Nilah vs Ahri
How to Beat Ahri as Nilah
based on 1,692 Nilah vs Ahri matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nilah vs Ahri Matchup Summary
Best Nilah vs Ahri Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Ahri as Nilah
Advice to Win Against Ahri
Stay behind minions to make Charm difficult to land, this will reduce Ahri's damage potential significantly.
Ahri's survivability is dramatically reduced when her Ultimate, Spirit Rush, is down.
Nilah vs Ahri Counter Stats
How to Counter Ahri with Nilah in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page emphasize some significant Nilah against Ahri counter stats that can help us explain the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Nilah’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Ahri’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Nilah may be more central to their team's team fighting effectiveness than Ahri..
Nilah usually has a slightly larger longest kill spree than their matchup does. On average, they takes more damage than Ahri. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Nilah and Ahri
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Who is Better, Nilah or Ahri?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Nilah usually wins when trying to fight Ahri, with a 52.0% win rate. Therefore, Nilah makes a good counter for Ahri.
While Nilah does have a higher winrate than Ahri, when on opposite teams, Nilah also has a much greater learning curve that makes them a more complex champ to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Nilah into Ahrias their relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash their full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Nilah also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Ahri. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Nilah vs Ahri matchups, Nilah is the better champion with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Nilah is a decent counter for Ahri. Focus your play on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Nilah against Ahri.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Nilah in order to counter Ahri during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nilah often accumulates a similar amount of CS relative to Ahri. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values displayed on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Nilah versus Ahri build include Lord Dominik's Regards, Immortal Shieldbow, and The Collector. When Nilah used at least these three pieces in their build, they did significantly better when facing Ahri than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Nilah boasted an average win rate of 52.0% when countering Ahri with this counter build.
To have the best chance of vanquishing Ahri as Nilah, you should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline, Last Stand, Revitalize, and Second Wind runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Nilah vs Ahri matchups, this combination of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 52.0% winrate overall.
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