Xayah vs Nilah Counter Pick

Xayah, the Rebel, meets Nilah, the Joy Unbound, in the ADC lane. The sample behind this page is 444 games from patch 16.13.1, and Xayah wins 57.7% of them. A 7.7-point edge is what puts this matchup in Xayah’s column.

Slipstream (E) is the ability Xayah has to respect, just as Nilah plays around Double Daggers. Then it becomes Featherstorm against Apotheosis, and the one still holding it sets the terms.

Xayah holds a 300-unit range advantage (525 to 225), and that shapes how the lane is traded out. For Nilah, engage timing is the whole answer; without it every auto favours Xayah.

With Xayah and Nilah both dealing physical damage, stacking a single stat answers most of it. Starting health splits 630 to 570 in Xayah’s favour, with armour at 25 against 27. Xayah scales to 2449 health by 18 while Nilah reaches 2287. Nilah covers ground faster from level one (330 against 340).

Riot scores Nilah at 10/10 for difficulty against 5/10, and that gap alone drags on the average. Sample size counts as much as the number — 444 games for Nilah here. Stats for Nilah in this matchup are recalculated automatically for ADC.