldown) 3000
Maw of Malmortius TIPS: This item provides a mix of damage, magic resistance and ability haste, but its core value is the anti-burst passive: when hit by a dangerous burst of magic damage, you instantly gain a strong protective shield and a temporary lifesteal/omnivamp effect that lasts through the fight. It lets you survive big AP detonations and re-enter skirmishes quickly. Best for assassins, bruisers and AD champions who need to survive enemy magic burst and power through fights.
Maw of Malmortius — This item provides a mix of damage, magic resistance and ability haste, but its core value is the anti-burst passive: when hit by a dangerous burst of magic damage, you instantly gain a strong protective shield and a temporary lifesteal/omnivamp effect that lasts through the fight. It lets you survive big AP detonations and re-enter skirmishes quickly. Best for assassins, bruisers and AD champions who need to survive enemy magic burst and power through fights.
Death's Dance
Delays damage taken +50 Attack Damage +45 Armor +15 Ability Haste
Cauterize: 30% of all physical damage and magic damage received (12% for ranged champions) is dealt to you over 3 seconds as true damage instead.
Defy: When a champion that you damaged within 3 second(s) dies, cleanse Cauterize's remaining damage pool and restore Health equal to 90% bonus AD over 2 second(s). 3200
Death's Dance TIPS: This item combines Attack Damage, Armor, and Ability Haste, significantly improving survivability in extended fights. A portion of incoming physical and magic damage is delayed over time, reducing immediate burst damage. Participating in a champion takedown clears the remaining delayed damage and restores Health. An excellent choice for fighters and other AD champions who need to survive heavy damage and keep fighting after securing a takedown.
Serpent's Fang
Anti-Shielding +50 Attack Damage +10 Ability Haste
Stab: +15 Armor Penetration.
Shield Reaver: Dealing damage to an enemy champion reduces any shields they gain for 3s. Melee champions apply (10% of bonus AD + 40)% shield reduction, capped at 60%; while ranged champions apply (10% of bonus AD + 25)% shield reduction, capped at 45%. When you damage an enemy who is unaffected by Shield Reaver, all shields on them are reduced by the same values. 2800
Serpent's Fang TIPS: This item is perfect for assassins and champions who face enemies with a lot of shields. It provides bonuses to attack damage and ability haste, along with increased armor penetration, making it effective against well-protected enemies. The "Shield Reaver" effect allows you to reduce the effectiveness of shields gained by enemy champions, depending on your bonus attack damage, helping to quickly break through shields. This item is especially useful against champions who rely on shields for defense, such as Lux, Braum, and others.
Serpent's Fang — This item is perfect for assassins and champions who face enemies with a lot of shields. It provides bonuses to attack damage and ability haste, along with increased armor penetration, making it effective against well-protected enemies. The "Shield Reaver" effect allows you to reduce the effectiveness of shields gained by enemy champions, depending on your bonus attack damage, helping to quickly break through shields. This item is especially useful against champions who rely on shields for defense, such as Lux, Braum, and others.Summoner Spells
Flash (Teleport a short distance) and 
Barrier (Gain a shield) as your Summoner Spells.
Flash
Teleport a short distance forward or towards the aimed direction.
Cooldown: 150s
Barrier
Gain a shield that absorbs 120 (120–560 
) damage for 2.5 seconds.
Cooldown: 100s
Teleport
After channeling for 3.5 seconds, teleport your champion to an allied champion, structure, or ward (excludes areas in range of enemy inhibitors). You can only teleport to structures during the first 6 minutes of the game.
Cooldown: 150s
Runes BUILD
Conqueror (Gain stacks of AD or AP when hitting a champion with separate attacks or abilities. Stacks up to 6 times. When fully stacked, gain bonus Omnivamp (Adaptive).) as your keystone, followed by 
Brutal (Attacks deal bonus damage to enemy champions.), 
Coup de Grace (Increases damage dealt to enemy champions with low Health.) and 
Legend: Alacrity (Gains Attack Speed.) in the primary tree, as well as 
Bone Plating (Reduces incoming damage.) in the secondary tree. Below you can see possible options for replacing runes.
Conqueror
Stacking Damage, Vamp
Gain stacks of Adaptive Force when hitting a champion with separate attacks or abilities. Stacks up to 6 times. When fully stacked, gain bonus omnivamp.
Per stack: 3-5 bonus or 5-8 
for 6s.
Fully stacked bonus: Melee - 9%, Ranged - 5% bonus Omnivamp .
Brutal
Attacks deal on-hit damage
Attacks deal (5 + 6% bonus + 3% ) bonus adaptive damage to enemy champions.
Coup de Grace
Increase damage to low Health enemies
Your attacks deal 8% bonus adaptive damage to enemy champions with less than 40% Health.
Legend: Alacrity
Increase bonus Attack Speed
Gains 3% Attack Speed. Takedown monsters, enemy champions, or minions to gain up to an additional 18% Attack Speed.
Bone Plating
Anti-Burst Damage
When taking damage from a champion, the current and next 3 champion abilities or attacks against you and within 1.5s deal 30-60 () less damage.
Cooldown: 40s
Situational Runes
Conqueror
Stacking Damage, Vamp
Gain stacks of Adaptive Force when hitting a champion with separate attacks or abilities. Stacks up to 6 times. When fully stacked, gain bonus omnivamp.
Per stack: 3-5 bonus or 5-8 for 6s.
Fully stacked bonus: Melee - 9%, Ranged - 5% bonus Omnivamp .
Fleet Footwork
Mobility, Heal
Moving, attacking and casting builds Energy stacks. At 100 stacks, your next attack gains Attack Speed, heals you, grants bonus Movement Speed. If the attack is again st a champion, it also restores Mana or Energy.
Bonus Attack Speed: 40%
Health Restore: 15-110 () + 15% bonus + 10%.
Bonus Movement Speed: 20% for 1s.
When attacking a champion, restore 8% missing mana or 8% missing energy
.
When attacking minions or monsters, heals for 35% (Melee champions) or 15% (Ranged champions) of the original heal amount.
Fleet Footwork — The rune is perfect for champions who need to sustain themselves in extended fights, such as Jhin or Vayne. It allows building Energy stacks through attacks and abilities, and upon reaching 100 stacks, it provides bonus attack speed, healing, and movement speed. The rune is ideal for champions who need to survive in lane or jungles, as it restores mana or energy when attacking enemies, and also heals when attacking minions or monsters.
Coup de Grace
Increase damage to low Health enemies
Your attacks deal 8% bonus adaptive damage to enemy champions with less than 40% Health.
Cut Down
Deal more damage to high Health enemies
Your attacks deal 6.57% bonus adaptive damage to enemy champions with more than 60% Health.
Cut Down — This rune increases damage against high-health targets, helping you deal with tanky enemies more effectively. It is ideal for champions who rely on consistent damage output, especially against tanks and durable fighters. It works best on marksmen and some fighters where efficiently shredding high-health targets is important.
Bone Plating
Anti-Burst Damage
When taking damage from a champion, the current and next 3 champion abilities or attacks against you and within 1.5s deal 30-60 () less damage.
Cooldown: 40s
Sudden Impact
Triggers when in stealth or dashing
Damaging an enemy champion deals a bonus 15-65 true damage after using a dash, leap, blink, teleport, or when exiting stealth for 4s.
The damaging attack/ability gains bonuses at higher levels:
Level 5: Deal an additional 5 true damage.
Level 9: Deal an additional 5 true damage and gain 10% Movement Speed for 1.5s after dealing the damage.
Cooldown: 10s
Sudden Impact — The rune that activates after using dashes, teleports, leaps, or exiting stealth deals bonus true damage to the enemy. This mechanic enhances aggressive play by allowing fast movement across the map and delivering powerful strikes. At higher levels, it provides additional damage and movement speed bonuses, increasing mobility and effectiveness in fights. This makes it a great choice for champions who rely on mobility and want to enhance their attacks after quick movements or stealth.
Bone Plating
Anti-Burst Damage
When taking damage from a champion, the current and next 3 champion abilities or attacks against you and within 1.5s deal 30-60 () less damage.
Cooldown: 40s
Second Wind
Increase sustain
Gain 5 Health
every 5 seconds.
After taking damage from an enemy champion, regenerate 3 + (1.5% of your missing health) over the next 5 seconds. This effect is doubled for melee champions.
Second Wind — The rune restores health every 5 seconds and significantly boosts regeneration after taking damage from an enemy champion. This rune is especially useful for champions who are often in the thick of the fight, such as tanks or fighters, as it helps sustain health during battles. The effect is doubled for melee champions, making it even more effective in extended fights, improving survivability.Skills Order
(Q) FORMLESS BLADE
4s 30
Passive: Gains 28% of current Critical Strike Chance as Armor Penetration.
Active: Nilah cracks her whip-blade in a straight line, dealing 63 physical damage (10/15/20/25 + 90/100/110/120% ) to enemies hit. Every 1% Critical Rate increases damage by 1%.
After Formless Blade hits an enemy, Nilah gains 10% Attack Speed () and 125 bonus Attack Range. Her attacks also deal 100% physical damage to enemies in a cone for 4 seconds reduced by 80% against non-champion.
When Formless Blade is cast during Slipstream, Nilah leaves behind a wave that is sent towards her at the end of the dash, dealing the same damage to enemies hit.
Deals 25% damage to monsters.
(Q) FORMLESS BLADE
(W) JUBILANT VEIL
21/20/19/18s 45
Nilah envelops herself in mist for 1.75 seconds, during witch she gains 15/20/25/30% Movement Speed, reduces incoming magic damage taken by 25% and becomes immune to non-tower attacks. If there are allied champions nearby, the nearest allied champion gains the same effects, and the duration of the effects Nilah gained is extended by 1 second.
(W) JUBILANT VEIL
(E) SLIPSTREAM
18/16/14/12s 40
Nilah dashes forward for a fixed distance, dealing 82 physical damage (70/100/130/160 + 20% ) to any enemies that she passes through. Empowered attacks reduce the cooldown of this ability by 1 second. Cooldown is further reduced by 1 second after hitting a champion. Hitting any unit will also refresh this ability's cooldown.
Cooldown cannot be refreshed again within 10 seconds.
If no unit was hit, immediately enters cooldown.
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Nilah whirls her whip-blade, dealing 60 physical damage (60/110/160 + 50% bonus ) continuously over 1 second and reducing the enemy's Movement Speed by 10% for 3 seconds.
When keeping her whip-blade, Nilah also deals 125 physical damage (125/225/325 +120% bonus ) and pulls nearby enemies toward her. Nilah also heals herself and nearby allied champions by 20% of the damage (20% + 30% ) that she dealt to enemy champions. Excess healing is converted into a shield that lasts 6 seconds.
Non-champion units are healed by 10% instead.
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DUO NILAH Counters
We have prepared lists of champions that can really annoy you during a match with the game on the DUO NILAH. We have also prepared a list of champions with whom you will be comfortable being on the same team. These lists are relative and depend greatly on your level of play, the skills of your allies and opponents. Do not forget that each situation is individual!
Threats
Synergies
DUO NILAH Counter Items
We have prepared a list of items and spells that will help counter DUO NILAH in a given situation. Buy items wisely, only if it is really necessary for a specific situation!
Armor
Items that reduce Auto Attacks (AA) / Physical Damage.
Plated Steelcaps
Reduces damage from champion attacks +150 Max Health +20 Armor +45 Move Speed
Block: Reduces damage from champion attacks by 10%. 1200
Plated Steelcaps TIPS: These boots provide reliable protection against champions who rely heavily on basic attacks. They increase your Health and Armor, while the passive further reduces damage taken from enemy champion attacks. An excellent choice against marksmen, AD fighters, and other auto-attack-focused champions.
Randuin's Omen
Counters Critical Strike Damage +400 Max Health +75 Armor
Resilience: Critically Struck deal 30% less damage to you.
Countercurrent: Gain 1 stacks of Countercurrent when Critically Struck by physical damage. Each stuck grants 5% Movement Speed and 5% slow resist. Max 4 stacks. 2800
Randuin's Omen TIPS: This item is built to counter crit-heavy builds. It provides a large health pool and armor while reducing damage from critical strikes, making you much tougher in head-on engagements. When you are critically struck, you gain stacks that boost your movement and slow resistance, helping you hold position and control fight spacing. — Perfect for tanks and bruisers who need to stand up to high-crit auto-attackers and survive extended teamfights.
Thornmail
Reflects damage and reduces enemy healing +200 Max Health +75 Armor
Thorns: When struck by an attack, deal 20 + 6% bonus Armor + 1% bonus Health magic damage to the attacker.
Entwine: Apply 50% Grievous Wounds to enemy champions for 3 second(s) when stuck by their attacks or dealing damage to them.
Grievous Wounds reduces the effectiveness of Healing and Regeneration effects. 2700
Thornmail TIPS: This item reflects a portion of incoming physical damage back to attackers as magic damage and applies an effect that reduces enemy healing effectiveness. A strong pick versus teams with heavy auto-attack damage and sustain — ideal for tanks and bruisers who need to absorb focus and cut down opponent healing.
Dead Man's Plate
Increases Movement Speed +350 Max Health +70 Armor +4% Movement Speed
Momentum: Moving builds Momentum, granting up to 40 Move Speed at 100 stacks. Attacking removes all Momentum. Stacks decay when movement is impaired.
Crushing Blow: Attacks deal up to 100 bonus magic damage based on Momentum removed. Melee attacks with max Momentum slows by 75% for 1 second. 2800
Dead Man's Plate TIPS: This item provides a substantial boost to health and armor, and its “Momentum” passive builds movement speed as you move—up to a cap—until you land an attack, which then triggers “Crushing Blow”, dealing bonus magic damage based on the momentum removed and slowing enemies at full stacks. This makes it an excellent choice for tanks and bruisers who need extra mobility to engage quickly and sustain through fights. Tips: ideal for champions who need to close distance and absorb damage; pairs extremely well with Spellblade items (e.g., Divine Sunderer) for additional burst damage on engage.
Frozen Heart
Reduces enemy Attack Speed +80 Armor +400 Max Mana +20 Ability Haste
Winter's Caress: Reduce the Attack Speed of enemy champions within 650 units of you by 25%. 2550
Frozen Heart TIPS: This item combines a large amount of Armor, additional Mana, and Ability Haste, providing strong protection against physical damage. Nearby enemy champions have their Attack Speed reduced, making it especially effective against marksmen and other opponents who rely heavily on frequent basic attacks. An excellent choice for tanks and fighters against attack-focused team compositions.
Reduced 
Healing
Items with Grievous Wounds that can reduce NILAH Healing effects.
Ignite
Ignites target enemy champion, dealing 72 true damage (72–380 ) over 5 and applying 60% Grievous Wounds for the duration.
Grievous Wound reduces the effectiveness of Healing and Regeneration effects.
Cooldown: 100s
Executioner's Calling
Physical Damage reduces enemy healing +15 Attack Damage
Rend: Physical Damage inflicts 40% Grievous Wounds to enemy champions for 3 seconds. Grievous Wounds reduces the effectiveness of Healing and Regeneration effects. 800
Oblivion Orb
Magic damage reduces enemy healing +35 Ability Power
Cursed Wounds: Dealing magic damage to enemy champions applies 40% Grievous Wounds for 3 seconds.
Grievous Wounds reduces the effectiveness of Healing and Regeneration effects. 800
Bramble Vest
Reflects damage and reduces enemy healing +30 Armor
Thorns: When struck by an attack, deal 4 magic damage + 6% bonus armor to the attacker and inflict 40% Grievous Wounds for 3 seconds if they are a champion.
Grievous Wounds reduces the effectiveness of Healing and Regeneration effects. 1000
Mortal Reminder
Armor Penetration (%) and reduced enemy healing +35 Attack Damage +30% Armor Penetration +25% Critical Rate
Sepsis: Dealing physical damage to enemy champions applies 50% Grievous Wounds for 3 seconds.
Grievous Wounds reduces the effectiveness of Healing and Regeneration effects. 3000
Mortal Reminder TIPS: This item combines Attack Damage, percentage Armor Penetration, and Critical Strike Chance, allowing you to effectively deal with armored enemies. Dealing physical damage to enemy champions applies Grievous Wounds, reducing the effectiveness of their healing and health regeneration. An excellent choice against teams with high Armor, healing, and regeneration.
Chempunk Chainsword
Reduces enemy healing +400 Max Health +45 Attack Damage +15 Ability Haste
Punishment: Dealing physical damage to enemy champions applies 50% Grievous Wounds for 3 seconds.
Grievous Wounds reduces the effectiveness of Healing and Regeneration effects. 2800
Chempunk Chainsword TIPS: This item is perfect for champions who face enemies with high sustain, such as Dr. Mundo, Soraka, and Yuumi, who have significant healing abilities. The "Punishment" effect applies Grievous Wounds, reducing the effectiveness of healing and regeneration by 50%, making this item effective against champions who rely on healing. It’s also useful against champions who rely on lifesteal, such as Aatrox, Darius, and Fiora, as it helps reduce the effectiveness of their healing.
Morellonomicon
Magic damage reduces enemy healing +300 Max Health +75 Ability Power +15 Ability Haste
Affliction: Dealing magic damage to enemy champions inflicts 50% Grievous Wounds for 3 seconds.
Grievous Wounds reduces the effectiveness of Healing and Regeneration effects. 2650
Morellonomicon TIPS: This item is designed to counter champions with strong healing and sustain. Any magic damage you deal applies Grievous Wounds, greatly reducing the effectiveness of enemy healing and regeneration. It is an excellent choice for mages and AP supports against teams that rely heavily on healing, lifesteal, or regeneration.
Thornmail
Reflects damage and reduces enemy healing +200 Max Health +75 Armor
Thorns: When struck by an attack, deal 20 + 6% bonus Armor + 1% bonus Health magic damage to the attacker.
Entwine: Apply 50% Grievous Wounds to enemy champions for 3 second(s) when stuck by their attacks or dealing damage to them.
Grievous Wounds reduces the effectiveness of Healing and Regeneration effects. 2700
Thornmail TIPS: This item reflects a portion of incoming physical damage back to attackers as magic damage and applies an effect that reduces enemy healing effectiveness. A strong pick versus teams with heavy auto-attack damage and sustain — ideal for tanks and bruisers who need to absorb focus and cut down opponent healing.
Cleanse or Block Spells
Items with ability or property to cleanse or block negative spells.
Seeker's Armguard
Turn invulnerable +20 Armor +35 Ability Power
Stasis (Active): Become invulnerable and untargetable for 2.5 seconds, but unable to move, attack, cast abilities or use items. (120s Cooldown) 1200
Seeker's Armguard TIPS: This item combines Ability Power with extra defense, but its defining feature is the ability to become temporarily invulnerable. Its active effect lets you completely avoid lethal damage, dodge crucial enemy abilities, or buy time for your cooldowns to return. It is an excellent choice for mages and AP assassins who need to survive burst damage and outplay opponents in critical teamfights.
Zhonya's Hourglass
Turn invulnerable +40 Armor +110 Ability Power
Stasis (Active): Become invulnerable and untargetable for 2.5 seconds, but unable to move, attack, cast abilities or use items. (90s Cooldown) 3300
Zhonya's Hourglass TIPS: This item combines high Ability Power with extra armor, while its defining feature is the ability to become completely invulnerable for a short time. Its active effect allows you to survive lethal damage, avoid crucial enemy abilities, or buy time for your cooldowns to recover. It is an excellent choice for mages and AP assassins who need to outlive enemy focus and turn the tide of a teamfight.
DUO NILAH Strengths and Weaknesses
DUO NILAH Strategy and Tactics
Jungle NILAH Build items and runes
The information below will help you get familiar with the game on the Jungle Line NILAH. We have prepared a items builds, runes, summoner spells and ability order for a comfortable game. Situational options for replacing items and runes are also available to you.
Key items
Long Sword. Next, you should pay attention to whether your mobility champion is enough, our further actions will depend on this. If it is hard for you to dodge the enemy's skills or you want to roam on neighboring lines, then it is better to buy Boots of Speed at an early stage.
Long Sword +12 Attack Damage 500
Yun Tal Wildarrows
Attacks gain Critical Rate +50 Attack Damage +25% Attack Speed
Practice Makes Perfect: On attack, gain Critical Rate permanently (0.4% for melee champions and 0.2% for ranged champions per attack), up to 25%.
Flurry: On attacking an enemy champion, gain 25% Attack Speed for 6s. (20s Cooldown) Attacks reduce this cooldown by 1s, increased to 2s for Critical Strikes. 3100
Yun Tal Wildarrows TIPS: This item combines Attack Damage and Attack Speed while gradually strengthening your Critical Strike potential through basic attacks. Each attack permanently increases Critical Strike Chance up to a limit, while attacking an enemy champion temporarily grants a significant boost to Attack Speed. Further attacks, especially Critical Strikes, allow this effect to become available again sooner. An excellent choice for champions focused on sustained basic attack damage and scaling into a Critical Strike build.
Gluttonous Greaves
Attack Damage, Omnivamp +45 Move Speed
Balance of Power: Gain 12 Attack Damage or 20 Ability Power (Adaptive).
Conversion: Gain 5% Omnivamp. Champion takedowns grant an additional 0.5% Omnivamp, up to 5%. 1000
Gluttonous Greaves TIPS: These boots combine mobility, adaptive offensive power, and sustained healing. They increase your damage while Omnivamp restores health from all damage you deal. Champion takedowns further increase your Omnivamp, making them an excellent choice for champions who want to balance high damage output with strong sustain during extended fights.
Infinity Edge
Increases Critical Strike Damage +75 Attack Damage +25% Critical Rate
Infinity: Critical Strikes deal 230% damage instead of 200%. 3400
Infinity Edge TIPS: This item significantly increases Attack Damage and Critical Strike Chance while also increasing the damage dealt by Critical Strikes. An excellent choice for marksmen and other AD champions focused on Critical Strike builds, especially in the later stages of the game when a high Critical Strike Chance allows you to make the most of its damage amplification.
Gluttonous Greaves
Attack Damage, Omnivamp +45 Move Speed
Balance of Power: Gain 12 Attack Damage or 20 Ability Power (Adaptive).
Conversion: Gain 5% Omnivamp. Champion takedowns grant an additional 0.5% Omnivamp, up to 5%. 1000
Gluttonous Greaves TIPS: These boots combine mobility, adaptive offensive power, and sustained healing. They increase your damage while Omnivamp restores health from all damage you deal. Champion takedowns further increase your Omnivamp, making them an excellent choice for champions who want to balance high damage output with strong sustain during extended fights.
Immortal Treds
Deal bonus damage or gain increased healing and shielding +45 Move Speed
Balance of Power: Gain 12 Attack Damage or 20 Ability Power (Adaptive).
Conversion: Gain 5% Omnivamp. Champion takedowns grant an additional 0.5% Omnivamp, up to 5%.
Now and Forever: When you have more than 50% Health, deal 5% bonus damage. When below 50% Health, gain 12% increased healing and shielding. 2000
Immortal Treds TIPS: These boots combine adaptive offensive power, sustain, and increased combat effectiveness. While above 50% Health, you deal increased damage, and when below 50% Health, you benefit from stronger healing and shielding to improve your survivability. The additional Omnivamp further restores Health from all damage you deal. They are an excellent choice for fighters, AP bruisers, and champions who want to balance offensive power with sustained durability throughout extended fights.
Yun Tal Wildarrows (Attacks gain Critical Rate) as your first item, followed by Gluttonous Greaves (Grants Attack Damage and Omnivamp) (sometimes it will still be better to build a boot as the first item, which significantly increases the mobility of your champion) the third key element in our build is Infinity Edge (Increases Critical Strike Damage).
Maybe now it's time to think about upgrading your boot, invest in
Immortal Treds (Deal bonus damage or gain increased healing and shielding).
The remaining last three items are situational, of course you can use the example builds above. But for a more effective game you will need to pay attention to the situation on the battlefield.
Yun Tal Wildarrows
Attacks gain Critical Rate +50 Attack Damage +25% Attack Speed
Practice Makes Perfect: On attack, gain Critical Rate permanently (0.4% for melee champions and 0.2% for ranged champions per attack), up to 25%.
Flurry: On attacking an enemy champion, gain 25% Attack Speed for 6s. (20s Cooldown) Attacks reduce this cooldown by 1s, increased to 2s for Critical Strikes. 3100
Yun Tal Wildarrows TIPS: This item combines Attack Damage and Attack Speed while gradually strengthening your Critical Strike potential through basic attacks. Each attack permanently increases Critical Strike Chance up to a limit, while attacking an enemy champion temporarily grants a significant boost to Attack Speed. Further attacks, especially Critical Strikes, allow this effect to become available again sooner. An excellent choice for champions focused on sustained basic attack damage and scaling into a Critical Strike build.
Gluttonous Greaves
Attack Damage, Omnivamp +45 Move Speed
Balance of Power: Gain 12 Attack Damage or 20 Ability Power (Adaptive).
Conversion: Gain 5% Omnivamp. Champion takedowns grant an additional 0.5% Omnivamp, up to 5%. 1000
Gluttonous Greaves TIPS: These boots combine mobility, adaptive offensive power, and sustained healing. They increase your damage while Omnivamp restores health from all damage you deal. Champion takedowns further increase your Omnivamp, making them an excellent choice for champions who want to balance high damage output with strong sustain during extended fights.
Infinity Edge
Increases Critical Strike Damage +75 Attack Damage +25% Critical Rate
Infinity: Critical Strikes deal 230% damage instead of 200%. 3400
Infinity Edge TIPS: This item significantly increases Attack Damage and Critical Strike Chance while also increasing the damage dealt by Critical Strikes. An excellent choice for marksmen and other AD champions focused on Critical Strike builds, especially in the later stages of the game when a high Critical Strike Chance allows you to make the most of its damage amplification.
Dominik’s Regards
Armor Pen and bonus damage +35 Attack Damage +35% Armor Penetration +25% Critical Rate
Giant Slayer: Deal bonus damage based on the enemy champion's bonus Health, up to 12% bonus damage when the enemy champion has 1.200 bonus Health. 3300
Dominik’s Regards TIPS: This item combines Attack Damage, percentage Armor Penetration, and Critical Strike Chance, allowing you to effectively deal with durable enemies. Your damage is further increased against champions with large amounts of bonus Health. An excellent choice for marksmen and other AD champions against tanks and fighters who stack Armor and Health.
Immortal Shieldbow
Gain a shield when Health is low +55 Attack Damage +25% Critical Rate
Lifeline: Damage that puts you under 35% Health grants a shield for 3s. The shield absorbs 350–650 damage for melee champions and 300–550 damage for ranged champions. (70s cooldown) 3000
Immortal Shieldbow TIPS: This item combines high Attack Damage and Critical Strike Chance with additional protection in dangerous situations. When your Health drops to a critical level, it automatically grants a shield that helps you survive incoming damage and continue fighting. An excellent choice for marksmen and other AD champions who need extra protection against burst damage without sacrificing significant offensive power.
Death's Dance
Delays damage taken +50 Attack Damage +45 Armor +15 Ability Haste
Cauterize: 30% of all physical damage and magic damage received (12% for ranged champions) is dealt to you over 3 seconds as true damage instead.
Defy: When a champion that you damaged within 3 second(s) dies, cleanse Cauterize's remaining damage pool and restore Health equal to 90% bonus AD over 2 second(s). 3200
Death's Dance TIPS: This item combines Attack Damage, Armor, and Ability Haste, significantly improving survivability in extended fights. A portion of incoming physical and magic damage is delayed over time, reducing immediate burst damage. Participating in a champion takedown clears the remaining delayed damage and restores Health. An excellent choice for fighters and other AD champions who need to survive heavy damage and keep fighting after securing a takedown.
Situational items
Dominik’s Regards
Armor Pen and bonus damage +35 Attack Damage +35% Armor Penetration +25% Critical Rate
Giant Slayer: Deal bonus damage based on the enemy champion's bonus Health, up to 12% bonus damage when the enemy champion has 1.200 bonus Health. 3300
Dominik’s Regards TIPS: This item combines Attack Damage, percentage Armor Penetration, and Critical Strike Chance, allowing you to effectively deal with durable enemies. Your damage is further increased against champions with large amounts of bonus Health. An excellent choice for marksmen and other AD champions against tanks and fighters who stack Armor and Health.
Mortal Reminder
Armor Penetration (%) and reduced enemy healing +35 Attack Damage +30% Armor Penetration +25% Critical Rate
Sepsis: Dealing physical damage to enemy champions applies 50% Grievous Wounds for 3 seconds.
Grievous Wounds reduces the effectiveness of Healing and Regeneration effects. 3000
Mortal Reminder TIPS: This item combines Attack Damage, percentage Armor Penetration, and Critical Strike Chance, allowing you to effectively deal with armored enemies. Dealing physical damage to enemy champions applies Grievous Wounds, reducing the effectiveness of their healing and health regeneration. An excellent choice against teams with high Armor, healing, and regeneration.
Mortal Reminder — This item combines Attack Damage, percentage Armor Penetration, and Critical Strike Chance, allowing you to effectively deal with armored enemies. Dealing physical damage to enemy champions applies Grievous Wounds, reducing the effectiveness of their healing and health regeneration. An excellent choice against teams with high Armor, healing, and regeneration.
Dominik’s Regards
Armor Pen and bonus damage +35 Attack Damage +35% Armor Penetration +25% Critical Rate
Giant Slayer: Deal bonus damage based on the enemy champion's bonus Health, up to 12% bonus damage when the enemy champion has 1.200 bonus Health. 3300
Dominik’s Regards TIPS: This item combines Attack Damage, percentage Armor Penetration, and Critical Strike Chance, allowing you to effectively deal with durable enemies. Your damage is further increased against champions with large amounts of bonus Health. An excellent choice for marksmen and other AD champions against tanks and fighters who stack Armor and Health.
Bloodthirster
Gain Lifesteal and convert excess healing into a shield +75 Attack Damage +15% Lifesteal
Ichorshield: Convert excess healing from your Lifesteal to a shield that absorbs up to 165–345 damage. 3200
Bloodthirster TIPS: This item significantly increases physical damage and Lifesteal, providing strong health recovery from attacks. Excess healing from Lifesteal is converted into a protective shield, allowing you to build additional protection before entering a fight. An excellent choice for marksmen and other AD champions who need high damage, sustained combat power, and extra survivability.
Bloodthirster — This item significantly increases physical damage and Lifesteal, providing strong health recovery from attacks. Excess healing from Lifesteal is converted into a protective shield, allowing you to build additional protection before entering a fight. An excellent choice for marksmen and other AD champions who need high damage, sustained combat power, and extra survivability.
Dominik’s Regards
Armor Pen and bonus damage +35 Attack Damage +35% Armor Penetration +25% Critical Rate
Giant Slayer: Deal bonus damage based on the enemy champion's bonus Health, up to 12% bonus damage when the enemy champion has 1.200 bonus Health. 3300
Dominik’s Regards TIPS: This item combines Attack Damage, percentage Armor Penetration, and Critical Strike Chance, allowing you to effectively deal with durable enemies. Your damage is further increased against champions with large amounts of bonus Health. An excellent choice for marksmen and other AD champions against tanks and fighters who stack Armor and Health.
Fiendhunter Bolts
After using your ultimate ability, your next few attacks Critically Strike +25% Critical Rate +45% Attack Speed +4% Move Speed
Night Vigil: Gain 20 Ultimate Ability haste.
Opening Barrage: After casting your ultimate ability, your next 3 attacks within 8s gain 50% Attack Speed and Critically Strike for 80% of your normal Critical Damage. If an attack would already Critically Strike, it deals 15% bonus true damage instead. (45s Cooldown) 2650
Fiendhunter Bolts TIPS: This item combines Critical Strike Chance, Attack Speed, and mobility while also allowing you to use your ultimate ability more frequently. After casting your ultimate, your next few attacks gain significantly increased Attack Speed and are guaranteed to Critically Strike, while attacks that would already Critically Strike instead deal additional true damage. An excellent choice for champions who rely on basic attacks to deal most of their damage after using their ultimate.
Fiendhunter Bolts — This item combines Critical Strike Chance, Attack Speed, and mobility while also allowing you to use your ultimate ability more frequently. After casting your ultimate, your next few attacks gain significantly increased Attack Speed and are guaranteed to Critically Strike, while attacks that would already Critically Strike instead deal additional true damage. An excellent choice for champions who rely on basic attacks to deal most of their damage after using their ultimate.
Immortal Shieldbow
Gain a shield when Health is low +55 Attack Damage +25% Critical Rate
Lifeline: Damage that puts you under 35% Health grants a shield for 3s. The shield absorbs 350–650 damage for melee champions and 300–550 damage for ranged champions. (70s cooldown) 3000
Immortal Shieldbow TIPS: This item combines high Attack Damage and Critical Strike Chance with additional protection in dangerous situations. When your Health drops to a critical level, it automatically grants a shield that helps you survive incoming damage and continue fighting. An excellent choice for marksmen and other AD champions who need extra protection against burst damage without sacrificing significant offensive power.
Edge of Night
Blocks an enemy ability +250 Max Health +50 Attack Damage
Gouge: +12 Armor Penetration.
Annul: Grants a spell shield that blocks the next hostile ability. This spell shield refreshes upon leaving combat with enemy champions. (35 second cooldown) 3000
Edge of Night TIPS: This item is perfect for champions who need a mix of offense and defense. It provides bonuses to maximum health and attack damage, along with increased armor penetration to help you shred through enemy defenses. The "Annul" effect grants you a spell shield, blocking the next enemy ability. This spell shield refreshes when leaving combat with enemy champions, making the item a great choice for champions who need protection from crowd control and to engage in fights, such as Ashe, Lux, or Morgana.
Edge of Night — This item is perfect for champions who need a mix of offense and defense. It provides bonuses to maximum health and attack damage, along with increased armor penetration to help you shred through enemy defenses. The "Annul" effect grants you a spell shield, blocking the next enemy ability. This spell shield refreshes when leaving combat with enemy champions, making the item a great choice for champions who need protection from crowd control and to engage in fights, such as Ashe, Lux, or Morgana.
Immortal Shieldbow
Gain a shield when Health is low +55 Attack Damage +25% Critical Rate
Lifeline: Damage that puts you under 35% Health grants a shield for 3s. The shield absorbs 350–650 damage for melee champions and 300–550 damage for ranged champions. (70s cooldown) 3000
Immortal Shieldbow TIPS: This item combines high Attack Damage and Critical Strike Chance with additional protection in dangerous situations. When your Health drops to a critical level, it automatically grants a shield that helps you survive incoming damage and continue fighting. An excellent choice for marksmen and other AD champions who need extra protection against burst damage without sacrificing significant offensive power.
The Collector
Execute low health champions +50 Attack Damage +10 Armor Penetration +25% Critical Rate
Death and Taxes: Dealing damage that would leave an enemy champion below 5% of their max Health executes them, permanently increases the max Health percentage execution threshold by 0.1%, and grants 25 bonus gold.
Limited to 1 The Collector. 3000
The Collector TIPS: This item combines Attack Damage, Armor Penetration, and Critical Strike Chance, significantly improving your ability to finish off enemies. Champions at critically low Health are instantly executed when damaged, while each execution gradually increases the execution threshold and grants bonus gold. An excellent choice for marksmen, assassins, and other AD champions focused on quickly eliminating weakened targets.
The Collector — This item combines Attack Damage, Armor Penetration, and Critical Strike Chance, significantly improving your ability to finish off enemies. Champions at critically low Health are instantly executed when damaged, while each execution gradually increases the execution threshold and grants bonus gold. An excellent choice for marksmen, assassins, and other AD champions focused on quickly eliminating weakened targets.
Death's Dance
Delays damage taken +50 Attack Damage +45 Armor +15 Ability Haste
Cauterize: 30% of all physical damage and magic damage received (12% for ranged champions) is dealt to you over 3 seconds as true damage instead.
Defy: When a champion that you damaged within 3 second(s) dies, cleanse Cauterize's remaining damage pool and restore Health equal to 90% bonus AD over 2 second(s). 3200
Death's Dance TIPS: This item combines Attack Damage, Armor, and Ability Haste, significantly improving survivability in extended fights. A portion of incoming physical and magic damage is delayed over time, reducing immediate burst damage. Participating in a champion takedown clears the remaining delayed damage and restores Health. An excellent choice for fighters and other AD champions who need to survive heavy damage and keep fighting after securing a takedown.
Mercurial Scimitar
Dispels crowd control +45 Attack Damage +12% Lifesteal +40 Magic Resistance
Quicksilver Sash (Active): Removes all crowd control debuffs from you and grants immunity to crowd control for 0.25s.
Perseverance (Passive): When the Quicksilver effects ends, grant 30% Tenacity and 30% Slow Resist for 1.5 seconds. (60s Cooldown)
Cannot be used during knock up or knock back effects. 3100
Mercurial Scimitar TIPS: This item is designed to counter crowd control. Its active removes most disabling effects and briefly grants immunity to follow-up control, while the passive provides additional resistance to crowd control and slows once the effect ends. It is an excellent choice for marksmen, fighters, and assassins who need to maintain their mobility and keep dealing damage against heavy-CC team compositions.
Mercurial Scimitar — This item is designed to counter crowd control. Its active removes most disabling effects and briefly grants immunity to follow-up control, while the passive provides additional resistance to crowd control and slows once the effect ends. It is an excellent choice for marksmen, fighters, and assassins who need to maintain their mobility and keep dealing damage against heavy-CC team compositions.
Death's Dance
Delays damage taken +50 Attack Damage +45 Armor +15 Ability Haste
Cauterize: 30% of all physical damage and magic damage received (12% for ranged champions) is dealt to you over 3 seconds as true damage instead.
Defy: When a champion that you damaged within 3 second(s) dies, cleanse Cauterize's remaining damage pool and restore Health equal to 90% bonus AD over 2 second(s). 3200
Death's Dance TIPS: This item combines Attack Damage, Armor, and Ability Haste, significantly improving survivability in extended fights. A portion of incoming physical and magic damage is delayed over time, reducing immediate burst damage. Participating in a champion takedown clears the remaining delayed damage and restores Health. An excellent choice for fighters and other AD champions who need to survive heavy damage and keep fighting after securing a takedown.
Maw of Malmortius
Converts damage from attacks into a magic shield +55 Attack Damage +45 Magic Resistance +10 Ability Haste
Lifeline: Upon taking Magic Damage that would reduce your Health to below 35%, gain +10% Omni Vamp. until the end of combat and a magic shield that absorbs 220-530 Magic Damage for 3s. (70s Cooldown) 3000
Maw of Malmortius TIPS: This item provides a mix of damage, magic resistance and ability haste, but its core value is the anti-burst passive: when hit by a dangerous burst of magic damage, you instantly gain a strong protective shield and a temporary lifesteal/omnivamp effect that lasts through the fight. It lets you survive big AP detonations and re-enter skirmishes quickly. Best for assassins, bruisers and AD champions who need to survive enemy magic burst and power through fights.
Maw of Malmortius — This item provides a mix of damage, magic resistance and ability haste, but its core value is the anti-burst passive: when hit by a dangerous burst of magic damage, you instantly gain a strong protective shield and a temporary lifesteal/omnivamp effect that lasts through the fight. It lets you survive big AP detonations and re-enter skirmishes quickly. Best for assassins, bruisers and AD champions who need to survive enemy magic burst and power through fights.
Death's Dance
Delays damage taken +50 Attack Damage +45 Armor +15 Ability Haste
Cauterize: 30% of all physical damage and magic damage received (12% for ranged champions) is dealt to you over 3 seconds as true damage instead.
Defy: When a champion that you damaged within 3 second(s) dies, cleanse Cauterize's remaining damage pool and restore Health equal to 90% bonus AD over 2 second(s). 3200
Death's Dance TIPS: This item combines Attack Damage, Armor, and Ability Haste, significantly improving survivability in extended fights. A portion of incoming physical and magic damage is delayed over time, reducing immediate burst damage. Participating in a champion takedown clears the remaining delayed damage and restores Health. An excellent choice for fighters and other AD champions who need to survive heavy damage and keep fighting after securing a takedown.
Serpent's Fang
Anti-Shielding +50 Attack Damage +10 Ability Haste
Stab: +15 Armor Penetration.
Shield Reaver: Dealing damage to an enemy champion reduces any shields they gain for 3s. Melee champions apply (10% of bonus AD + 40)% shield reduction, capped at 60%; while ranged champions apply (10% of bonus AD + 25)% shield reduction, capped at 45%. When you damage an enemy who is unaffected by Shield Reaver, all shields on them are reduced by the same values. 2800
Serpent's Fang TIPS: This item is perfect for assassins and champions who face enemies with a lot of shields. It provides bonuses to attack damage and ability haste, along with increased armor penetration, making it effective against well-protected enemies. The "Shield Reaver" effect allows you to reduce the effectiveness of shields gained by enemy champions, depending on your bonus attack damage, helping to quickly break through shields. This item is especially useful against champions who rely on shields for defense, such as Lux, Braum, and others.
Serpent's Fang — This item is perfect for assassins and champions who face enemies with a lot of shields. It provides bonuses to attack damage and ability haste, along with increased armor penetration, making it effective against well-protected enemies. The "Shield Reaver" effect allows you to reduce the effectiveness of shields gained by enemy champions, depending on your bonus attack damage, helping to quickly break through shields. This item is especially useful against champions who rely on shields for defense, such as Lux, Braum, and others.Summoner Spells
Flash (Teleport a short distance) and 
Smite as your Summoner Spells.
Flash
Teleport a short distance forward or towards the aimed direction.
Cooldown: 150s
Smite
Jungle Expertise:
On cast, Smite deals 600 true damage to minions and monsters and causes your attacks against a monster to deal 30 true damage() every second in an area around them for 2 seconds. This damage is increased by 10% bonus Attack Damage, 12% bonus Ability Power, 25% bonus Armor, 25% bonus Magic Resist, and 4% bonus Health.
Deals 10% more damage against monsters.
Hunter's Resource:
- Gain Hunter's Resource stacks over time. After clearing a monster camp, 1 stack(s) are consumed for 40 bonus gold.
- Restore 5–35 Health every second () when attacking monsters. Health restored is based on your missing Health.
- When Smite is equipped, take only 50% damage from non-epic monsters.
Upgraded Smite:
- After consuming 8 and 20 stacks, Smite upgrades, increasing its damage to 1,000 and 1,400 respectively.
- When Smite is fully upgraded, gain Movement Speed while in the jungle or river: 10% Movement Speed out of combat, and 5% Movement Speed in combat.
- Upgraded Smite can be cast on champions to deal 40 true damage damage and steal 25% of their Movement Speed for 2 seconds.
Gains one charge every 45 seconds, up to a max of 2.
Cooldown: 45s
Runes BUILD
Fleet Footwork (Moving, attacking and casting builds Energy stacks. At maximum stacks, your next attack heals and grants increased Movement Speed.) as your keystone, followed by Brutal (Attacks deal bonus damage to enemy champions.), Coup de Grace (Increases damage dealt to enemy champions with low Health.) and Legend: Alacrity (Gains Attack Speed.) in the primary tree, as well as 
Overgrowth (Gains bonus scalable max Health.) in the secondary tree. Below you can see possible options for replacing runes.
Fleet Footwork
Mobility, Heal
Moving, attacking and casting builds Energy stacks. At 100 stacks, your next attack gains Attack Speed, heals you, grants bonus Movement Speed. If the attack is again st a champion, it also restores Mana or Energy.
Bonus Attack Speed: 40%
Health Restore: 15-110 () + 15% bonus + 10%.
Bonus Movement Speed: 20% for 1s.
When attacking a champion, restore 8% missing mana or 8% missing energy.
When attacking minions or monsters, heals for 35% (Melee champions) or 15% (Ranged champions) of the original heal amount.
Brutal
Attacks deal on-hit damage
Attacks deal (5 + 6% bonus + 3% ) bonus adaptive damage to enemy champions.
Coup de Grace
Increase damage to low Health enemies
Your attacks deal 8% bonus adaptive damage to enemy champions with less than 40% Health.
Legend: Alacrity
Increase bonus Attack Speed
Gains 3% Attack Speed. Takedown monsters, enemy champions, or minions to gain up to an additional 18% Attack Speed.
Overgrowth
Increase max Health
For every 3 enemy minions or 3 monster(s) killed nearby, permanently gain 3 max Health. Max Health can be increased indefinitely this way. Gain an additional 3% max Health upon reaching 30 stacks.
Situational Runes
Fleet Footwork
Mobility, Heal
Moving, attacking and casting builds Energy stacks. At 100 stacks, your next attack gains Attack Speed, heals you, grants bonus Movement Speed. If the attack is again st a champion, it also restores Mana or Energy.
Bonus Attack Speed: 40%
Health Restore: 15-110 () + 15% bonus + 10%.
Bonus Movement Speed: 20% for 1s.
When attacking a champion, restore 8% missing mana or 8% missing energy.
When attacking minions or monsters, heals for 35% (Melee champions) or 15% (Ranged champions) of the original heal amount.
Conqueror
Stacking Damage, Vamp
Gain stacks of Adaptive Force when hitting a champion with separate attacks or abilities. Stacks up to 6 times. When fully stacked, gain bonus omnivamp.
Per stack: 3-5 bonus or 5-8 for 6s.
Fully stacked bonus: Melee - 9%, Ranged - 5% bonus Omnivamp .
Conqueror — The rune is perfect for champions who frequently engage in combat and use both auto-attacks and abilities, such as Riven or Aurelion Sol. Each time you deal damage to an enemy, the rune gains stacks, increasing your adaptive force. When fully stacked, you gain bonus omnivamp, allowing you to restore health based on the damage you deal. This makes the rune an excellent choice for champions who actively participate in fights and need both damage and sustain.
Coup de Grace
Increase damage to low Health enemies
Your attacks deal 8% bonus adaptive damage to enemy champions with less than 40% Health.
Cut Down
Deal more damage to high Health enemies
Your attacks deal 6.57% bonus adaptive damage to enemy champions with more than 60% Health.
Cut Down — This rune increases damage against high-health targets, helping you deal with tanky enemies more effectively. It is ideal for champions who rely on consistent damage output, especially against tanks and durable fighters. It works best on marksmen and some fighters where efficiently shredding high-health targets is important.
Overgrowth
Increase max Health
For every 3 enemy minions or 3 monster(s) killed nearby, permanently gain 3 max Health. Max Health can be increased indefinitely this way. Gain an additional 3% max Health upon reaching 30 stacks.
Bone Plating
Anti-Burst Damage
When taking damage from a champion, the current and next 3 champion abilities or attacks against you and within 1.5s deal 30-60 () less damage.
Cooldown: 40s
Bone Plating — The rune reduces damage from enemy attacks and abilities when you take damage from an enemy champion. It lowers damage from the next few attacks or abilities for a short period, making it useful for most champions, including tanks, fighters, and even some mages. The rune helps improve survivability by mitigating damage in critical moments of the fight, making it suitable for heroes who find themselves in the heart of battles.
Overgrowth
Increase max Health
For every 3 enemy minions or 3 monster(s) killed nearby, permanently gain 3 max Health. Max Health can be increased indefinitely this way. Gain an additional 3% max Health upon reaching 30 stacks.
Sudden Impact
Triggers when in stealth or dashing
Damaging an enemy champion deals a bonus 15-65 true damage after using a dash, leap, blink, teleport, or when exiting stealth for 4s.
The damaging attack/ability gains bonuses at higher levels:
Level 5: Deal an additional 5 true damage.
Level 9: Deal an additional 5 true damage and gain 10% Movement Speed for 1.5s after dealing the damage.
Cooldown: 10s
Sudden Impact — The rune that activates after using dashes, teleports, leaps, or exiting stealth deals bonus true damage to the enemy. This mechanic enhances aggressive play by allowing fast movement across the map and delivering powerful strikes. At higher levels, it provides additional damage and movement speed bonuses, increasing mobility and effectiveness in fights. This makes it a great choice for champions who rely on mobility and want to enhance their attacks after quick movements or stealth.Skills Order
(Q) FORMLESS BLADE
4s 30
Passive: Gains 28% of current Critical Strike Chance as Armor Penetration.
Active: Nilah cracks her whip-blade in a straight line, dealing 63 physical damage (10/15/20/25 + 90/100/110/120% ) to enemies hit. Every 1% Critical Rate increases damage by 1%.
After Formless Blade hits an enemy, Nilah gains 10% Attack Speed () and 125 bonus Attack Range. Her attacks also deal 100% physical damage to enemies in a cone for 4 seconds reduced by 80% against non-champion.
When Formless Blade is cast during Slipstream, Nilah leaves behind a wave that is sent towards her at the end of the dash, dealing the same damage to enemies hit.
Deals 25% damage to monsters.
(Q) FORMLESS BLADE
(W) JUBILANT VEIL
21/20/19/18s 45
Nilah envelops herself in mist for 1.75 seconds, during witch she gains 15/20/25/30% Movement Speed, reduces incoming magic damage taken by 25% and becomes immune to non-tower attacks. If there are allied champions nearby, the nearest allied champion gains the same effects, and the duration of the effects Nilah gained is extended by 1 second.
(W) JUBILANT VEIL
(E) SLIPSTREAM
18/16/14/12s 40
Nilah dashes forward for a fixed distance, dealing 82 physical damage (70/100/130/160 + 20% ) to any enemies that she passes through. Empowered attacks reduce the cooldown of this ability by 1 second. Cooldown is further reduced by 1 second after hitting a champion. Hitting any unit will also refresh this ability's cooldown.
Cooldown cannot be refreshed again within 10 seconds.
If no unit was hit, immediately enters cooldown.
(E) SLIPSTREAM
(R) APOTHEOSIS
80/70/60s 80
Nilah whirls her whip-blade, dealing 60 physical damage (60/110/160 + 50% bonus ) continuously over 1 second and reducing the enemy's Movement Speed by 10% for 3 seconds.
When keeping her whip-blade, Nilah also deals 125 physical damage (125/225/325 +120% bonus ) and pulls nearby enemies toward her. Nilah also heals herself and nearby allied champions by 20% of the damage (20% + 30% ) that she dealt to enemy champions. Excess healing is converted into a shield that lasts 6 seconds.
Non-champion units are healed by 10% instead.
(R) APOTHEOSIS
Jungle NILAH Counters
We have prepared lists of champions that can really annoy you during a match with the game on the Jungle NILAH. We have also prepared a list of champions with whom you will be comfortable being on the same team. These lists are relative and depend greatly on your level of play, the skills of your allies and opponents. Do not forget that each situation is individual!
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Jungle NILAH Counter Items
We have prepared a list of items and spells that will help counter Jungle NILAH in a given situation. Buy items wisely, only if it is really necessary for a specific situation!
Armor
Items that reduce Auto Attacks (AA) / Physical Damage.
Plated Steelcaps
Reduces damage from champion attacks +150 Max Health +20 Armor +45 Move Speed
Block: Reduces damage from champion attacks by 10%. 1200
Plated Steelcaps TIPS: These boots provide reliable protection against champions who rely heavily on basic attacks. They increase your Health and Armor, while the passive further reduces damage taken from enemy champion attacks. An excellent choice against marksmen, AD fighters, and other auto-attack-focused champions.
Randuin's Omen
Counters Critical Strike Damage +400 Max Health +75 Armor
Resilience: Critically Struck deal 30% less damage to you.
Countercurrent: Gain 1 stacks of Countercurrent when Critically Struck by physical damage. Each stuck grants 5% Movement Speed and 5% slow resist. Max 4 stacks. 2800
Randuin's Omen TIPS: This item is built to counter crit-heavy builds. It provides a large health pool and armor while reducing damage from critical strikes, making you much tougher in head-on engagements. When you are critically struck, you gain stacks that boost your movement and slow resistance, helping you hold position and control fight spacing. — Perfect for tanks and bruisers who need to stand up to high-crit auto-attackers and survive extended teamfights.
Thornmail
Reflects damage and reduces enemy healing +200 Max Health +75 Armor
Thorns: When struck by an attack, deal 20 + 6% bonus Armor + 1% bonus Health magic damage to the attacker.
Entwine: Apply 50% Grievous Wounds to enemy champions for 3 second(s) when stuck by their attacks or dealing damage to them.
Grievous Wounds reduces the effectiveness of Healing and Regeneration effects. 2700
Thornmail TIPS: This item reflects a portion of incoming physical damage back to attackers as magic damage and applies an effect that reduces enemy healing effectiveness. A strong pick versus teams with heavy auto-attack damage and sustain — ideal for tanks and bruisers who need to absorb focus and cut down opponent healing.
Dead Man's Plate
Increases Movement Speed +350 Max Health +70 Armor +4% Movement Speed
Momentum: Moving builds Momentum, granting up to 40 Move Speed at 100 stacks. Attacking removes all Momentum. Stacks decay when movement is impaired.
Crushing Blow: Attacks deal up to 100 bonus magic damage based on Momentum removed. Melee attacks with max Momentum slows by 75% for 1 second. 2800
Dead Man's Plate TIPS: This item provides a substantial boost to health and armor, and its “Momentum” passive builds movement speed as you move—up to a cap—until you land an attack, which then triggers “Crushing Blow”, dealing bonus magic damage based on the momentum removed and slowing enemies at full stacks. This makes it an excellent choice for tanks and bruisers who need extra mobility to engage quickly and sustain through fights. Tips: ideal for champions who need to close distance and absorb damage; pairs extremely well with Spellblade items (e.g., Divine Sunderer) for additional burst damage on engage.
Frozen Heart
Reduces enemy Attack Speed +80 Armor +400 Max Mana +20 Ability Haste
Winter's Caress: Reduce the Attack Speed of enemy champions within 650 units of you by 25%. 2550
Frozen Heart TIPS: This item combines a large amount of Armor, additional Mana, and Ability Haste, providing strong protection against physical damage. Nearby enemy champions have their Attack Speed reduced, making it especially effective against marksmen and other opponents who rely heavily on frequent basic attacks. An excellent choice for tanks and fighters against attack-focused team compositions.
Reduced Healing
Items with Grievous Wounds that can reduce NILAH Healing effects.
Ignite
Ignites target enemy champion, dealing 72 true damage (72–380 ) over 5 and applying 60% Grievous Wounds for the duration.
Grievous Wound reduces the effectiveness of Healing and Regeneration effects.
Cooldown: 100s
Executioner's Calling
Physical Damage reduces enemy healing +15 Attack Damage
Rend: Physical Damage inflicts 40% Grievous Wounds to enemy champions for 3 seconds. Grievous Wounds reduces the effectiveness of Healing and Regeneration effects. 800
Oblivion Orb
Magic damage reduces enemy healing +35 Ability Power
Cursed Wounds: Dealing magic damage to enemy champions applies 40% Grievous Wounds for 3 seconds.
Grievous Wounds reduces the effectiveness of Healing and Regeneration effects. 800
Bramble Vest
Reflects damage and reduces enemy healing +30 Armor
Thorns: When struck by an attack, deal 4 magic damage + 6% bonus armor to the attacker and inflict 40% Grievous Wounds for 3 seconds if they are a champion.
Grievous Wounds reduces the effectiveness of Healing and Regeneration effects. 1000
Mortal Reminder
Armor Penetration (%) and reduced enemy healing +35 Attack Damage +30% Armor Penetration +25% Critical Rate
Sepsis: Dealing physical damage to enemy champions applies 50% Grievous Wounds for 3 seconds.
Grievous Wounds reduces the effectiveness of Healing and Regeneration effects. 3000
Mortal Reminder TIPS: This item combines Attack Damage, percentage Armor Penetration, and Critical Strike Chance, allowing you to effectively deal with armored enemies. Dealing physical damage to enemy champions applies Grievous Wounds, reducing the effectiveness of their healing and health regeneration. An excellent choice against teams with high Armor, healing, and regeneration.
Chempunk Chainsword
Reduces enemy healing +400 Max Health +45 Attack Damage +15 Ability Haste
Punishment: Dealing physical damage to enemy champions applies 50% Grievous Wounds for 3 seconds.
Grievous Wounds reduces the effectiveness of Healing and Regeneration effects. 2800
Chempunk Chainsword TIPS: This item is perfect for champions who face enemies with high sustain, such as Dr. Mundo, Soraka, and Yuumi, who have significant healing abilities. The "Punishment" effect applies Grievous Wounds, reducing the effectiveness of healing and regeneration by 50%, making this item effective against champions who rely on healing. It’s also useful against champions who rely on lifesteal, such as Aatrox, Darius, and Fiora, as it helps reduce the effectiveness of their healing.
Morellonomicon
Magic damage reduces enemy healing +300 Max Health +75 Ability Power +15 Ability Haste
Affliction: Dealing magic damage to enemy champions inflicts 50% Grievous Wounds for 3 seconds.
Grievous Wounds reduces the effectiveness of Healing and Regeneration effects. 2650
Morellonomicon TIPS: This item is designed to counter champions with strong healing and sustain. Any magic damage you deal applies Grievous Wounds, greatly reducing the effectiveness of enemy healing and regeneration. It is an excellent choice for mages and AP supports against teams that rely heavily on healing, lifesteal, or regeneration.
Thornmail
Reflects damage and reduces enemy healing +200 Max Health +75 Armor
Thorns: When struck by an attack, deal 20 + 6% bonus Armor + 1% bonus Health magic damage to the attacker.
Entwine: Apply 50% Grievous Wounds to enemy champions for 3 second(s) when stuck by their attacks or dealing damage to them.
Grievous Wounds reduces the effectiveness of Healing and Regeneration effects. 2700
Thornmail TIPS: This item reflects a portion of incoming physical damage back to attackers as magic damage and applies an effect that reduces enemy healing effectiveness. A strong pick versus teams with heavy auto-attack damage and sustain — ideal for tanks and bruisers who need to absorb focus and cut down opponent healing.
Cleanse or Block Spells
Items with ability or property to cleanse or block negative spells.
Seeker's Armguard
Turn invulnerable +20 Armor +35 Ability Power
Stasis (Active): Become invulnerable and untargetable for 2.5 seconds, but unable to move, attack, cast abilities or use items. (120s Cooldown) 1200
Seeker's Armguard TIPS: This item combines Ability Power with extra defense, but its defining feature is the ability to become temporarily invulnerable. Its active effect lets you completely avoid lethal damage, dodge crucial enemy abilities, or buy time for your cooldowns to return. It is an excellent choice for mages and AP assassins who need to survive burst damage and outplay opponents in critical teamfights.
Zhonya's Hourglass
Turn invulnerable +40 Armor +110 Ability Power
Stasis (Active): Become invulnerable and untargetable for 2.5 seconds, but unable to move, attack, cast abilities or use items. (90s Cooldown) 3300
Zhonya's Hourglass TIPS: This item combines high Ability Power with extra armor, while its defining feature is the ability to become completely invulnerable for a short time. Its active effect allows you to survive lethal damage, avoid crucial enemy abilities, or buy time for your cooldowns to recover. It is an excellent choice for mages and AP assassins who need to outlive enemy focus and turn the tide of a teamfight.
Jungle NILAH Strengths and Weaknesses
Jungle NILAH Strategy and Tactics
Jungle NILAH Power Spikes
NILAH Jungle Pathing
Jungle Pathing represents the choices Junglers make in regards to when and where to gank. These choices include how they involve farming camps and buffs between their ganks, anticipating counterganks, and looking for opportunities to invade. It involves understanding the different abilities the champions in the game have and how they interact, as well as the overall interactions between the two team compositions.
Full Clear with a Red Buff Start
Gromp
Monster
ABOUT
Spawn time: 20 second(s) into game.
Respawn interval: 110 second(s).
REWARDS
Earn XP and gold upon defeating them.
Blue Sentinel
Large Monster
ABOUT
Spawn time: 20 second(s) into game.
Respawn interval: 150 second(s).
The Blue Sentinel, sometimes called the blue buff, is a common starting monster for junglers thanks to its powerful Crest of Insight buff.
REWARDS
Upon dealing the killing blow to the Blue Sentinel, the player will receive the Crest of Insight Buff effect that lasts 90 seconds. Recover an amount of Mana or Energy every second.
Get 15 Ability Haste.
When a player who possesses the Crest of Insight buff is defeated by an enemy champion, the buff is transferred to the champion who defeated that player.
Greater Murk Wolf
Monster
ABOUT
Spawn time: 20 second(s) into game.
Respawn interval: 110 second(s).
Wolves tend to be easier and safer to bees at than other monsters. They are commonly s ight by junglers when passing by or while the higher priority monsters are respawning.
REWARDS
Earn XP and gold upon defeating them.
Crimson Raptor
Monster
ABOUT
Spawn time: 20 second(s) into game.
Respawn interval: 110 second(s).
Crimson raptors deal surprising damage t but the small ones can be quickly dispatched. Junglers commonly seek them out while pre| to gank the middle lane or while waiting for hi; priority monsters to spawn.
REWARDS
Earn XP and gold upon defeating them.
Red Brambleback
Large Monster
ABOUT
Spawn time: 20 second(s) into game.
Respawn interval: 150 second(s).
After completing the final strike to the Red Brambleback, you can obtain the Crest of Cinders buff effect; when the player with this buff is defeated, the buff effect will be transferred to the enemy champion who defeated them.
REWARDS
Upon dealing the killing blow to the Red Brambleback, the player will receive the Crest of Cinders Buff that lasts 90 seconds.
For Melee Champions, basic attacks burn targets on hit, reducing their movement speed by 20% for 3 seconds, and dealing True Damage every second. For non-Champion units, this only deals 50% of the burn damage.
For Ranged Champions, basic attacks burn targets on hit, reducing their Movement Speed by 6% for 3 seconds, and dealing True Damage every second. For non-Champion units, this only deals 50% of the burn damage.
When a player who possesses the Crest of Cinders buff is defeated by an enemy champion, the bufs is transferred to the champion who defeated player.
Ancient Krug
Monster
ABOUT
Spawn time: 20 second(s) into game.
Respawn interval: 110 second(s).
Ancient Krugs split into two upon defeat until they are so small they can split no more. Junglers oftem fight these monsters for extra gold and XP while waiting for gank opportunities or higher priority monster spawns.
REWARDS
Earn XP and gold upon defeating them.
Rift Scuttler
Large Monster
ABOUT
Spawn time: 85 second(s) into game.
Respawn interval: 120 second(s).
REWARDS
The Rift Scuttler grants XP and gold on takedown. A Speed Shrine also spawns at a fixed location on the same side of the river which provides the following buffs to your team:
Grants vision of the area.
Vision radius: 4.5m. Enemy champions who pass through this area will be maked and revealed.
Allied champions who pass through the area receive a 40% out-of-co Movement Speed boost for 2 second(s).
The Pro Nilah Jungle Path starts on the Red Buff to maximize early dueling power and sustain from (PASSIVE) JOY UNENDING. At level one unlock (Q) FORMLESS BLADE and use empowered cone autos after hitting the camp to increase clear speed.
At level two unlock (E) SLIPSTREAM and move to the Krugs. Dashing through units refreshes the cooldown, allowing smoother multi-target clearing while maintaining tempo.
After Krugs, clear the Raptors to reach level three. Unlock (W) JUBILANT VEIL for added safety during early river skirmishes and potential invades.
Path toward Murk Wolves, then the Blue Sentinel, and finally Gromp. These camps grant level four, allowing you to upgrade (Q) FORMLESS BLADE. From here, move to contest the Rift Scuttler, invade if you have lane priority, or transition into a level 4 gank.
Wild Rift NILAH Ability and Tips
JOY UNENDING
FORMLESS BLADE
JUBILANT VEIL
SLIPSTREAM
APOTHEOSIS
(Q) FORMLESS BLADE
4s 30
Passive: Gains 28% of current Critical Strike Chance as Armor Penetration.
Active: Nilah cracks her whip-blade in a straight line, dealing 63 physical damage (10/15/20/25 + 90/100/110/120% ) to enemies hit. Every 1% Critical Rate increases damage by 1%.
After Formless Blade hits an enemy, Nilah gains 10% Attack Speed () and 125 bonus Attack Range. Her attacks also deal 100% physical damage to enemies in a cone for 4 seconds reduced by 80% against non-champion.
When Formless Blade is cast during Slipstream, Nilah leaves behind a wave that is sent towards her at the end of the dash, dealing the same damage to enemies hit.
Deals 25% damage to monsters.
Ability Tips
Video
(W) JUBILANT VEIL
21/20/19/18s 45
Nilah envelops herself in mist for 1.75 seconds, during witch she gains 15/20/25/30% Movement Speed, reduces incoming magic damage taken by 25% and becomes immune to non-tower attacks. If there are allied champions nearby, the nearest allied champion gains the same effects, and the duration of the effects Nilah gained is extended by 1 second.
Ability Tips
Video
(E) SLIPSTREAM
18/16/14/12s 40
Nilah dashes forward for a fixed distance, dealing 82 physical damage (70/100/130/160 + 20% ) to any enemies that she passes through. Empowered attacks reduce the cooldown of this ability by 1 second. Cooldown is further reduced by 1 second after hitting a champion. Hitting any unit will also refresh this ability's cooldown.
Cooldown cannot be refreshed again within 10 seconds.
If no unit was hit, immediately enters cooldown.
Ability Tips
Video
(R) APOTHEOSIS
80/70/60s 80
Nilah whirls her whip-blade, dealing 60 physical damage (60/110/160 + 50% bonus ) continuously over 1 second and reducing the enemy's Movement Speed by 10% for 3 seconds.
When keeping her whip-blade, Nilah also deals 125 physical damage (125/225/325 +120% bonus ) and pulls nearby enemies toward her. Nilah also heals herself and nearby allied champions by 20% of the damage (20% + 30% ) that she dealt to enemy champions. Excess healing is converted into a shield that lasts 6 seconds.
Non-champion units are healed by 10% instead.
Ability Tips
Video
Wild Rift NILAH Skills Combo
Nilah Q Flash All-in
Execution
This combo begins with your (Q) FORMLESS BLADE + FLASH mechanic and then turns into a great way to engage and burst down your enemies.
Use your (Q) + FLASH combo onto your enemy and then AA them quickly before using your (E) SLIPSTREAM and (R) APOTHEOSIS combo. After this, hit them with a few auto attacks then use your (Q) again to keep up the longer range. After than, AA them and (E) to finish.
Combo Video
Wild Rift NILAH Video
Watch here!Nilah is an ascetic warrior from a distant land, seeking the world's deadliest, most titanic opponents so that she might challenge and destroy them. Having won her power through an encounter with the long-imprisoned demon of joy, she has no emotions other than unceasing jubilation—a small price to pay for the vast strength she now possesses. Channeling the demon's liquid form into a blade of unparalleled might, she stands defiant against ancient threats long forgotten.