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How to Win Senna vs Nilah Counter MatchupSenna is in the s tier of champions

Senna vs Nilah

How to Beat Nilah as Senna in LoLSenna is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Nilah as Senna

based on 4,193 Senna vs Nilah matchups
Win Rate
49.3 %
K/D/A
2.69
Pick Rate
1.5 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We summarize our matchup stats from the millions of ranked LoL rounds that we get from Riot Games every week. Our guide on how to beat Nilah as Senna resulted from an examination of 4193 ranked games where both champions engaged each other. This particular champion pairing is fairly rare. Senna is forced to battle against Nilah in only 1.5% of her rounds.

Senna vs Nilah Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Senna does a below average job of countering Nilah. Normally, she wins a acceptable 49.3% of the time the champions face off with one another in. In Senna versus Nilah rounds, Senna’s team is 0.0% more expected to earn first blood, implying that she probably will get first blood versus Nilah.

Best Senna vs Nilah Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Boots of SwiftnessSerrated Dirk

Core Senna Items

~22 Mins
Youmuu's GhostbladeBloodsongVoltaic Cyclosword

Optional Items

StormrazorOpportunityMortal ReminderRapid Firecannon

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerheal summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

PrecisionFleet FootworkPresence of MindLegend: AlacrityCut Down
ResolveBone PlatingRevitalize
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Senna's passive ability p
Senna's q ability q
Senna's w ability w
Senna's e ability e
Senna's ultimate ability r
1
Q
2
W
3
E
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
7
Q
8
W
9
Q
10
W
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R
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W
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W
14
E
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E
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R

Senna vs Nilah Counter Stats

Senna Image
Win Rate
49.3 %
VS
Win Rate
50.7 %
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4.8
< Kills >
7.8
6.2
< Deaths >
6.5
11.9
< Assists >
5.9
1.09
< Killing Sprees >
1.8
62
< Minions Killed >
168
0.13
< Dragons Killed >
0.18
0.55
< Inhibitors >
0.53
18,167
< Physical Damage >
17,859
304
< Magic Damage >
166
513
< True Damage >
382
18,985
< Damage Dealt >
18,407
18,130
< Damage Taken >
24,371
10,570
< Gold Earned >
12,601
2.4
< Towers >
2.55
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0.05
9,076
< Total Healing >
8,587
11,602
< Experience >
13,235
47
< Vision Score >
16
19
< Wards Placed >
8
217
< Time Dealing CC >
86

How to Counter Nilah with Senna in LoL

The stats provided here emphasize some influential Senna vs. Nilah matchup statistics that can help us understand the differences between this pair of champs. For instance, Senna’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Nilah’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Senna may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Nilah. This observation is in large part a result of the differences in assists.

Senna typically has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than her enemy does. Typically, she receives less damage than Nilah. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Senna and Nilah

Damage Types Compared

Senna
Nilah
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Senna
Nilah

Who is Better, Senna or Nilah?

Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Senna usually fairs equally well when facing off against Nilah, with a 49.3% win rate. Therefore, Senna makes an ok counter for Nilah.

While Senna does have a lower winrate than Nilah, when facing one another, Senna also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less time consuming champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Senna into Nilahas her relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.

Moreover, Senna also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Nilah. 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 overall in League of Legends, in Senna vs Nilah matchups, Nilah is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.

Senna is a somewhat poor counter for Nilah. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Senna against Nilah.

Additional Information for Senna Players

How We Calculated Our Senna vs Nilah Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Nilah as Senna, we analyzed 4,193 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 Senna 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 Senna 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 lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips presented here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Senna typically accumulates less CS as Nilah. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values reported on this page to do well.

The best items to prioritize in your Senna versus Nilah build consist of Youmuu's Ghostblade, Bloodsong, and Voltaic Cyclosword. When Senna bought at least these three pieces in her build, she performed a lot better when facing Nilah than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Senna boasted an average winrate of 49.3% when countering Nilah with this build.

To have the highest likelihood of coming out on top against Nilah as Senna, you should take the Fleet Footwork, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity, Cut Down, Bone Plating, and Revitalize runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Senna vs Nilah matchups, this sequence of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 49.3% win rate overall.

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