Lissandra vs Nilah
How to Beat Nilah as Lissandra
based on 745 Lissandra vs Nilah matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Lissandra vs Nilah Matchup Summary
Best Lissandra vs Nilah Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nilah as Lissandra
Tips for Playing as Lissandra against Nilah
Lissandra's abilities are shorter range than those of many mages. As a result, buying items that offer both ability power and defense, like Zhonya's Hourglass and Banshee's Veil, can be a great choice to help her both survive and deal damage.
Casting Glacial Path and then running in the opposite direction will leave your enemies uncertain which way you will actually go.
You can instantly use your ultimate on yourself by pressing the self cast key and the ultimate key at once (alt+R by default).
Lissandra vs Nilah Counter Stats
How to Counter Nilah with Lissandra in LoL
The stats shown on this page show several vital Lissandra versus Nilah matchup stats that may help you realize the differences between the two. For instance, Lissandra’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Nilah’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Lissandra may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Nilah..
Lissandra often has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than her counter does. On average, she receives a similar amount of damage to Nilah. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also show that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Lissandra and Nilah
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Who is Better, Lissandra or Nilah?
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Lissandra usually fairs equally well when taking on Nilah, with a 49.4% win rate. As a result, Lissandra makes an ok counter to Nilah.
While Lissandra does have a lower win rate compared to Nilah, when they face off with one another, Lissandra also has a much lower difficulty level that makes her a less complex character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Lissandra into Nilah.
Furthermore, Lissandra has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Nilah. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Lissandra vs Nilah matchups, Nilah is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Lissandra is a somewhat poor counter to Nilah. Focus your play on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Lissandra against Nilah.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Lissandra to counter Nilah during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and stats presented above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Lissandra often picks up a similar amount of CS relative to Nilah. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Lissandra versus Nilah build include Malignance, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Stormsurge. When Lissandra included at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better countering Nilah than with most other typical builds. In fact, Lissandra had an average win rate of 49.4% when playing against Nilah with this build.
To have the highest chance of annihilating Nilah as Lissandra, you should equip the Electrocute, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the runes players picked for Lissandra vs Nilah counter picks, this combination of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 49.4% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Nilah as Lissandra are displayed for all ranked divisions combined. To scope the statistics and builds to a specific rank, you can use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.