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Nilah with Katarina

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How to Synergize Nilah and Katarina

based on 2,122 Nilah with Katarina pairs
Win Rate
51.4 %
K/D/A
2.08
Pick Rate
3.5 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

At MOBA Champion, we take in data from from millions of League matches directly from Riot Games each and every week. Nilah has fought alongside Katarina in 2122 recently played, competitive games. By accumulating so much great data straight from the creators of League, we are confident that we can present to you high-quality, accurate builds to help Nilah synergize with Katarina. It is relatively rare for Nilah to play alongside Katarina on the same team. This has only happened in approximately 3.5% of games with Nilah.

Nilah Katarina Synergy Summary

Nilah has done a decent job of playing alongside Katarina. Typically, they wins an acceptable 51.4% of rounds the champs fight alongside one another. If you want to do better as Nilah when playing alongside Katarina by figuring out how to better synergize your gameplay with her, then check out the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Nilah vs Katarina Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
PickaxeSerrated Dirk

Core Nilah Items

~22 Mins
BloodthirsterImmortal ShieldbowThe Collector

Optional Items

Lord Dominik's RegardsNavori QuickbladesInfinity EdgeKraken Slayer

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerhaste 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 ForceArmor
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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Guide to Synergizing Nilah and Katarina

Advice to Understand How Katarina Will Play

Picking up Daggers will significantly reduce Shunpo's cooldown.

Try waiting until the other team is distracted with fighting your team, and use Shunpo to teleport into the fray and unleash a devastating Death Lotus.

Using Shunpo on an allied Champion, Dagger, or minion can be a great escape tactic.

Nilah Katarina Synergy Stats

Nilah Image
Win Rate
51.4 %
VS
Win Rate
48.6 %
Katarina Image
7.5
< Kills >
7.8
6.6
< Deaths >
6.7
6.2
< Assists >
6.1
1.72
< Killing Sprees >
1.77
170
< Minions Killed >
169
0.19
< Dragons Killed >
0.18
0.51
< Inhibitors >
0.55
17,672
< Physical Damage >
18,142
165
< Magic Damage >
174
390
< True Damage >
412
18,228
< Damage Dealt >
18,728
23,950
< Damage Taken >
24,186
12,523
< Gold Earned >
12,632
2.6
< Towers >
2.59
0.05
< Baron Takedowns >
0.05
8,544
< Total Healing >
8,612
13,161
< Experience >
13,231
17
< Vision Score >
17
8
< Wards Placed >
8
86
< Time Dealing CC >
87

How to Play with Katarina as Nilah in LoL

The Nilah Katarina synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of their gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Katarina, 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 Katarina. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Katarina helps Nilah perform poorer in competitive League matches. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Nilah is an ally to Katarina, they observes a small decrease in their total damage output. This difference may signal that Katarina does not support by providing protection for them to deal more damage or that her presence on the team also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Nilah is played together with Katarina on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when they plays without Katarina. This is contrasting evidence that they is worse when playing with Katarina.

Additionally, when Nilah plays with Katarina on the same team, they usually takes a little less damage than when they fights alone. Receiving not as much damage could indicate that Katarina does a decent job of protecting Nilah in teamfights.

Synergies between Nilah and Katarina

Damage Types Compared

Nilah
Katarina
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Nilah
Katarina

Is Nilah better when played alongside Katarina?

There is no perfect companion for Nilah that will 100% of the time be their ideal synergy. However, Katarina is a very typical teammate for Nilah. By locking into the same side as Nilah, she decreases their win rate by -0.7% to 51.4%. This proves that there is only a small synergy between Nilah and Katarina that allows them to perform not as well together than alone.

Katarina has a lower difficulty than Nilah. That means you don't need to be cautious when arranging Katarina teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a lower level of skill to be able to cooperate well with you.

Playing on the same side, Nilah players should see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal magical damage. Combined, these two can deal quite a lot of AP type damage.

In contrast, by bringing Nilah and Katarina together, you probably will not be giving your side very much utility. We recommend you have other champions on your team that nullifies this disparity in this pairing's potential.

Regardless of your Katarina ally's skill level, you need to focus on increasing your income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you will do well anyway.

Additional Information for Nilah Players

How We Calculated Our Nilah Katarina Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Nilah and Katarina, we analyzed 2,122 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 Katarina 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 learn all of the intricacies of Nilah in order to pair well with Katarina during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL games, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you use the build and stats presented here, you should grow your win rate by a lot.

The most crucial finished items to have in your Nilah and Katarina synergy build include Bloodthirster, Immortal Shieldbow, and The Collector. When Nilah bought at least these three great items in their build, they performed a lot better when paired up with Katarina than with many other typical builds. In fact, Nilah had an average win rate of 51.4% helping carry Katarina with these items in their kit.

To have the best likelihood of defeating your oponents, you should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline, Last Stand, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the runes players used for this team composition, this blending of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 51.4% win rate overall.

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