Nilah Guide: Ultimate Champion Strategy & Best Build in 2024

Nilah Guide: Ultimate Champion Strategy & Best Build in 2024

By Marcus Chen

February 27, 2025 at 06:01 AM

Nilah is a bruiser ADC champion who excels in the botlane position with unique experience-sharing mechanics and strong teamfight potential.

Passive - Perfect Synergy

  • Boosts healing and shields for nearby allies
  • Grants additional healing/shields when allies use these abilities near her
  • Shares bonus experience with closest ally when last-hitting minions

Q - Formless Blade

  • Passive: Ignores armor and heals based on damage dealt (scales with crit chance)
  • Active: Line attack that increases attack range and speed
  • Enhanced auto attacks deal cone-shaped area damage

W - Jubilant Veil

  • Grants movement speed boost
  • Provides 25% magic damage reduction
  • Dodges auto attacks for 2.25 seconds
  • Can share effect with allies for 1.5 seconds

E - Slipstream

  • Dash through target with fixed distance
  • Deals damage to enemies in path
  • Stores up to 2 charges
  • Can be combined with Q for additional damage

R - Apotheosis

  • Area-of-effect ability that pulls enemies to center
  • Heals based on damage dealt (scales with crit chance)
  • Shares healing effect with nearby allies
  • Excellent for initiating teamfights

Skill Order Priority

  1. Start Q > E > W
  2. Level 1-3: Q > E > W
  3. Level 4-5: Prioritize E
  4. Post-6: R > Q > E > W

Core Build Path

  • Focus on AD, Attack Speed, and Crit items
  • Build armor penetration and lifesteal after core items
  • Requires 4 items for full potential

Champion Synergies

  • Works well with engage supports (Nautilus, Leona)
  • Effective with enchanters (Taric, Soraka)
  • Strong against auto-attack reliant champions
  • Excels in team compositions with crowd control

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