Viktor vs Nilah
How to Beat Nilah as Viktor
based on 818 Viktor vs Nilah matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Viktor vs Nilah Matchup Summary
Best Viktor vs Nilah Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nilah as Viktor
Tips for Playing as Viktor against Nilah
Make sure you choose the right augment at the right time.
Death Ray is a powerful poke and a strong area of denial tool. Use it in combination with Gravity Field to control your enemy's position.
Viktor vs Nilah Counter Stats
How to Counter Nilah with Viktor in LoL
The stats shown on this page emphasize some significant Viktor against Nilah matchup stats that may help you understand the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Viktor’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Nilah’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Viktor may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Nilah..
Viktor typically has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his matchup does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Nilah. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the champion with more HP has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Viktor and Nilah
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Who is Better, Viktor or Nilah?
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Viktor usually loses when taking on Nilah, with a 47.7% win rate. As a result, Viktor makes a poor counter for Nilah.
While Viktor does have a lower winrate compared to Nilah, when on opposite teams, Viktor also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less time consuming character to learn. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Viktor into Nilahas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Viktor has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Nilah. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Viktor vs Nilah matchups, Nilah is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Viktor is a trash counter for Nilah. Make sure you focus your gameplay on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Viktor against Nilah.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Viktor in order to counter Nilah during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Viktor typically gets a similar amount of CS as Nilah. Champs who typically don't get many minion kills often 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 require many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Viktor versus Nilah build include Zhonya's Hourglass, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Viktor combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better versus Nilah than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Viktor had an average winrate of 47.7% when countering Nilah with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of crushing Nilah as Viktor, you should equip the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Viktor vs Nilah counters, this sequence of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 47.7% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Nilah as Viktor are given for all skill levels, merged. To scope the stats and builds to a specific skill level, you can use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.