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

Nilah vs Lee Sin

How to Beat Lee Sin as Nilah in LoLNilah is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Lee Sin as Nilah

based on 1,667 Nilah vs Lee Sin matchups
Win Rate
53.4 %
K/D/A
2.08
Pick Rate
2.8 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We produce our counter stats from the millions of recently ranked League of Legends rounds that we get from Riot Games each and every week. This guide on how to beat Lee Sin as Nilah came out of an analysis of 1667 ranked rounds where both champs clashed against each other. This particular counter pairing is relatively rare. Nilah encounters Lee Sin in only 2.8% of their rounds.

Nilah vs Lee Sin Matchup Summary

Nilah has done a good job of beating Lee Sin. Normally, they wins a fantastic 53.4% of matches the champions face off with each other in. In Nilah versus Lee Sin rounds, Nilah’s team is 0.0% more likely to obtain first blood, indicating that they most likely will get first blood against Lee Sin.

Best Nilah vs Lee Sin Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
PickaxeSerrated Dirk

Core Nilah Items

~22 Mins
BloodthirsterNavori QuickbladesThe Collector

Optional Items

Immortal ShieldbowLord Dominik's RegardsVoltaic CycloswordInfinity Edge

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
1
Q
2
E
3
W
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
7
Q
8
E
9
Q
10
E
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R
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E
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W
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W
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R

Guide to Countering Lee Sin as Nilah

Advice to Win Against Lee Sin

Lee Sin relies heavily on following up with his abilities. Use disables to prevent him from chaining together his abilities and attacks.

Stay spread out to minimize the impact of Lee Sin's ultimate, Dragon's Rage.

Lee Sin has powerful tools to combat physical damage in Iron Will and Cripple but he is still vulnerable to magic damage.

Nilah vs Lee Sin Counter Stats

Nilah Image
Win Rate
53.4 %
VS
Win Rate
46.6 %
Lee Sin Image
7.5
< Kills >
6.9
6.6
< Deaths >
5.9
6.2
< Assists >
8.5
1.74
< Killing Sprees >
1.59
172
< Minions Killed >
35
0.17
< Dragons Killed >
1.46
0.56
< Inhibitors >
0.43
18,184
< Physical Damage >
13,457
180
< Magic Damage >
2,833
419
< True Damage >
961
18,784
< Damage Dealt >
17,252
23,882
< Damage Taken >
34,545
12,523
< Gold Earned >
11,517
2.65
< Towers >
1.41
0.04
< Baron Takedowns >
0.33
8,440
< Total Healing >
16,482
13,108
< Experience >
13,023
17
< Vision Score >
24
8
< Wards Placed >
11
87
< Time Dealing CC >
437

How to Counter Lee Sin with Nilah in LoL

The stats provided here clarify some critical Nilah vs. Lee Sin counter statistics that may help you understand the distinctions between the pair. Nilah’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Lee Sin’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Nilah may be more central to their team's team fighting potential than Lee Sin..

Nilah usually has a similar longest killing spree as their opponent does. Commonly, they receives less damage than Lee Sin. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint 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 Lee Sin

Damage Types Compared

Nilah
Lee Sin
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Nilah
Lee Sin

Who is Better, Nilah or Lee Sin?

Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Nilah usually wins when taking on Lee Sin, with a 53.4% win rate. As a result, Nilah makes a great counter for Lee Sin.

While Nilah does have a higher winrate than Lee Sin, when on opposite teams, Nilah also has a much greater learning curve that makes them a more challenging character to learn. You don't need to be too worried when picking Nilah into Lee Sinas their relative depth means that you may not be able to reach their full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Moreover, Nilah also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Lee Sin. This 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 for every situation in League of Legends, in Nilah vs Lee Sin 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 team members during team fights.

Nilah is a great counter to Lee Sin. You will do well by focussing your actions on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Nilah against Lee Sin.

Additional Information for Nilah Players

How We Calculated Our Nilah vs Lee Sin Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Lee Sin as Nilah, we analyzed 1,667 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 Lee Sin 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.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Nilah in order to counter Lee Sin during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Nilah often gets much more CS as Lee Sin. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions 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 ideal items to have in your Nilah versus Lee Sin build include Bloodthirster, Navori Quickblades, and The Collector. When Nilah used at least these three pieces in their build, they performed significantly better when fighting Lee Sin than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Nilah boasted an average win rate of 53.4% when playing against Lee Sin with these items in their kit.

To have the highest chance of annihilating Lee Sin 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. Out of all the rune sets we have analyed for Nilah vs Lee Sin fights, this combination of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 53.4% winrate overall.

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