Nilah vs Gwen
How to Beat Gwen as Nilah
based on 1,287 Nilah vs Gwen matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nilah vs Gwen Matchup Summary
Best Nilah vs Gwen Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Gwen as Nilah
Advice to Win Against Gwen
Gwen must hit something to recast her Ultimate, try to evade her between casts.
Gwen needs to attack a few times to set up her damage, so try to get the jump on her.
Gwen's Hallowed Mist shroud will only follow her once, after that it will dissipate when she leaves.
Nilah vs Gwen Counter Stats
How to Counter Gwen with Nilah in LoL
The stats shown here clarify several critical Nilah vs. Gwen matchup statistics that may help you understand the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Nilah’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Gwen’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Nilah may be more central to their team's team fighting capability than Gwen..
Nilah usually has a slightly larger longest kill spree than their foe does. On average, they takes less damage than Gwen. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also imply that the champion with more HP has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Nilah and Gwen
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Who is Better, Nilah or Gwen?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Nilah usually wins when taking on Gwen, with a 53.8% win rate. Thus, Nilah makes a great counter for Gwen.
While Nilah does have a higher win rate compared to Gwen, when facing one another, Nilah also has a much greater difficulty level that makes them a more complex character to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Nilah into Gwenas their relative depth means you may not be able to reach their full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Nilah also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Gwen. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Nilah vs Gwen 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 allies during late stage team fights.
Nilah is a great counter to Gwen. You will do well by focussing your strategy on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Nilah against Gwen.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Nilah to counter Gwen during both the lane 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 pay attention to the build and stats shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nilah often accumulates a similar amount of CS as Gwen. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills usualy don't require 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 large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values shown on this page to do well.
The most important items to use in your Nilah versus Gwen build consist of Lord Dominik's Regards, Immortal Shieldbow, and The Collector. When Nilah combined at least these three pieces in their build, they performed much better countering Gwen than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Nilah had an average winrate of 53.8% when playing against Gwen with this counter build.
To have the greatest probability of vanquishing Gwen as Nilah, you should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline, Last Stand, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Nilah vs Gwen counter picks, this composite of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 53.8% winrate overall.
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