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How to Synergize Akali and Nilah

based on 3,690 Akali with Nilah pairs
Win Rate
52.3 %
K/D/A
2.33
Pick Rate
1.6 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

Our servers download data from from millions of League of Legends rounds directly from Riot Games each and every week. Akali has fought alongside Nilah in 3690 recently played, competitive matches. By pooling so much great data directly from the publishers of League, we are sure that we can showcase robust, accurate builds to help Akali synergize with Nilah. It is relatively rare for Akali to play with Nilah on the same side. This has only occurred in approximately 1.6% of rounds with Akali.

Akali Nilah Synergy Summary

Akali has done a good job of fighting on the same side as Nilah. On average, she wins an epic 52.3% of the time the champions fight together on the same side. If you want to win more matches as Akali when fighting on the same team as Nilah by learning how to better synergize your strategy with them, then check out the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Akali vs Nilah Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Aether WispHextech Alternator

Core Akali Items

~22 Mins
Hextech RocketbeltZhonya's HourglassStormsurge

Optional Items

Lich BaneRabadon's DeathcapVoid StaffShadowflame

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Akali to level upq
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Second ability for Akali to level upe
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Last skill for Akali to max outw

Runes

PrecisionConquerorPresence of MindLegend: TenacityCoup de Grace
ResolveSecond WindOvergrowth
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceArmor
Akali's passive ability p
Akali's q ability q
Akali's w ability w
Akali's e ability e
Akali's ultimate ability r
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Q
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Guide to Synergizing Akali and Nilah

Tips for Playing as Akali with Nilah

Akali excels at killing fragile champions. Let your team initiate and then strike at the people in the back.

Twilight Shroud offers safety in even the most dangerous situations. Use that time to save up energy for a quick strike later.

Akali Nilah Synergy Stats

Akali Image
Win Rate
52.3 %
VS
Win Rate
47.7 %
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8.6
< Kills >
9
5.8
< Deaths >
6
4.9
< Assists >
5.1
1.96
< Killing Sprees >
2.03
150
< Minions Killed >
155
0.05
< Dragons Killed >
0.05
0.35
< Inhibitors >
0.36
1,317
< Physical Damage >
1,335
20,805
< Magic Damage >
21,516
742
< True Damage >
759
22,864
< Damage Dealt >
23,611
25,861
< Damage Taken >
26,832
11,385
< Gold Earned >
11,741
1.44
< Towers >
1.46
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
3,079
< Total Healing >
3,315
14,111
< Experience >
14,415
17
< Vision Score >
17
8
< Wards Placed >
8
71
< Time Dealing CC >
73

How to Play with Nilah as Akali in LoL

The Akali Nilah synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Nilah, compared to her overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how her gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.

Overall, Akali sees a large worsening in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Nilah. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Nilah helps Akali perform not as well in competitive League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Akali plays on the same team as Nilah, she gets a little drop in her total damage output. This could demonstrate that Nilah does not provide cover for her to dish out more damage or that their presence also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Akali is played together with Nilah on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when she plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing alongside Nilah.

Moreover, when Akali plays with Nilah on the same team, she on average takes a little less damage than when she fights alone. Receiving not as much damage could mean that Nilah does a decent job of covering Akali during team fights.

Synergies between Akali and Nilah

Damage Types Compared

Akali
Nilah
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Akali
Nilah

Is Akali better when played alongside Nilah?

There is no ideal synergy for Akali that will always be her top teammate. However, overall, Nilah is a superb teammate for Akali. By playing on the same side as Akali, they improves their win rate by 3.2% to 52.3%. This clearly indicates that there is a very strong synergy between Akali and Nilah that allows them to perform stronger together than without each other.

Nilah has a greater difficulty than Akali. That means you need to be careful when finding Nilah allies to play with, as they will have to have a greater level of skill to work well with you.

Playing alongside, Akali players should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal physical damage. Together, these champions should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.

Although, by grouping Akali and Nilah together, you probably will not be giving your side a lot of crowd control. We recommend you include other champions on your team that helps cover this disparity in their kit.

Regardless of the ability of your Nilah ally, you should focus on increasing your income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Akali Players

How We Calculated Our Akali Nilah Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Akali and Nilah, we analyzed 3,690 ranked and recent League of Legends matches. We perform advanced data cleaning and statistical methods to guarantee that our team synergy stats are accurate and reliable. You can be confident that our recommended build to pair Akali with Nilah comes from actual 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 your division's most relevant stats and build.

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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Akali to synergize with Nilah during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends games, you should keep reading to learn additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you mind the build and stats shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly.

The ideal finished items to have in your Akali and Nilah synergy build include Hextech Rocketbelt, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Stormsurge. When Akali used at least these three finished items in her build, she did significantly better as an ally of Nilah than with most other typical builds. In fact, Akali boasted an average win rate of 52.3% when synergizing her build and playstyle to Nilah with this build.

To have the highest chance of defeating your oponents, you should take the Conqueror, Presence of Mind, Legend: Tenacity, Coup de Grace, Overgrowth, and Second Wind runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the runes we have analyed for Akali and Nilah pairings, this combination of runes yielded the top win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 52.3% winrate overall.

If you need to see Akali and Nilah synergy tips and builds for a a particular division, please choose one from the selection menu displayed above. If viewing for the first time, the statistics and tips and suggestions shown are calculated using every round with data with both champs.