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Nilah with Xerath

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How to Synergize Nilah and Xerath

based on 1,794 Nilah with Xerath pairs
Win Rate
51.8 %
K/D/A
1.89
Pick Rate
3 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

Our servers download data from from millions of LoL rounds directly from Riot Games each and every week. Nilah has fought alongside Xerath in 1794 recent, competitive games. By gathering so much relevant data directly from the makers of LoL, we feel confident that we can showcase robust, usable builds to help Nilah play with Xerath. It is relatively rare for Nilah to play with Xerath on the same side. This pairing has only taken place in about 3.0% of matches with Nilah.

Nilah Xerath Synergy Summary

Nilah does a decent job of synergizing with Xerath. Normally, they wins an acceptable 51.8% of games the champs appear on the same team. If you want to do better as Nilah when fighting on the same team as Xerath by learning how to better synergize your tactics with him, then dig into the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Nilah vs Xerath Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
PickaxeSerrated Dirk

Core Nilah Items

~22 Mins
BloodthirsterNavori QuickbladesThe Collector

Optional Items

Lord Dominik's RegardsImmortal ShieldbowKraken SlayerStormrazor

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 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 Xerath

Advice to Understand How Xerath Will Play

If you stun an enemy with Shocking Orb, follow up with a guaranteed center hit on Eye of Destruction.

It's easier to land Arcanopulse on an enemy when they're moving toward or away from you, rather than side to side.

Eye of Destruction will make landing Arcanopulse easier as the target will be slowed.

Nilah Xerath Synergy Stats

Nilah Image
Win Rate
51.8 %
VS
Win Rate
48.2 %
Xerath Image
7.5
< Kills >
7.8
7
< Deaths >
6.7
5.7
< Assists >
6.1
1.71
< Killing Sprees >
1.77
166
< Minions Killed >
169
0.19
< Dragons Killed >
0.18
0.56
< Inhibitors >
0.55
17,206
< Physical Damage >
18,142
139
< Magic Damage >
174
397
< True Damage >
412
17,742
< Damage Dealt >
18,728
24,249
< Damage Taken >
24,186
12,477
< Gold Earned >
12,632
2.56
< Towers >
2.59
0.04
< Baron Takedowns >
0.05
8,388
< Total Healing >
8,612
13,284
< Experience >
13,231
17
< Vision Score >
17
9
< Wards Placed >
8
84
< Time Dealing CC >
87

How to Play with Xerath as Nilah in LoL

The Nilah Xerath synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of their gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Xerath, 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 Xerath. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Xerath helps Nilah perform not as well in ranked League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.

When Nilah is paired with Xerath, they gets a barely noticable drop in their full damage output. This difference could demonstrate that Xerath does not support by providing cover for them to dish out more damage or that his participation also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Nilah is played together with Xerath on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when they plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that they is worse when playing with Xerath.

Moreover, when Nilah plays with Xerath on the same side, they often receives a little more damage than when they plays alone. Taking more damage may mean that Xerath does a poor job of covering Nilah in teamfights.

Synergies between Nilah and Xerath

Damage Types Compared

Nilah
Xerath
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Nilah
Xerath

Is Nilah better when played alongside Xerath?

There is no one best companion for Nilah that will no matter what be their ideal ally. However, Xerath is a very typical teammate for Nilah. By being on the same team as Nilah, he lowers their win rate by -0.3% to 51.8%. This clearly indicates that there is a weak strategic relationship between Nilah and Xerath that allows them to perform worse together than alone.

Xerath has a lower difficulty than Nilah. That means you don't need to be cautious when arranging Xerath allies to fight alongside, as they will need a relatively low level of skill to cooperate well with you.

Working together, you should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to to do a lot of AP damage. Combined, these champs are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.

Although, by grouping Nilah and Xerath together, you will not be giving your other teammates much cover. Plan to pick other champs on your team that neutralizes this relative disparity in this pairing's kit.

Regardless of your Xerath ally's ability, you need to focus on maximizing your income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Nilah Players

How We Calculated Our Nilah Xerath Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Nilah and Xerath, we analyzed 1,794 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 Xerath 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 truly master Nilah in order to work well with Xerath during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League, you should keep reading to gather some more tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and tips displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot.

The ideal items to build first in your Nilah and Xerath synergy build include Bloodthirster, Navori Quickblades, and The Collector. When Nilah used at least these three great items in their build, they did significantly better when paired up with Xerath than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Nilah boasted an average winrate of 51.8% when synergizing their build and playstyle to Xerath with this build.

To have the highest chance of crushing your oponents, Nilah players should take 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 that we analyzed for Nilah and Xerath pairings, this combination of runes yielded the top win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 51.8% win rate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to synergize Xerath with Nilah are given for all skill levels, merged. To filter the statistics and builds to a distinct division, you should use the selection menu located at the top of this page.