the Joy Unbound

Nilah

DifficultyHigh

Role

Fighter

Lane

Jungle

Roles and difficulty from the global official site, lane from the China-server official site

Latest Meta Stats

Stats: League of Legends: Wild Rift (China) official stats (Master and above), as of 2026-09-03

Our stats source, the Wild Rift China official stats page, does not currently list this champion, so win rate, pick rate and ban rate are unavailable. They will appear here once the source publishes them.

Popular Nilah builds in game

Taken from the in-game loadout screen as of 2026-08-26. The pick count and win rate are shown exactly as the game reports them.

Build 1Win rate 51.81%Picks 865

Critical strikes plus heavy armor penetration

Essence Reaver
Armorcrusher Boots
The Collector
Lord Dominik's Regards
Infinity Edge
Galeforce

A jungle game where the enemy front line stacks armor and bonus health.

Across the whole build, items add up to 125% Critical Rate, 250 Attack Damage, and 20 flat plus 42% Armor Penetration. Infinity Edge's Limit Break converts every 1% of item Critical Rate above 100% into 0.6% bonus Critical Damage. A separate passive, Infinity, makes critical strikes deal 205% damage instead of 175%. Lord Dominik's Regards adds up to 12% bonus damage, peaking against an enemy champion with 1,200 bonus HP.

The commentary is AI-written. It is cross-checked against this site’s item data and the official lane assignments before publishing.

Skill Order (Lv 1 - 15)

Ult

Max Skill 1 first, as it is your main damage source.

Nilah Skills

Passive

Joy Unending

After an attack Critically Strikes, Nilah heals herself for 20% of the damage dealt. Excess healing is converted into an equivalent amount of shield that lasts 6 second(s).
Critical Strikes on monsters do not heal Nilah.

Skill 1

Formless Blade

⏳ 4s

Passive: Gains 28% Critical Rate as AR Pen.

Active: Nilah cracks her whip-blade in a straight line, dealing 63 physical damage (10 + 90%AD) to enemies hit. Every 1% Critical Rate increases damage by 1%.
After Formless Blade hits an enemy, Nilah gains 10% Attack Speed ((Lv)) and 125 bonus attack range. Her attacks also deal 100% physical damage to enemies in a cone for 4 second(s), reduced by 80% against non-champions.

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.

Details	LVL 1	LVL 2	LVL 3	LVL 4
Base Damage	10	15	20	25
AD	90	100	110	120

Skill 2

Jubilant Veil

⏳ 21s

Nilah envelops herself in mist for 1.75 second(s), during which she gains 15% Movement Speed, reduces incoming magic damage taken by 25% and becomes immune to non-turret attacks. If there are allied champions nearby, the nearest allied champion gains the same effects, and the duration of the effects Nilah gained is also extended by 1 second(s).

Details	LVL 1	LVL 2	LVL 3	LVL 4
Cooldown	21	20	19	18
Cost	45	30	15	0
MS	15	20	25	30

Skill 3

Slipstream

⏳ 18s

Nilah dashes forward for a fixed distance, dealing 82 physical damage (70 + 20%AD) to any enemies that she passes through. Empowered attacks reduce the cooldown of this ability by 1 second(s). Cooldown is further reduced by 1 second(s) after hitting a champion. Hitting any unit will also refresh this ability's cooldown.
Cooldown cannot be refreshed again within 10 second(s).
If no unit was hit, immediately enters cooldown.

Details	LVL 1	LVL 2	LVL 3	LVL 4
Cooldown	18	16	14	12
Base Damage	70	100	130	160

Ult

Apotheosis

⏳ 80s

Nilah whirls her whip-blade, dealing 60 physical damage (60+50% bonus AD) continuously over 1 second(s) and reducing the enemy's Movement Speed by 10% for 3 seconds.
When pulling back her whip-blade, Nilah also deals 125 physical damage (125+120% bonus AD) and pulls nearby enemies toward her. Nilah also heals herself and nearby allied champions by 20% of the damage (20% + 30% Critical Rate) that she dealt to enemy champions. Excess healing is converted into a shield that lasts 6 seconds.
Non-champion units are healed for 10% instead.

Details	LVL 1	LVL 2	LVL 3
Cooldown	80	70	60
Base Damage	60	110	160
Base Damage	125	225	325

Base Stats

League of Legends: Wild Rift (China) official champion library (patch 7.2, as of 2026-08-25)

The site's latest patch is 7.2d, but these figures come from 7.2. The 8 champions adjusted since then — Yone, Jinx, Leona, Rumble, Nasus, Ryze, Jayce, Nidalee — no longer match the live game.

Official ratings

Damage3/3

Survivability1/3

Utility2/3

Difficulty3/3

A three-step guide set by the official champion library. For difficulty, a higher number means harder to play.

Level1

Health600LV15 2392

Mana340LV15 1040

Attack Damage58LV15 100

Armor37LV15 107

Magic Resist32LV15 60

Movement Speed350

Compare with every champion Open the damage calculator at LV1

Critical damage is 175% for every champion. These figures exclude items and runes.

Nilah Strengths

✓Melee damage and sustain that shine in brawls
✓Passive that heals on crits and turns the excess into shields
✓Skill 2 dodges basic attacks and reduces magic damage

Nilah Weaknesses

×Short range makes early laning difficult
×Weak to long-range poke comps and kiting
×Must get close to deal damage, making her an easy target for hard CC

Early Game

Your short range hurts early, so endure harass and focus on farming. Take last hits safely with Skill 1 and keep your health up with the healing and shields. The passive heals 20% of critical damage dealt and converts the excess into a shield. That is where your staying power up close comes from. Once you learn Ult at Lv5, an all-in can turn the lane.

Mid Game

When core items come online in the mid game, your damage and sustain grow a lot. Close in while dodging basic attacks with Skill 2. Enter the enemy team with the Skill 3 dash and create a brawl. In narrow jungle paths and objective fights, moving so you catch several enemies at once is the winning pattern.

Late Game

Late game, Nilah becomes a melee hypercarry with AoE damage and strong self-healing. Armor penetration and lifesteal scale with your critical strike chance. Even tanky targets can be worn down. Hard CC still drops you quickly, so pick the timing of your dive carefully.

Teamfights

In teamfights, dive in the moment the enemy's dangerous CC is spent, or right after your team's initiation. Pull the enemies together with Ult and layer Skill 1's AoE damage on them; that is your main role. Timing Skill 2 well to dodge the enemy marksman's attacks while protecting allies also swings fights.

⚠️ Common Mistakes

Diving into the enemy team unprotected

Dashing into the enemy team with Skill 3 without activating Skill 2 (basic attack dodge) is very dangerous. Nilah is a melee ADC with low durability and dies instantly to focused damage and CC. Follow your team's engage with your Lv5 Ult and deal your AoE damage while protecting yourself with Skill 2.

Nilah Combos

Basic Trade

Dash to the target with Skill 3, hit Skill 1 at point-blank range, then keep grinding with empowered autos.

3▶

1▶

AA▶

Teamfight Engage

Dodge autos with Skill 2, dash in with Skill 3, group them up with Ult, then unload.

2▶

3▶

Ult▶

1▶

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Nilah Patch History

NilahPatch 7.2c

Nerf

Formless Blade Critical Rate to AR Penetration conversion: 35% → 28% Apotheosis Damage over time: 60/120/180 + 140% bonus AD → 60/110/160 + 50% bonus AD Nilah was dominating in high elo, so her late game takes the hit. The lower conversion rate means stacking crit no longer shreds tanks as quickly, and the drop from 140% to 50% bonus AD scaling on Apotheosis is the decisive one — the more items she finishes, the less her damage over time keeps up. Her early game is largely untouched, so opponents finally get a window as the game runs long.