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Nilah

Fighter / Assassin

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Nilah was last nerfed in Patch 26.3 (). Across 19 patches, Nilah has received 5 buffs, 3 nerfs, 10 adjustments since release in Patch 12.13.

Abilities
Joy UnendingPC
Passive - Joy Unending
Effect Radius: 1000

Innate: Whenever Nilah kills a minion, she and the nearest allied champion gain an additional 50% of the experience they would have lost from sharing.

Innate: Whenever a nearby allied champion uses an ability to heal or shield either Nilah or themselves, both they and Nilah receive a bonus amount equal to 7.5% of the healing or 15% of the shielding after a 0.5 -second delay. Bonus shielding lasts as long as the shield that triggered the effect, up to a maximum duration of 4 seconds.

Formless BladePC
Q - Formless Blade
Cost: 30 Mana
CD: 4
Cast Time: 0.35 / 0.33 / 0.297 / 0.28 / None
Range: 0 - 600 / cr -150 - 500

Passive: Nilah gains % armor penetration. Her basic attacks and Formless Blade heal her for % of the post-mitigation damage dealt to champions, converting each heal instance beyond maximum health into a shield that lasts 6 seconds.

Minimum Physical Damage: 0 / 10 / 20 / 30 / 40 (+ 100% AD)
Maximum Physical Damage: 0 / 19.1 / 38.2 / 57.3 / 76.4 (+ 191% AD)

Active: Nilah cracks her whip-blade in a line in the target direction that deals physical damage to enemies hit, increased by 0 to 70 . Formless Blade can hit structures and applies life steal at 100% effectiveness to one target.

If Formless Blade is cast during Slipstream, Nilah leaves behind a wave that is sent towards her location at the end of the dash, dealing the same damage to enemies hit.

If Formless Blade hits an enemy, Nilah empowers herself for 4 seconds: gaining 125 bonus attack range and 10 to 60% bonus attack speed, and causing her basic attacks to strike in a cone that deals 100% AD physical damage to enemies hit. Against secondary non-champion targets, this is reduced to 33% AD for minions, and additionally executes minions left below 20 health. On-hit effects are applied only to the primary target.

Jubilant VeilPC
W - Jubilant Veil
Cost: 60 / 45 / 30 / 15 / 0 Mana
CD: 26 / 25 / 24 / 23 / 22
Cast Time: None

Active: Nilah envelops herself in mist for 2.25 seconds, during which she becomes ghosted, gains bonus movement speed, reduces all incoming magic damage taken by 25%, and dodge all non- turret basic attacks.

Bonus Movement Speed: 15 / 17.5 / 20 / 22.5 / 25%

Allied champions she touches will also be enveloped for 1.5 seconds, gaining the same effects.

SlipstreamPC
E - Slipstream
Cost: 30 Mana + 1 Charge
Cast Time: None
Range: 550

Active: Nilah dash a fixed distance in the direction of the target unit, dealing physical damage to enemies she passes through.

Physical Damage: 60 / 70 / 80 / 90 / 100 (+ 20% bonus AD)

Nilah periodically stocks a Slipstream charge, up to a maximum of 2.

Slipstream basic attack reset Nilah's basic attack timer. Formless Blade and Apotheosis can be cast during the dash.

ApotheosisPC
R - Apotheosis
Cost: 100 Mana
CD: 110 / 95 / 80
Cast Time: None
Effect Radius: 450 / 1500

Active: Nilah whirls her whip-blade over 1 second, dealing physical damage to nearby enemies every 0.25 seconds. She then unleashes a burst that deals physical damage and airborne them 250 units towards her. Each hit also slows targets by 10% for 3 seconds, refreshing on subsequent hits.

Physical Damage per Tick: 15 / 25 / 35 (+ 10% bonus AD)
Total Physical Damage: 60 / 100 / 140 (+ 40% bonus AD)
Burst Physical Damage: 125 / 225 / 325 (+ 100% bonus AD)
Maximum Total Physical Damage: 185 / 325 / 465 (+ 140% bonus AD)

Nilah heals herself and nearby allied champions for % of the post-mitigation damage dealt to champions, reduced to 10% against non-champions, converting each heal instance beyond maximum health into a shield that last 6 seconds.

Nilah is unable to basic attack and cast her other abilities during Apotheosis, but she is able to move.

Base Stats

Health: 570
Health Per Level: 101
Mana: 350
Mana Per Level: 35
Attack Damage: 58
AD Per Level: 2
Attack Speed: 0.697
AS Per Level: 1.25
Armor: 27
Armor Per Level: 4.2
Magic Resist: 32
MR Per Level: 2.05
Movement Speed: 340
Range: 225
Health Regen: 6
HP Regen Per Level: 0.9
Mana Regen: 8.2
Mana Regen Per Level: 0.7
Patch 26.3nerf

Even after her micropatch nerfs, Nilah is still sooo happy (overpowered) about the new season. We're looking to bring her overall power down now that the dust has settled.

Stats

  • Base attack damage reduced to 58 from 60.
  • Armor growth reduced to 4.2 from 4.5.
Patch 26.1nerf

Nilah's in an interesting place where her Q didn't scale with Infinity Edge, so unlocking that avenue marks a small power increase on top of her basic attacks getting better, so we sought to find other ways to slightly lower her late game scaling as compensation.

Stats

  • Attack speed growth reduced to 2% from 2.25%.

Formless Blade

  • Base damage changed 0/10/20/30/40 from 5/10/15/20/25.
  • AD ratio changed to 100% AD at all ranks from 90/95/100/105/110% AD.
  • Damage critical strike chance scaling reduced to 0 to 80% (based on critical strike chance) from 0 to 100%.
  • New Effect: Critical strike chance ratio for the increased damage now scales with bonus critical damage.
  • Infinity Edge scales with a ratio of 0 to 24% (based on critical strike chance).
  • Armor penetration critical strike chance scaling reduced to 0 to 30% (based on critical strike chance) from 0 to 33%.

Apotheosis

  • Mana cost increased to 100 from 80.
Patch 25.19change

Formless Blade

  • Bug Fix: Attack splash VFX now properly layers with structures and units.

Slipstream

  • Bug Fix: Wave VFX now properly layers with structures and units.
Patch 25.18change

Jubilant Veil

  • Bug Fix: VFX no longer renders over impassable terrain and structures.
Patch 25.17buff

Q secondary monster damage increased.

Formless Blade

  • Cone monster damage increased to 100% from 10%.
Patch 25.15change

Base AD increased, Attack Speed Growth decreased.

Stats

  • Base attack damage increased to 60 from 58.
  • Attack speed growth reduced to 2.25% from 3%.
Patch 14.21change

Q and R Quality of Life improvements.

Formless Blade

  • Slipstream combo missile now deals damage instantly in the area, rather than when the missile hits the enemy.
  • Bug Fix: Basic attack orders no longer cancel upon the attack buff expiring.

Apotheosis

  • Bug Fix: No longer has a fuzzy basic attack lockout of at least 0.1 and up to 0.264 seconds after the whirlpool ends.
Patch 14.20buff

E cast time reduced.

Slipstream

  • Cast time reduced to 0 seconds from 0.01.
Patch 14.12buff

Health regeneration increased, armor growth increased.

Stats

  • Base health regeneration increased to 6 from 4.
  • Armor growth increased to 4.5 from 4.2.
Patch 14.9change

Q minimum damage decreased, bonus attack speed increased, bonus damage based on critical strike chance decreased.

Stats

  • Selection radius increased to 120 units from 75.

Formless Blade

  • AD ratio reduced to 90/95/100/105/110% AD from 90/97.5/105/112.5/120% AD.
  • Damage critical strike chance ratio reduced to 0 to 100% (based on critical strike chance) from 0 to 120% (based on critical strike chance).
  • Bonus attack speed increased to 10 to 60% (based on level) from 10 to 50% (based on level).
Patch 14.2buff

Jubilant Veil

  • New Effect: Cast can now be buffered during the lockout of other abilities.
  • New Effect: Can now be cast during the windup of other spells.

Slipstream

  • Adjusted the casting of it in combination with Formless Blade to be more consistent.
Patch 13.22nerf

Q bonus attack speed decreased. R damage over time decreased, and maximum total damage decreased.

Formless Blade

  • Bonus attack speed reduced to 10 to 50% (based on level) from 10 to 60% (based on level).

Apotheosis

  • Bonus AD ratio per tick reduced to 20% bonus AD from 28%.
Patch 13.21change

Coven

  • Formless Blade
  • Bug Fix: VFX when cast during Slipstream adjusted to not look similar to the VFX of Coven Dark Binding.
Patch 12.23change

Formless Blade

  • AD ratio reduced to 90/97.5/105/112.5/120% AD from 90/100/110/120/130% AD.
  • Damage critical strike chance ratio increased to 0 to 120% (based on critical strike chance) from 0 to 100% (based on critical strike chance).
  • Healing increased to 0 to 20% (based on critical strike chance) of damage dealt from 0 to 15% (based on critical strike chance).

Apotheosis

  • Bonus AD ratio per tick reduced to 28% bonus AD from 35%.
  • Healing changed to 20 to 50% (based on critical strike chance) of damage dealt from 30 to 45% (based on critical strike chance).
Patch 12.22buff

Stats

  • Base mana regeneration increased to 8.2 from 8.18.
Patch 12.21change

Formless Blade

  • Bug Fix: Passive shield duration now properly matches the ability tooltip.
Patch 12.15change

Joy Unending

  • Bug Fix: Fixed a bug that caused it to be audible from the Fog of War.
  • Bug Fix: Fixed a bug that caused it to trigger with Oceanic Will.
Patch 12.14change

General

  • Bug Fix: SFX from locking in the champion while in champion select is no longer louder than intended.

Joy Unending

  • Bug Fix: No longer unintentionally triggers Fimbulwinter Everlasting.

Formless Blade

  • Bug Fix: Empowered attack now does not last for a longer duration if used during Slipstream.
  • Bug Fix: Empowered attacks no longer deal damage to the caster themself while they are affected by berserk.
  • Bug Fix: VFX for the empowered attacks are now properly shown.

Jubilant Veil

  • Bug Fix: Now is properly grayed out in the HUD while Apotheosis is being casted.
Patch 12.13new

Nilah added to League of Legends

The Joy Unbound

Joy Unending (Innate)

  • Innate: Whenever Nilah kills a minion, she and the nearest allied champion gain 50% of the experience they would have lost due to sharing, in addition to the normal amount of shared experience.
  • Innate: Nilah receives 10% increased heal and 20% bonus shield strength from allied champions' abilities. Allies that grant a heal or shield to themselves or Nilah gain the increased amount as well. If the ally granted it to themself only, Nilah gains the amount too.
  • This effect only triggers if Nilah or the ally are near each other, with the increased amount triggering after 0.5 seconds of the heal or shield being granted. Shields granted last the same duration as the shield that triggered the effect, up to a maximum duration of 4 seconds.
  • Effect Radius: 1000.

Formless Blade (Q)

  • Passive: Nilah gains 0 to 33% (based on critical strike chance) armor penetration. Her basic attacks and Formless Blade heal her for 0 to 15% (based on critical strike chance) of the post-mitigation damage dealt to champions, with healing in excess of her maximum health being converted to a shield. Each instance of shield gained by this effect lasts for 6 seconds.
  • Active: Nilah cracks her whip-blade in a line in the target direction, dealing 5/10/15/20/25 (+ 90/100/110/120/130% AD) physical damage to all enemies struck, increased by 0 to 100% (based on critical strike chance). Formless Blade can hit structures.
  • Casting Formless Blade during Slipstream causes a wave to be sent towards Nilah's location at the end of the dash, dealing the same damage to all enemies hit.
  • If Formless Blade hits an enemy, Nilah's whip-blade becomes enhanced for the next 4 seconds, granting her 125 bonus attack range and 15 to 65% (based on level) bonus attack speed and causing her basic attacks to strike in a cone, dealing 110% AD physical damage to enemies hit. Against secondary non-champion targets, this is reduced to 36.3% AD for minions and 11% AD for monsters. On-hit effects are only applied to the primary target.
  • Mana Cost: 30.
  • Cooldown: 4 seconds.
  • Range: 0 - 600 / -150 - 500, Width: 150, Cast Time: 0.25 seconds.

Jubilant Veil (W)

  • Active: Nilah envelops herself in mist for 2.25 seconds, during which she becomes ghosted, gains 15/17.5/20/22.5/25% bonus movement speed, dodge all non-turret basic attacks, and reduces all incoming magic damage taken by 25%.
  • While active, touching allied champion also envelops them in the mist, granting them the same effects for 1.5 seconds.
  • Mana Cost: 60/45/30/15/0.
  • Cooldown: 26/25/24/23/22 seconds.
  • Cast Time: None.

Slipstream (E)

  • Active: Nilah dash a fixed distance towards or through the target unit, dealing 65/90/115/140/165 (+ 20% AD) physical damage to enemies she passes through.
  • Nilah periodically stocks a Slipstream charge, up to a maximum of 2.
  • Slipstream basic attack reset Nilah's basic attack timer. Formless Blade and Apotheosis can be cast during the dash.
  • Cost: 30 mana + 1 charge.
  • Static Cooldown: 0.5 seconds.
  • Recharge: 22/19.5/17/14.5/12 seconds.
  • Target Range: 550, Range: 450, Collision Radius: 150, Speed: 2200, Cast Time: None.

Apotheosis (R)

  • Active: Nilah whirls her whip-blade over 1 second, dealing 15/30/45 (+ 35% bonus AD) physical damage to nearby enemies every 0.25 seconds. Afterwards, she bursts to deal them 125/225/325 (+ 120% bonus AD) physical damage and airborne them 250 units towards her. Each hit slow the targets by 10% for 3 seconds, refreshing on subsequent hits.
  • Nilah heal herself and nearby allied champions for 30 to 45% (based on critical strike chance) of the post-mitigation damage dealt to champions, reduced to 10% against non-champions, with healing in excess of maximum health being converted to a shield. Each instance of shield gained by this effect lasts for 6 seconds.
  • Nilah is unable to basic attack and cast her other abilities during Apotheosis, but she is still able to move.
  • Mana Cost: 80.
  • Cooldown: 110/95/80 seconds.
  • Effect Radius: 450 / 1500, Cast Time: None.