Best Nilah Build Guide | Runes | Spells | Items in League of Legends

Nilah, the 'Joy Unbound' is one of the latest champions Riot Games released for League of Legends, being her a fighter who's meant to be played in the bot lane as any other AD carries in the game. She has an interesting concept, and she goes around the Summoner's Rift dealing Attack Damage with her shapeless water sword.

Best Nilah build

Nilah's best build uses several items that allow her to crit hard, such as champions like Yasuo or Yone. Besides that, her skill order grants her all the tools she needs to engage in close fights with her basic attacks in League of Legends and come back victorious.

Best Nilah runes

The best runes for her can be found in the "Precision" and "Resolve" trees. In the first one, "Conqueror" is the keystone to choose, since she can stack it up quickly to gain that precious attack damage bonus. Moreover, "Triumph", "Legend: Alacrity", and "Last Stand" are all she needs, though you can replace the last one with "Coup de Grace" if you feel confident.

Best Rune Path	Precision	Resolve
Best Keystone	Conqueror
Best Slot 1 (Rune)	Triumph
Best Slot 2 (Rune)	Legend: Alacrity	Conditioning
Best Slot 3 (Rune)	Last Stand	Revitalize

From "Resolve", "Last Stand", and "Revitalize" will help you in the laning phase to survive, which is why these are the best runes for Nilah in patch 12.17.

Best Nilah Rune Shards

These rune shards provide Nilah with what she needs to survive the early game in League of Legends. The choices for the first and second sockets will help her Attack Speed and Damage needs.

Best Rune Shards	Effect
Flex	+10 Attack Speed
Offense	+9 Adaptive Force
Defense	+6 Armor

While having some extra Armor will help her survive, even more, if she's against an aggressive support such as Pyke or other champions similar to him.

Best Nilah Spells

For her Summoner Spells, "Flash" is what she needs to go in and out of situations that require it.

Best Spells	Icon
Flash
Exhaust

Besides it, "Exhaust" is great in this Nilah build to finish up enemies, with her auto attacks, who are escaping in the bot lane.

Best Nilah Abilities Order

Nilah's abilities order is rather simple. First, you want to max out your "Formless Blade" since it will be your main source of damage. Then, continue to invest points in your "Slipstream" (E ability), this ability will help you go in and out of fights to get kills.

Lastly, you want to leave "Jubilant Veil" for the late game, although this ability is useful, you must prioritize the others mentioned. As always, upgrade your ultimate, in this case, "Apotheosis", as soon as you have the chance.

Best Items

Nilah's best items for this patch 12.17 seek to bring as much damage as possible for her. Which makes her rather valuable thanks to her "Joy unending", and ultimate ability that provides a great advantage to the team in League of Legends.

Best Starter Nilah Items

For the early game in this Nilah build, you want your typical "Doran's Blade" to deal damage, a potion to heal yourself, and a "Stealth Ward".

First Item	Second Item	Third Item
Doran’s Blade	Health Potion	Stealth Ward

Best Mid Game Nilah Items

With the Nilah runes we mentioned before, and these items you'll get more damage. The "Immortal Shieldbow" is the choice of the mythic items available.

First Item	Second Item	Third Item
Immortal Shieldbow	Berserker’s Greaves	Phantom Dancer

On the other hand "Phantom dancer" provides Nilah with a little bit of everything she needs to dominate.

Best Final Late Nilah Game Items

For the late game, the "Infinity Edge" will give abilities from her skill order a huge boost of damage, and "Berserker's Greaves" provide some nice attack speed ideal when using "Formless Blade".

First Item	Second Item	Third Item	Fourth Item	Fifth Item	Sixth Item
Immortal Shieldbow	Berserker’s Greaves	Phantom Dancer	Infinity Edge	Lord Dominik’s regards	Bloodthirster

Except for the "Immortal Shieldbow", these items can be replaced by others such as "Essence Reaver" or "Death's Dance" if the situation requires it. "Essence reaver" is great to stack up attack and crit, while "Death's dance" works wonders if you need more armor during an all in with your team.

Best Champions to Pair Nilah With

Nilah works excellently with each of these characters because of her passive ability which allows her and her teammates to sustain during a match and improve any shield they gain.

Champion	Win Rate %	Icon
Taric	57.2%
Sona	56.3%
Renata Glasc	55.9%

Good examples of this are Taric, Sona, and Renata Glasc, with who she has an excellent win rate. You can be sure to win an all in with these supports.

Strongest Champions Against Nilah

Sivir, Jhin, and Xayah are champions who totally counter Nilah and who put her win rate at stake, and most of the time, against these champions, hard to even build the "Infinity Edge".

Champion	Win Rate %	Icon
Sivir	46.8%
Jhin	47.8%
Xayah	47.9%

Weakest Champions Against

On the other hand, each champion here has very hard times against the water girl, even when the game begins and they barely have starting items. Nilah's passive "Joy Unending" represents a big advantage.

Champion	Win Rate %	Icon
Aphelios	63.5%
Twitch	55.5%
Ezreal	53.4%

Nilah's is an interesting champion that has ways to sustain herself and allies when fighting against enemies, she feels a bit too broken right now, but Riot Games is famous for releasing characters that are too OP for quite some time until the next one arrives and takes the spotlight. But for now, let's enjoy Nilah and her flowing presence in the League of Legends, good luck Summoners!