# Nilah Counters Who counters Nilah? Best and worst picks against Nilah by win rate, plus the lane counters that lead Nilah in gold at 15 minutes. Ranked solo data by role and rank. Canonical HTML: https://baronbuff.com/champions/nilah/counters/ Markdown URL: https://baronbuff.com/champions/nilah/counters.md Language: en ## Breadcrumbs - [Baron Buff](https://baronbuff.com/) - [Champion Tier List](https://baronbuff.com/champions/) - [Nilah](https://baronbuff.com/champions/nilah/) ## Page Content [Nilah guide](https://baronbuff.com/champions/nilah/) [Play against Nilah](https://baronbuff.com/champions/nilah/how-to-play-against/) [Nilah counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/nilah/counters/) Best and worst picks against Nilah in Bot at Gold+, ranked by win rate and by gold lead at 15 minutes. Brand, Xayah and Seraphine beat Nilah most often. Caitlyn, Tristana and Miss Fortune win the laning phase against Nilah by the widest gold margin. ## Best picks against Nilah Highest win rate versus Nilah in Bot. - 1 [Brand](https://baronbuff.com/champions/brand/) 180 games 61.1% - 2 [Xayah](https://baronbuff.com/champions/xayah/) 201 games 56.7% - 3 [Seraphine](https://baronbuff.com/champions/seraphine/) 209 games 56.5% - 4 [Jinx](https://baronbuff.com/champions/jinx/) 556 games 54.3% - 5 [Lucian](https://baronbuff.com/champions/lucian/) 295 games 53.2% - 6 [Sivir](https://baronbuff.com/champions/sivir/) 113 games 53.1% - 7 [Smolder](https://baronbuff.com/champions/smolder/) 257 games 52.9% - 8 [Senna](https://baronbuff.com/champions/senna/) 193 games 51.8% - 9 [Ashe](https://baronbuff.com/champions/ashe/) 292 games 51.0% ## Worst picks against Nilah Lowest win rate versus Nilah in Bot. - 1 [Zeri](https://baronbuff.com/champions/zeri/) 150 games 40.0% - 2 [Aphelios](https://baronbuff.com/champions/aphelios/) 265 games 44.1% - 3 [Yasuo](https://baronbuff.com/champions/yasuo/) 148 games 44.6% - 4 [Tristana](https://baronbuff.com/champions/tristana/) 477 games 45.5% - 5 [Draven](https://baronbuff.com/champions/draven/) 204 games 45.6% - 6 [Caitlyn](https://baronbuff.com/champions/caitlyn/) 506 games 45.6% - 7 [Yunara](https://baronbuff.com/champions/yunara/) 352 games 45.7% - 8 [Vayne](https://baronbuff.com/champions/vayne/) 169 games 46.1% - 9 [Kai'Sa](https://baronbuff.com/champions/kaisa/) 659 games 46.6% - 10 [Samira](https://baronbuff.com/champions/samira/) 294 games 46.6% - 11 [Ezreal](https://baronbuff.com/champions/ezreal/) 326 games 46.6% - 12 [Twitch](https://baronbuff.com/champions/twitch/) 343 games 46.9% - 13 [Miss Fortune](https://baronbuff.com/champions/missfortune/) 330 games 48.2% - 14 [Jhin](https://baronbuff.com/champions/jhin/) 502 games 48.6% ## Best lane counters vs Nilah Largest gold lead over Nilah at 15 minutes in Bot. - 1 [Caitlyn](https://baronbuff.com/champions/caitlyn/) 240 games +274 - 2 [Tristana](https://baronbuff.com/champions/tristana/) 103 games +267 - 3 [Miss Fortune](https://baronbuff.com/champions/missfortune/) 193 games +184 - 4 [Ezreal](https://baronbuff.com/champions/ezreal/) 182 games +109 - 5 [Samira](https://baronbuff.com/champions/samira/) 103 games +74 - 6 [Jhin](https://baronbuff.com/champions/jhin/) 215 games +59 ## How to play against Nilah Lane and teamfight rules that hold regardless of your pick. ### In lane and in teamfights - Punish her short range before level six by hitting her when she walks up for minions. - Disengage when W is active, then trade after the dodge window ends. - Spread in river skirmishes so her ult cannot pull multiple teammates together. - Force her to cross vision before objectives; she is far easier to stop before she reaches melee range. - Peel the first dash target and kite backward until W and ult are down. ## Where Nilah is weak Exploit these in draft and in lane. - Nilah's marksman damage is tied to melee range, making poke, disengage, and spacing unusually punishing. - Her teamfight value depends on surviving inside clustered enemies, so layered crowd control can stop her reset pattern. ## Nilah counters: questions ### Who counters Nilah in Bot? At Gold+, Brand (61.1%), Xayah (56.7%) and Seraphine (56.5%) have the highest win rates against Nilah. ### Who does Nilah counter? Nilah wins most often against Zeri (40.0%), Aphelios (44.1%) and Yasuo (44.6%). ### Who wins lane against Nilah? By gold lead at 15 minutes, Caitlyn (+274), Tristana (+267) and Miss Fortune (+184) come out of the laning phase furthest ahead of Nilah. ### How is the counter list ranked? Best and worst picks use same-lane win rate; lane counters use the average gold difference at 15 minutes between the two laners. Both come from Ranked Solo/Duo at the selected rank with at least 100 games per matchup, and are not adjusted for champion strength. - [Bot Tier List](https://baronbuff.com/champions/adc/) - [Caitlyn counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/caitlyn/counters/) - [Tristana counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/tristana/counters/) ## Machine-Readable References - [LLM index](https://baronbuff.com/llms.txt) - [Full LLM reference](https://baronbuff.com/llms-full.txt) - [Sitemap](https://baronbuff.com/sitemap.xml)