ARAM

Nilah ARAM Build 26.21

Nilah loves the clumped Abyss brawl, where Apotheosis sucks the packed enemy team into one spot and heals the grouped allies around her as the 5v5 rages. Jubilant Veil dances her through the poke war with a dodge, and since everyone is stacked onto one bridge, she is always swinging into a target-rich crowd.

#150 of 170 champions this patch · 79 games

Win rate43.0%−6.5Games79Pick rate2.4%Last 8 patches+1.4 since 26.14Damage profilei

AP 0%AD 95%True 5%DifficultyiHighPunishes misplays

The 10-second answer standard · 43.0% WR

Berserker's Greaves SkillsQ›E›W Runes

Shards

ModernARAMCounter

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Nilah Item Build

Earning her place in the middle of a fight rather than kiting its edge, Nilah leans on attack speed and crit to survive there, where the Abyss packs a corridor so tightly her whip sweeps several bodies at once. The same offense that clears waves on the Rift becomes nonstop damage she can stand inside here.

Standard loadout · Nilah The consensus path — reliable spikes, no dead time.

Starting items 1400g

Boots×1

Health Potion×2

Serrated Dirk×1 Core path · click an item for its recipe ›› Boots

Berserker's Greaves66% · 45.9%

Mercury's Treads34% · 31.6%

Situational items

vs stacked resistsWhen resists stack, penetration beats raw stats — swap a damage slot.L

Lord Dominik's Regards3951.3%

Best Nilah Runes

Conqueror fits a Nilah who dives into the middle of the Abyss and refuses to leave, spinning through the grouped enemies while her lifesteal keeps her topped off. She thrives in the sustained 5v5, so the page backs the staying power that lets her ride out the poke and cash in Apotheosis, dragging the whole clump together for a team-wide heal.

The pre-game page Conqueror · Precision + Domination · keystone + 5 runes + 3 shards

Precision Primary

ConquerorGain stacks of adaptive force when attacking enemy champions. After reaching 12 stacks, heal for a portion of damage you deal to champions.

Triumph89% · 45.7%

Legend: Bloodline82% · 44.6%

Coup de Grace63% · 48.0%

Keystone plus three minors from Precision, two from Domination, then three shards — no runebook, no masteries.

Domination Secondary

Taste of Blood62% · 44.9%

Treasure Hunter59% · 46.8%

Stat shards Offense

Attack Speed+10% Attack Speed

Flex

Adaptive Force+9 Adaptive Force

Defense

Health Scaling+10–180 Health (by level)

Shards give +10%Attack Speed+9Adaptive Force+10–180 Health (by level)

Push for Infinity Edge after The Collector and let Nilah's sustain carry the long fight. Joy Unending amps every drop of lifesteal she buys, so on a bridge with no recall she heals back up mid-brawl while Jubilant Veil shrugs off the enemy poke. Build the damage that turns her whirling autos into a health engine inside the clump.

Nilah Skill Order

Formless Blade absorbs 4, 5, 7 and 9, so the extended-range whip sweep sharpens before anything else in the kit does. Slipstream picks up 8, 10, 12 and 13, and Jubilant Veil spends the entire midgame at one rank, its dodge window as short at 13 as at the start.

Skill order · Nilah R at 6 / 11 / 16 — always

PriorityR

R›Q

Q›E

E›W

WMax Q first; E at level 3.

Lv 123456789101112131415161718

Q14579max 9

W214151718max 18

E38101213max 13

R61116max 16

Rush Q to max first so her Formless Blade autos reach into the packed team and keep the lifesteal flowing, then E, then W. Slipstream dashes her through the clump and Jubilant Veil eats a key spell, but Apotheosis is the game-changer, so pull the enemy stack together with the ultimate when the fight commits.

Nilah ARAM Abilities

Her passive, Joy Unending, is doing work before a fight even starts, feeding her extra experience off minions and letting her amplify and share the healing and shielding her allies throw around. Slipstream is her gap-closer, a dash that damages everyone she cuts through on the way to a target.

Abilities on the Abyss · Nilahpatch 26.21 base numbers · click an ability · all ranks shown

Joy UnendingPassiveP

Formless BladeMax 1stQ

Jubilant VeilMax lastW

SlipstreamMax 2ndE

ApotheosisUltRRank-up levels here match the skill order below.

Formless BladePhysical damageMax 1stStatLV 1rank 1LV 4rank 2LV 5rank 3LV 7rank 4LV 9MAXDamage+10 per ranklv 10lv 410lv 520lv 730lv 940Constant at every rankCost30same at all ranksCooldown4ssame at all ranks

Abyss changeloghow the Abyss re-balances Nilah: entries touching the selected ability light upRiot currently applies no ARAM-specific balance adjustments to Nilah.

Nilah Base Stats

Base stats · NilahPatch 26.21

Base statslevel 1 · +per levelAD58+2AS0.697+1.25%MS340Range225HP570+101HP56+0.9Armor27+4.2MR32+2.05MP350+35MP58.2+0.7

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