Nilah is a melee fighter usually played Bot on Summoner's Rift. This guide covers Nilah in ARAM: Nilah excels as a melee ADC in ARAM, using her dash and ultimate to engage in teamfights while sustaining through lifesteal and her passive.
Nilah ARAM Abilities
Nilah gains bonus XP from minion kills and amplifies nearby allied heals and shields.
Nilah cracks her whip-blade in a line, damaging enemies and briefly extending her attack range.
Nilah gains move speed and dodges all attacks, sharing the effect with touched allies.
Nilah dashes through enemies, dealing damage and gaining bonus attack speed for a short duration.
Nilah spins her whip-blade, damaging and pulling nearby enemies toward her.
Nilah ARAM Playstyle & Tips
Nilah excels as a melee ADC in ARAM, using her dash and ultimate to engage in teamfights while sustaining through lifesteal and her passive. Focus on stacking attack speed and lifesteal to maximize damage and survivability in chaotic brawls.
Tips
Use your passive to heal from minion waves and poke to sustain in ARAM.
Build attack speed and lifesteal to maximize your passive healing and damage output.
Position aggressively with your dash to engage, but save your ultimate for teamfights.
Coordinate with your team to chain crowd control for your ultimate's full damage.
Buy Guardian's Angel early to survive burst and stay in fights longer.
Combos
E (dash) -> Q (empower) -> auto-attack for burst damage.
R (ultimate) -> E (dash) -> Q -> auto-attack to lock down and shred enemies.
W (shield) -> E -> auto-attack -> Q to trade safely in lane.
Nilah ARAM Build Patch 16.13
Runes
Primary — Precision
Conqueror
Triumph
Legend: Bloodline
Coup de GraceSecondary — Domination
Sudden Impact
Ultimate HunterSummoners
Skill Order
Max your skills in this order
Starter Items
- 1.
Long Sword - 2.
Pickaxe
Core Items
- 1.
The Collector - 2.
Infinity Edge - 3.
Lord Dominik's Regards
Buy / avoid tips (5)
Buy when:
- enemy has heavy healing or lifesteal
- you need armor pen against tanks
- your team lacks grievous wounds
Avoid when:
- enemy has low healing and armor
- you already have another grievous source
Options
Buy / avoid tips (5)
Buy when:
- enemy has heavy point-and-click cc
- you need both cleanse and damage
- enemy team relies on a single cc threat
Avoid when:
- your champion lacks ad scaling
- enemy cc is short or easily dodged
Options
Buy / avoid tips (5)
Buy when:
- enemy has burst assassins
- you need survivability as a crit carry
- your team lacks frontline peel
Avoid when:
- enemy team is tank heavy
- you need more raw damage output
Options
Nilah ARAM FAQ
What is the best build for Nilah in ARAM?
In ARAM, Nilah typically builds core items like The Collector, Infinity Edge, Lord Dominik's Regards and Conqueror runes (Precision primary, Domination secondary).
What runes should I use for Nilah in ARAM?
Take Conqueror in the Precision tree as your keystone, with Domination as your secondary tree for Nilah in ARAM.
How do you play Nilah in ARAM?
Nilah excels as a melee ADC in ARAM, using her dash and ultimate to engage in teamfights while sustaining through lifesteal and her passive. Focus on stacking attack speed and lifesteal to maximize damage and survivability in chaotic brawls.
What is Nilah's best combo in ARAM?
E (dash) -> Q (empower) -> auto-attack for burst damage.
