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How to Win Orianna vs Nilah Counter MatchupOrianna is in the b tier of champions

Orianna vs Nilah

How to Beat Nilah as Orianna in LoLOrianna is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Nilah as Orianna

based on 826 Orianna vs Nilah matchups
Win Rate
46 %
K/D/A
2.7
Pick Rate
1.6 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We generate our counter stats from the millions of recently rated League of Legends games that we get from Riot Games every week. This guide on how to beat Nilah as Orianna came out of an examination of 826 ranked games where both champions engaged each other. This particular matchup is fairly rare. Orianna encounters Nilah in only 1.6% of her rounds.

Orianna vs Nilah Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Orianna does a pathetic job of beating Nilah. On average, she wins a lowly 46.0% of games the champions face one another in. In Orianna versus Nilah rounds, Orianna’s team is 0.1% less likely to gain first blood, indicating that she most likely won't get first blood against Nilah.

Best Orianna vs Nilah Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeLost Chapter

Core Orianna Items

~22 Mins
ShadowflameStormsurgeLuden's Companion

Optional Items

Zhonya's HourglassMalignanceSeraph's Embrace

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Orianna to level upq
>
Second ability for Orianna to level upw
>
Last skill for Orianna to max oute

Runes

SorcerySummon AeryManaflow BandTranscendenceScorch
InspirationBiscuit DeliveryCosmic Insight
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
Orianna's passive ability p
Orianna's q ability q
Orianna's w ability w
Orianna's e ability e
Orianna's ultimate ability r
1
Q
2
W
3
E
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
7
Q
8
W
9
Q
10
W
11
R
12
W
13
W
14
E
15
E
16
R

Guide to Countering Nilah as Orianna

Tips for Playing as Orianna against Nilah

Command: Protect can be used on yourself to return the Ball back to you quickly. Combine this with Command: Attack for a quick harassment.

Command: Dissonance is a very powerful escape tool if Orianna has the Ball. The combination of speed and leaving a slowing obstacle can be quite powerful.

Command: Shockwave can be used to drag enemies towards you or away from you if you position the Ball properly.

Orianna vs Nilah Counter Stats

Orianna Image
Win Rate
46 %
VS
Win Rate
54 %
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5.2
< Kills >
7.6
5.4
< Deaths >
6.5
9.4
< Assists >
5.7
1.2
< Killing Sprees >
1.73
166
< Minions Killed >
172
0.07
< Dragons Killed >
0.19
0.5
< Inhibitors >
0.51
1,007
< Physical Damage >
17,313
19,352
< Magic Damage >
169
333
< True Damage >
405
20,692
< Damage Dealt >
17,887
18,204
< Damage Taken >
24,005
11,021
< Gold Earned >
12,580
2.1
< Towers >
2.61
0.04
< Baron Takedowns >
0.05
1,736
< Total Healing >
8,440
14,225
< Experience >
13,161
20
< Vision Score >
17
10
< Wards Placed >
9
339
< Time Dealing CC >
86

How to Counter Nilah with Orianna in LoL

The stats provided here clarify some influential Orianna versus Nilah counter stats that may help you figure out the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Orianna’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Nilah’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Orianna may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Nilah..

Orianna usually has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than her foe does. Commonly, she takes less damage than Nilah. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also indicate that the champ with increased health has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Orianna and Nilah

Damage Types Compared

Orianna
Nilah
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Orianna
Nilah

Who is Better, Orianna or Nilah?

Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Orianna usually loses when facing off against Nilah, with a 46.0% win rate. Thus, Orianna makes a bad counter for Nilah.

While Orianna does have a lower winrate compared to Nilah, when they face off with one another, Orianna also has a lower difficulty level that makes her a less difficult champ to learn. You should be very concerned when picking Orianna into Nilahas her relative depth means you may not be able to reach her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.

Additionally, Orianna also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Nilah. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Orianna vs Nilah matchups, Nilah is the better champ with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.

Orianna is a bad counter for Nilah. Focus your actions on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Orianna against Nilah.

Additional Information for Orianna Players

How We Calculated Our Orianna vs Nilah Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Nilah as Orianna, we analyzed 826 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 Nilah as Orianna 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

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Orianna in order to counter Nilah during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Orianna most often accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Nilah. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers displayed on this page to do well.

The top items to have in your Orianna versus Nilah build include Shadowflame, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Orianna bought at least these three items in her build, she did significantly better when facing Nilah than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Orianna boasted an average winrate of 46.0% when countering Nilah with these items in her kit.

To have the greatest likelihood of crushing Nilah as Orianna, Orianna players should take the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds we have analyed for Orianna vs Nilah counterpicks, this sequence of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 46.0% win rate overall.

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