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How to Win Nilah vs Elise Counter MatchupNilah is in the s tier of champions

Nilah vs Elise

How to Beat Elise as Nilah in LoLNilah is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Elise as Nilah

based on 400 Nilah vs Elise matchups
Win Rate
56.8 %
K/D/A
2.1
Pick Rate
0.7 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we analyze millions of ranked LoL games each week. Within our data, Nilah did battle with Elise in 400 games. Including so many games with Nilah vs Elise provides us faith in our capacity to produce actionable stats and a recommended build to crush your rival. This particular champ matchup is fairly rare. Nilah is forced to battle against Elise in only 0.7% of their matches.

Nilah vs Elise Matchup Summary

Nilah does a great job of beating Elise. Typically, they wins a terrific 56.8% of games the champs clash against each other in. In Nilah versus Elise games, Nilah’s team is 0.1% less probable to obtain first blood, implying that they most likely won't be able to get first blood versus Elise.

Best Nilah vs Elise Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsSerrated Dirk

Core Nilah Items

~22 Mins
Immortal ShieldbowNavori QuickbladesThe Collector

Optional Items

Lord Dominik's Regards

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerhaste summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Nilah to level upq
>
Second ability for Nilah to level upe
>
Last skill for Nilah to max outw

Runes

PrecisionConquerorTriumphLegend: BloodlineLast Stand
DominationSudden ImpactTreasure Hunter
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Nilah's passive ability p
Nilah's q ability q
Nilah's w ability w
Nilah's e ability e
Nilah's ultimate ability r
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Q
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E
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W
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Q
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Q
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Guide to Countering Elise as Nilah

Advice to Win Against Elise

Rappel has a long cooldown. Elise is vulnerable after she has used it.

Elise's Spider Form is more dangerous when you are at low health, and her Human Form more potent when you are at high health.

Rappel will only move Elise straight up and down unless she can descend upon an enemy unit.

Nilah vs Elise Counter Stats

Nilah Image
Win Rate
56.8 %
VS
Win Rate
43.2 %
Elise Image
7.9
< Kills >
7.4
6.8
< Deaths >
6.6
6.4
< Assists >
8
1.85
< Killing Sprees >
1.81
178
< Minions Killed >
32
0.22
< Dragons Killed >
1.22
0.6
< Inhibitors >
0.43
18,603
< Physical Damage >
1,350
229
< Magic Damage >
17,020
382
< True Damage >
1,426
19,215
< Damage Dealt >
19,797
24,797
< Damage Taken >
29,253
13,042
< Gold Earned >
11,481
2.8
< Towers >
1.42
0.06
< Baron Takedowns >
0.25
8,945
< Total Healing >
12,617
13,699
< Experience >
12,903
18
< Vision Score >
25
9
< Wards Placed >
7
100
< Time Dealing CC >
167

How to Counter Elise with Nilah in LoL

The stat comparisons shown on this page feature some influential Nilah vs. Elise counter stats that can help us grasp the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Nilah’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Elise’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Nilah may be more central to their team's team fighting capacity than Elise..

Nilah often has a similar longest kill spree as their enemy does. Commonly, they takes less damage than Elise. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Nilah and Elise

Damage Types Compared

Nilah
Elise
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Nilah
Elise

Who is Better, Nilah or Elise?

Both League champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Nilah usually wins when trying to fight Elise, with a 56.8% win rate. Thus, Nilah makes a fantastic counter for Elise.

While Nilah does have a much higher win rate than Elise, when facing one another, Nilah also has a greater difficulty level that makes them a more challenging character to develop with. You don't need to be too worried when picking Nilah into Eliseas their relative depth means that you may not be able to reach their full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.

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

While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Nilah vs Elise matchups, Nilah is the better champion with a noticably 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 great counter for Elise. Make sure you focus your tactics on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Nilah against Elise.

Other Champion Matchups Against Nilah

Nilah Loses Against

LilliaLillia46% winrateTaricTaric47.7% winrateJannaJanna47.8% winrateBardBard48.3% winrate

Nilah Wins Against

NidaleeNidalee60.7% winrateRek'SaiRek'Sai59.1% winrateYuumiYuumi58.4% winrateKai'SaKai'Sa57.2% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

TaricTaric+ 57% 1485 GamesLilliaLillia+ 57.4% 3643 GamesTahm KenchTahm Kench+ 57.4% 1251 GamesAniviaAnivia+ 58% 860 Games

Additional Information for Nilah Players

How We Calculated Our Nilah vs Elise Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Elise as Nilah, we analyzed 400 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 Elise as Nilah 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.

Other Useful Resources

Nilah Build Elise Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Nilah to counter Elise during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and stats presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Nilah often gets much more CS as Elise. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. 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 require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers reported here to do well.

The most crucial items to use in your Nilah versus Elise build include Immortal Shieldbow, Navori Quickblades, and The Collector. When Nilah included at least these three items in their build, they did much better when fighting Elise than with most other common item sets. In fact, Nilah boasted an average winrate of 56.8% when countering Elise with this counter build.

To have the highest likelihood of crushing Elise as Nilah, you should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline, Last Stand, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune sets players picked for Nilah vs Elise fights, this set of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 56.8% win rate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Elise as Nilah are shown for all skill levels combined. If you want to scope the stats and builds to an individual skill level, you can use the selection menu located above.