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Nilah
Patch 16.2.1
BotDifficulty
Hard
Strength
Early
Mid
Late
Win Condition
Survive the first 10 minutes by giving up CS to stay healthy. Use your XP lead from to win a mid-game dragon fight with a 3+ person , then snowball your gold into crit items to become unkillable.
Playstyle
A melee-range skirmisher ADC that plays more like an assassin. You rely on hitting level spikes faster than your opponents to compensate for your range disadvantage, eventually becoming a massive AOE threat.
Strengths & Weaknesses
Strengths
- + ensures you and your support reach Level 2, 3, and 6 before the enemy laners.
- + makes you effectively immune to other ADCs and auto-attack based bruisers for 2.25s.
- +Massive teamfight disruption and sustain with healing and pull.
- +Incredible scaling that converts critical strike chance into armor penetration and healing via and .
Weaknesses
- -Extremely short range makes laning against Caitlyn, Ashe, or Varus miserable.
- -If you fall behind, you cannot safely farm from distance like a traditional ADC.
- -High reliance on timing—if you waste it, you are easily bursted.
- -Vulnerable to heavy crowd control that prevents you from casting or .
Abilities
You gain more XP from minions than normal. When an ally heals or shields you, you both get an extra bonus. Stay glued to your support; being solo kills your biggest advantage. This is why you hit Level 6 while the enemy is still Level 5.
Your main damage. Hits in a line and gives you extra attack range and speed. NEVER fight without the buff active. If you miss , you're just a melee minion. It also scales with Crit to give you armor pen.
You become a ghost that dodges all auto-attacks and takes reduced magic damage. You can share this with allies by touching them. Use this to negate the enemy ADC's entire burst window or to safely dash through a wave.
A targeted dash with two charges. You can dash to enemies or minions to close gaps or escape. You can cast or during the dash to make them impossible to dodge.
You spin your whip, dealing damage and healing yourself, then pull everyone toward you. The heal is based on damage dealt to champions. Use this when enemies are clumped to get a massive health swing.
Teamfight Role
Follow-up Diver/Janitor
Wait for the initial CC to be blown. Dash in with , pop to ignore the enemy ADC, and use to pull high-priority targets into your team's AOE.
If your team has no engage, you must play as a peeler until you see the enemy burn their main CC spells on your frontline.
Combos
The Bread and Butter
-> -> Auto-attack
Dash through a minion or champion and cast mid-dash. This ensures the hit and sets you up with increased range for follow-up autos.
Standard All-In
-> -> ->
Close the gap, buff your damage, and pop your dodge so the enemy can't trade back while you channel your ultimate's pull.
Long Range Engage
(minion) -> (champion) ->
Use your first dash charge on a minion to surprise them, then the second to get on top of the target for an instant .
The Flash Hook
-> Flash (during channel)
Start the animation, then Flash into the enemy team right before the pull happens. It gives them zero time to react with their own Flashes.
Power Spikes
| Spike | Why |
|---|---|
| Level 2 | Because of , you hit this first. Level up and immediately go in while the enemies are still Level 1. |
| Level 6 | provides a massive power gap. You can usually 2v2 any lane once you have your ultimate and the level advantage from . |
| Level 11 | Rank 2 and several points in for lower cooldowns. This is your strongest mid-game point for objective fights. |
| Level 16 | Max rank and your crit-scaling armor pen is at its peak. You can 1v5 teamfights if you find a good flank. |
Tips & Tricks
- • shares the dodge effect with allies you touch; use it to protect your support from an All-In.
- •Casting during is much faster than casting it separately.
- •You can use on your own minions or allies to escape ganks.
- •The healing from works on Lifesteal and Omnivamp, not just support heals.
- •If you miss , your auto-attack range is very short. Do not commit to a fight until it is back off cooldown.
- •Use specifically when you see the enemy ADC's 'main' auto-attack enhancer (like Vayne Q or Draven axes) to tilt the trade.
Common Mistakes
- ✕Using both charges to go in.→You have no way to follow a Flash or escape if the jungler shows up.
- ✕Greeding for CS level 1-3.→You get poked to 20% HP and lose your Level 6 all-in pressure because you have to reset.
- ✕Casting against a full-mage team.→The dodge effect does nothing against spells, leaving you with only minor magic reduction and a wasted cooldown.
- ✕Forgetting to stay near your support.→You lose the bonus XP from , which is the only reason Nilah is viable in the bot lane.
- ✕Panic casting when alone.→The healing scales with damage dealt to multiple champions; using it on one person often won't save you.
AI-generated guide • Patch 16.2.1 • Cached