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How to Synergize Nilah with Garen on the Same TeamNilah is in the s tier of champions

Nilah with Garen

How to Win With Nilah and Garen Paired TogetherNilah is in the b tier of champions
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How to Synergize Nilah and Garen

based on 1,991 Nilah with Garen pairs
Win Rate
52.5 %
K/D/A
2.06
Pick Rate
3.3 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

Our servers take in data from from millions of LoL rounds directly from Riot Games each and every week. Nilah has been on the same team as Garen in 1991 recent, ranked games. By gathering so much accurate data straight from the makers of LoL, we are totally sure that we can provide you with high quality, usable builds to help Nilah synergize with Garen. It is relatively rare for Nilah to play alongside Garen as teammates. This pairing has only taken place in approximately 3.3% of games with Nilah.

Nilah Garen Synergy Summary

Nilah has done a good job of playing alongside Garen. Normally, they wins a whopping 52.5% of matches the champions appear on the same team. If you want to maximize your potential as Nilah when fighting on the same team as Garen by learning how to better synergize your gameplay with him, then review the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Nilah vs Garen Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Cloak of AgilitySerrated Dirk

Core Nilah Items

~22 Mins
BloodthirsterImmortal ShieldbowNavori Quickblades

Optional Items

Lord Dominik's RegardsInfinity EdgePhantom DancerThe Collector

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerheal summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

PrecisionConquerorTriumphLegend: BloodlineLast Stand
DominationSudden ImpactTreasure Hunter
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
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
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Q
2
E
3
W
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Q
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Q
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R
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Q
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Guide to Synergizing Nilah and Garen

Advice to Understand How Garen Will Play

Garen is only constrained by cooldowns, making items such as Black Cleaver very effective for him.

Garen's regeneration greatly increases if he can avoid receiving damage for several seconds.

Judgment deals maximum damage when only hitting a single target. For effective trading, try to position such that only the enemy champion is hit.

Nilah Garen Synergy Stats

Nilah Image
Win Rate
52.5 %
VS
Win Rate
47.5 %
Garen Image
7.5
< Kills >
7.8
6.7
< Deaths >
6.7
6.3
< Assists >
6.1
1.68
< Killing Sprees >
1.77
166
< Minions Killed >
169
0.19
< Dragons Killed >
0.18
0.55
< Inhibitors >
0.55
17,967
< Physical Damage >
18,142
176
< Magic Damage >
174
404
< True Damage >
412
18,547
< Damage Dealt >
18,728
24,289
< Damage Taken >
24,186
12,475
< Gold Earned >
12,632
2.51
< Towers >
2.59
0.06
< Baron Takedowns >
0.05
8,670
< Total Healing >
8,612
13,200
< Experience >
13,231
17
< Vision Score >
17
8
< Wards Placed >
8
86
< Time Dealing CC >
87

How to Play with Garen as Nilah in LoL

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

Overall, Nilah sees a large worsening in their KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Garen. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Garen helps Nilah perform poorer in ranked League games. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Nilah is an ally to Garen, they sees a little drop in their total damage output. This difference may indicate that Garen does not provide cover for them to deal more damage or that his presence on the team also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Nilah is played alongside Garen on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when they plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that they is worse when playing synergisticly with Garen.

Moreover, when Nilah plays with Garen on the same team, they on average receives a little more damage than when they fights alone. Receiving more damage could mean that Garen does a poor job of protecting Nilah in team fights.

Synergies between Nilah and Garen

Damage Types Compared

Nilah
Garen
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Nilah
Garen

Is Nilah better when played alongside Garen?

There is no one best synergy for Nilah that will always be their #1 teammate. Yet, Garen is a very typical ally for Nilah. By locking into the same team as Nilah, he increases their win rate by 0.4% to 52.5%. This shows that there is a weak synergy between Nilah and Garen that allows them to perform at the top of their game together than alone.

Garen has a much lower diffuclty than Nilah. That means you don't need to be cautious when finding Garen teammates to fight alongside, as they will have to have a much lower level of skill to be able to fight well with you.

Working on the same side, you should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal physical damage. Combined, these champs should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.

Conversely, by grouping Nilah and Garen together, you probably will not be giving your other teammates enough magic damage. We recommend you pick other champs on your team that helps cover this disparity in this pairing's playstyle.

Regardless of the skill of your Garen teammate, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well anyway.

Additional Information for Nilah Players

How We Calculated Our Nilah Garen Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Nilah and Garen, we analyzed 1,991 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 Nilah with Garen 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

To truly master Nilah to synergize with Garen during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL, you should continue reading to pick up additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented above, you will grow your win rate by a lot.

The top items to focus on in your Nilah and Garen synergy build include Bloodthirster, Immortal Shieldbow, and Navori Quickblades. When Nilah used at least these three pieces in their build, they did a lot better when fighting alongside Garen than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Nilah had an average winrate of 52.5% helping carry Garen with this build.

To have the highest probability of annihilating your oponents, 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 combinations players chose for this champion pairing, this order of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 52.5% win rate overall.

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