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Ahri vs Nilah

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How to Beat Nilah as Ahri

based on 1,692 Ahri vs Nilah matchups
Win Rate
48 %
K/D/A
2.71
Pick Rate
1.5 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We summarize our matchup statistics from the millions of rated League games that we evaluate each week. This guide on how to beat Nilah as Ahri came out of an evaluation of 1692 ranked matches where both champs faced one another. This particular champion matchup is relatively rare. Ahri encounters Nilah in only 1.5% of her matches.

Ahri vs Nilah Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Ahri has done a poor job of beating Nilah. Normally, she wins a lowly 48.0% of matches the champions clash against each other in. In Ahri against Nilah games, Ahri’s side is 0.1% less likely to get first blood, implying that she probably won't be able to get first blood against Nilah.

Best Ahri vs Nilah Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsLost Chapter

Core Ahri Items

~22 Mins
Rabadon's DeathcapShadowflameStormsurge

Optional Items

Zhonya's HourglassMalignanceLuden's CompanionLiandry's Torment

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Ahri to level upq
>
Second ability for Ahri to level upw
>
Last skill for Ahri to max oute

Runes

DominationElectrocuteTaste of BloodEyeball CollectionUltimate Hunter
SorceryManaflow BandTranscendence
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Ahri's passive ability p
Ahri's q ability q
Ahri's w ability w
Ahri's e ability e
Ahri's ultimate ability r
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W
2
Q
3
E
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
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Q
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Guide to Countering Nilah as Ahri

Tips for Playing as Ahri against Nilah

Initiate team fights using Charm, and chase down stragglers with Spirit Rush.

Spirit Rush enables Ahri's abilities, it opens up paths for Charm, helps double hitting with Orb of Deception, and closes to make use of Fox-Fire.

Use Charm to set up your combos, it will make landing Orb of Deception and Fox-Fire dramatically easier.

Ahri vs Nilah Counter Stats

Ahri Image
Win Rate
48 %
VS
Win Rate
52 %
Nilah Image
6.2
< Kills >
7.8
5.2
< Deaths >
6.7
7.9
< Assists >
5.9
1.43
< Killing Sprees >
1.76
163
< Minions Killed >
168
0.06
< Dragons Killed >
0.19
0.45
< Inhibitors >
0.57
1,468
< Physical Damage >
18,036
15,048
< Magic Damage >
171
5,367
< True Damage >
422
21,884
< Damage Dealt >
18,630
19,326
< Damage Taken >
24,293
11,064
< Gold Earned >
12,606
1.96
< Towers >
2.6
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.05
4,748
< Total Healing >
8,820
14,139
< Experience >
13,190
19
< Vision Score >
17
9
< Wards Placed >
8
72
< Time Dealing CC >
85

How to Counter Nilah with Ahri in LoL

The stats provided here feature some strategic Ahri against Nilah matchup stats that can help us distinguish the differences between the two. For instance, Ahri’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Nilah’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Ahri may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Nilah..

Ahri often has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than her foe does. Commonly, she receives less damage than Nilah. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Ahri and Nilah

Damage Types Compared

Ahri
Nilah
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Ahri
Nilah

Who is Better, Ahri or Nilah?

Both League champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Ahri usually loses when facing off against Nilah, with a 48.0% win rate. Thus, Ahri makes a poor counter to Nilah.

While Ahri does have a lower winrate than Nilah, when they face off with one another, Ahri also has a much lower difficulty level that makes her a less time consuming character to pick up and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Ahri into Nilah.

Furthermore, Ahri has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Nilah. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Ahri vs Nilah matchups, Nilah is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.

Ahri is a bad counter to Nilah. Focus your play on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Ahri against Nilah.

Additional Information for Ahri Players

How We Calculated Our Ahri vs Nilah Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Nilah as Ahri, we analyzed 1,692 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Nilah as Ahri comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Ahri in order to counter Nilah during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Ahri most often picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Nilah. Champions who typically don't take much CS usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values shown on this page to do well.

The ideal items to prioritize in your Ahri versus Nilah build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Ahri used at least these three pieces in her build, she performed significantly better countering Nilah than with most other common item sets. In fact, Ahri boasted an average winrate of 48.0% when playing against Nilah with this build.

To have the highest likelihood of defeating Nilah as Ahri, you should take the Electrocute, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the runes players used for Ahri vs Nilah clashes, this mixture of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 48.0% winrate overall.

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