Nilah Champion Spotlight | Gameplay - League of Legends

Flow like the river, strike like a whip.
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[@mandi37739]

Nilah: Bonus EXP, bonus heal/shield, counterstrike, built-in lifesteal and armor pen, two dashes, CC, ranged attacks Blitzcrank: Slows himself after speeding up

[@Dat_Jonx]

haha garen go wooosh

[@tiagomendes467]

Thsi feels like samira... execpt even more broken... cmon riot we only need 1 to 2 passives, not everything needs to have 4 passives

[@aidylsharil]

@Don't read profile photo Ratio

[@xulip4]

Udyr: slaps

[@camilocarvallo1199]

shaco's lore is shorter than her abilites

[@amandussy]

Riot: Nilah can’t survive teamfights on her own Nilah: kills 4 people in jarvan ult by herself

[@tristancarter4324]

yeah, like make it make sense that one was like umm

[@dear_myself]

Lmao her ult is basically Diana ult in Wild Rift

[@gameguru42392]

@@kaiogiovanni eh, vayne can. So can ezreal.

[@homemuch2017]

@@gameguru42392 you forget mr.200 and Mrs.300

[@kuala3840]

@@dear_myself It's also similar with Orianna's ult, the difference is Ori's Ball

[@joshgreen4521]

Riot’s philosophy behind champions design seems to have turned out to be: “if everything is broken, nothing is broken”

[@SquaulDuNeant]

That's not true cause if it was the case the game would be fun and all champs good and meta also would be near OG League but that's not the case it's quite the opposite.

[@EpicTacoSenpai]

if it works it works right?

[@alfonsomurolo1811]

That's ALWAYS been the case

[@luxjam1737]

Then they better start making all champions broken not only the last 20

[@entropy7705]

Counter argument to that philosophy If all of the tools in the shed aren't functioning properly, that doesn't mean they're useable.

[@fabiopauli420]

Nilah Passive: Shares EXP, get more health, get more shield, share shields with allies aswell. Nasus: has lifesteal

[@parkerwinton5661]

nah nasus passive is you automatacily win a 50 minute game

[@fabiopauli420]

@@parkerwinton5661 no thats the passive on his Q. If we take those into account i wasnt even halfway done with Nilah

[@thanhdohuu9473]

@@parkerwinton5661 Not really, Nasus can be kited quite easily and is not really that strong late game. Nasus peaks around mid game then get outscaled.

[@redrosie7498]

Cassiopeia passive: can't buy boots

[@Shortmansyndromexd]

Rammus: does extra damage with auto 💀

[@VRanger100]

Riot (2016): We regret letting Mordekaiser share experience with allies. Too OP. Riot (2022): Let's try this again. What can go wrong?

[@marixsunnyotp3142]

Nidalee had that too and they removed it. And they decided to add to an already powerful new champ that and sharing xp feels weird. Honestly if riot want to solve botlane underlevel problem they can just buff support items to share more exp

[@MinhMorningstar]

Smart is when you learn from your stupid decisions and fool is when you keep repeating the same stupid thing.

[@d3athsickle361]

and then they regretted letting samira being able to e to allies...

[@imlostagainWTF]

they do it so she will be op and make them $$$, after making as much as they can they then say oh no too op, we will nerf. its typical.

[@ofhous]

Laughs on old zileans global passive

[@BraveLilToasty]

It's nice that Nilah is feeling joy because we certainly aren't.

[@TheTimeMage]

its just her coping mechanism

[@chakradarrat8832]

she cant feel anything else. literally

[@thomasway0320]

@@chakradarrat8832 god I wish I can be possessed by the demon of joy when I play league.

[@_____8639]

@Don't read profile photo ok

[@MonsieurKilo]

@@thomasway0320 me too, Me too

[@FishyFuji]

Nilah: Gives EXP, heals, and shields. Has counterstrike, lifesteal, cc, armor pen, ranged attacks, and dashes Teemo: go a bit fast, go faster when press button.

[@kyun9554]

Teemo: now i go invisible yey

[@Skindred727]

Blitzcrank: go a bit fast, go faster when press button, then become really slow for a while.

[@happythoughts700]

Also splash, overheal, shared shields/heals. Not just CC its aoe CC, she has a invul which can be shared, Her Q passive scales with crit. and more

[@FudGnut]

Annie: Shoot fire in a cone

[@onlycows726]

Leona: sun go brr

[@flybyninja]

No please give her more things. I love rewinding 50 times to understand what a champion Q does.

[@matejzajacik8496]

Hahahaha, nailed it!😀

[@AkuTenshiiZero]

I'm old enough to remember when every ability did one thing.

[@heilyx]

Imagine throwing something and it only deals damage like caitlyn q omg.

[@mjbakermd414]

oh shut up boomer edit:jk

[@zatrox9438]

I still remember when blitzcrank's W slowed him after getting a tiny movement speed buff.... oh wait, that's still a thing....

[@louis930408]

and ashe Mid

[@YemYum]

You can’t have that anymore btw. There are enough champs who’s abilities already do one thing. If you make another like that, it will be too similar to an already existing champion, which would defeat the purpose of making the new champ in the first place.

[@OhMercyMe]

i feel like this is a perfect example of Overloaded vs Complicated. Nilah isn't very complex as a champion, but her abilities just have too much text. Her Q is simple, in theory, but they just refuse to stop tacking on extra stuff. Ignoring armor, healing when dealing damage, turning your attacks into AoEs, increasing your attack range, increasing your attack speed, overhealing and gaining a shield are all fine effects, but you dont HAVE to stack them all on ONE ability.

[@ElevatorIsStuck]

Like akshan

[@soaps7033]

she is a melee adc, plus her q is the only thing in her kit that has that many things in it. Without the bonus attack range and lifesteal she would be stomped by every adc

[@sakiefox7250]

@@soaps7033 overheal that grants a shield so built in bloodthirster along with on hit damage that ignores part of armor. Not to mention the exp sharing which pretty much guarantees the early level 2 in bot lane

[@GlacialScion]

@@soaps7033 If she was actually a melee ADC, all that might feel more understandable. But the fact is that she's got ranged, AoE autos when she's fighting, so I don't see how it balances out.

[@itsflowerbitch3321]

@@soaps7033 1 Q can make her range to not melee anymore and it have same cd at uptime really compensate enough for the range part. Overheal, healing, attack spd, aoe make her an AOE long range Skimisher which is pretty OP if you ask me.

[@Crihs95]

I'll never understand this obsession Riot has with giving a champ the most overloaded ability every single release, like Nilah's Q was perfectly fine with her active + extra range and atkspeeda and cleave, but noooo she also needs extra healing, overheal and armor ignoring effect, like why? It makes her so much harder to balance for no reason at all

[@muhammadazrafbinmohdakmam4772]

Durability mean wet paper for nilah at this point.

[@justanuff]

What is Riots obsession with creating characters that get their power from "demons" and seemingly suffer no consequences? Demons seem weak asf in Runeterra.

[@Crihs95]

@@justanuff depends which ones, fiddle i think is supposed to be the strongest one in Lore and he's supposed to be a world ending threat

[@MaKs2K5]

what about the fact that otherwise her only 'heal' is her Ultimate and since it's an ADC and she might end up with a support like Leona, she would absolutely not gain any effect from her passive. That's the only reason.

[@SquaulDuNeant]

@@Crihs95 idk where you saw that and even tho who care about lore in 2022 they ruined it. While at the same time not caring about it.

[@finalbarrage7108]

Annie Q throws a fireball. Annie W shoots a cone of fire Annie E gives her a shield and movement speed Annie R summons a bear that attacks, and damages people around him. Annie Passive stuns every 4th spell she casts. Thats it.

[@lonelynebu2779]

I actually do hate annie for beeing so simple. Hurdur lemme just press r on you real quick and oneshot you with no possible counterplay. Not everyone dislikes complexity in champ designs.

[@Ivao.]

@@lonelynebu2779 bro be careful when she has passive stacked, try and dodge R and W it's not that hard

[@madmaster3d]

@@lonelynebu2779 everyone can counter annie cuz she has low range specially with xera & syndra &... its simply champ but hard to master

[@sinistertwister1]

@@lonelynebu2779 this is the definition of power creep over the course of 13 years

[@-Meric-]

@@Ivao. Dodge R? Xdxdxdxd

[@miah3170]

“Don’t get caught out!” Literally 5 seconds later: 3v1 without falling below 50%

[@ryuukki]

Note that in the "don't get caught out" video the Nilah player is LITERALLY not using any skills so they don't kill the fizz lol

[@kaosce]

@@ryuukki Plus she survive far too long against Fizz + Velkoz who hit everything... But I guess magic damage reduction is fine on a dodge on an adc ?

[@pranishvajarinkar8145]

she killed yone 1v3 I lost it at there that champ is so broken imagine killing him 3v1 this will be cancer to deal with

[@whYLiE09]

She could've killed them there with just Q and autos 🤣🤣

[@dane7164]

Love that the one scenario they show her as weak is her tanking an entire fizz ult and then just not auto attacking anyone for like 4 seconds

[@TheThomas2730]

And without ult.

[@georgegkoumas5026]

"Nilah will always get out poked by enemies" they said showing her pushing into the enemy turret against Jinx Leona comp

[@evgeniblanchard675]

Nilah almost surbiving a 2v1 against an assasin and a burst mage.

[@haihuanlin97]

She has a pretty cool kit! Then they added passive armor pen Then they added overheal on her ult Then they added bonus exp Thats a lot of random passives everywhere...

[@shkarfeug7808]

without all of this she's just water Samira

[@cherno8336]

@@shkarfeug7808 she is water Samira

[@krep4334]

Nilah: Ton of abilities in one skill Lucian’s skill: Lucian dashes.

[@user-ee8qi3nx4p]

Lucian also gains double auto due his passive after dashing!

[@georgesimmons5159]

Oh no an extra debuffed auto! The horror!

[@alomon7738]

don´t make me talk about teemo xD

[@ItzDonkeyKong]

aye! at least bring back the slow removal after dash

[@XrayTheMyth23]

people were complaining that lucian was overloaded on release. Seems like the community just doeesn't know what they're talking about.

[@LumpyTouch]

Phreak: Everyone's happier when Nilah's around. Narrator: They were not.

[@AlMeZero]

Huh, didn't know you checked out League.

[@steampunkfox1411]

Didn't expect you here lol

[@SquaulDuNeant]

PLEASE LUMPY SAVE US OPEN A PORTAL FROM GOREFIELD DIMENSION OR SOMETHING !!!

[@angel_of_rust]

spongebob narrator?

[@DontInterractWithMeBetween9-5.]

Why would you even comment on nilahs champion spotlight 💀

[@rosskasal4166]

Glad to see the champ design team now has 400+ collective years of professional game design experience

[@dontreadmyprofilepicture960]

Don't read my name.....

[@dioshoes9096]

@Don't read profile photo noone cares about you

[@fenrir_boo]

1000*

[@Shaco.]

@Don't read profile photo Shut up.

[@yaboikyohai4323]

Nobody mind the bot

[@Lolepicgamer]

Its always good to come back to new Champion spotlights when i get this urge to play, to truly remember why i quit this game about 2 years ago. Thanks Riot!

[@zamsoft1435]

Lmao same , I see you are a smart man

[@copyright24]

Yeah same for me, I actually was on the main page to DL the launcher when I saw the spotlight, and it's a good reminder of why I uninstalled it

[@happythoughts700]

lmao

[@mariaxecho]

exactly

[@aod827]

Haha yeah this game has some salty players

[@OMIMreacts]

back in 2012-2016 i'd watch every champ spotlight with awe and wonder, the champions were so unique and i could not wait for the next one to be released. now i get headaches from the spotlights and remember why i don't play the game anymore.

[@simioncristian7799]

if you get headaches you could also stop watching the spotlights

[@paulklass8726]

Well said xD

[@ghostpinguin]

@@simioncristian7799 He gets them from LGBT+ and your generation of zoomers that life passes you by in a zoom.

[@gtsctts5398]

yeah riot has that effect on people

[@hoangtrunganh]

this is exactly why I quit this game when they release Ekko, his kit is so complex I don't even want to understand

[@eleum1400]

wouldnt be surprised if the bonus xp gets removed in a couple patches. didnt work with mordekaiser, no idea why theyre thinking its gonna work now

[@Nathan95]

Nilah + Zilean =) Enjoy

[@MyNextTrickLoL]

They put it on Mordekaiser in order to compensate for the fact he was a Juggernaut. Juggernauts require levels to scale as opposed to gold. It'd be weird if they did this and then gave her stats more aligned with traditional marksman rather than say a fighter.

[@arthurmarkiv8773]

She seems like someone who will have troubles earlier on if balanced rightly. Extra exp must be to compensate being zoned out from some creeps due to low range

[@lmaoquan9534]

To make sure she wont be a top laner , i think

[@kilik5713]

It works different from Morde though

[@goldlyte6249]

Didn’t they decide it was too broken that Samira could dash to allies so they removed it? But now nilah has it with 2 charges?

[@fancybuttjr.]

Yep

[@nealt4477]

Samira could never dash to ally champions, it was a mechanic where you can dash through your own allied minion

[@Novahot]

@@nealt4477 Samira definitely could dash to Allies as well.

[@kailius790]

@@nealt4477 wrong samira could dash through every unit and turret before they removed it.

[@delusionofillusion473]

now imagine if samira could insta cast ult as well

[@judebuckley9892]

"We thought that being able to dash through allies made her too strong and gave her too much mobility/escape" - Samira. "targets allies as well as enemies" - Nilah. They never learn...

[@RickyMuzakki]

Also Nilah has 2 dashes

[@danielribeiro1433]

She is just soo overloaded, she can do everything. Buff heals and shiels, or just creates them from having another close to her (we can see soraka getting healed by using her W), creates exp from just existing, has built in armor pen, and lifesteal scaling with crit chance, so, 3 key stat for adc for 1, straight up negates damege. It also looks like everything they had for Samira made a comeback, and then Rell's ult also heals all of her team. They just gave her mechanic that were removed from other champ due to beeing inbalanced, Mord's exp sharing, Samira's dashing to allies (but twice this time). Seriously, wtf were they thinking about, this is either going to be the next Ryze getting reworked all the time or it's going to be on so many patch notes in a row until they just nerf her to oblivion, make her unplayable and then nobody cares anymore. Then we have champs that slow themselves.

[@coasterthekid8867]

They also just straight up gave her orianna’s ult

[@thahoule7924]

* sad blitzcrank noises *

[@sirislandknight4378]

200+ collective years of professional game design experience \o/

[@Kurumi_Kazuha]

B-bit she is melee. S-she is balanced. - The aram team, I mean balance

[@jakel4815]

$$

[@AsheCraftingCorner]

Dear RIOT Not EVERY Ability needs an active,passive and movement skill

[@user-dw6uk9kz9q]

And they all gotta heal with hits,dont forget that

[@gameguru42392]

If riot released a simple champ for you mouth breathers you wouldnt play it i.e Rell, Sett, Vex

[@godsigner]

@@gameguru42392 I play rell and sett

[@AndreyGP]

@@gameguru42392 Ya I don't understand people wanting simpler champions, when you have 100+ characters in a game you need to add complexity to have them be different enough. I remember years ago the main complaint I had about league was that every champion felt the same, every one had a shield, a dash, a skillshot and an AoE ult, it was so boring. If you add a simpler champion it will probably be just a worse version of another champ in the game.

[@mandokir]

Release date gap.

[@DracoMaly]

"Everyone's happy when Nilah's around!" The enemy botlane: kill me please

[@alex2005z]

Nilah: yes sir

[@abstractperfection8168]

The enemy botlane the next game: *INTENSE BANNING SOUNDS*

[@DracoMaly]

@@abstractperfection8168 on God lmfao

[@OMIMreacts]

*allied botlane *allied team *both teams

[@nelsonsousa9775]

i played agains her, and i played nilah too, she's strong, but my samira is stronger, bye bye nilah xd

[@d1ablo628]

Man I just miss the times when we got teasers and easter eggs of upcoming champs, like the Jhin release was just magnificent. Now its just here you go a new champ every month and it's too much and no fun.

[@zacharyharris7767]

Jhin was probably the most balanced a champ has ever been on release

[@kingki1953]

I don't play LoL but i aggree that Jhis is the most perfection champ that has been released by Riot.

[@OcarinaOfTime]

Or Jinx with the amazing teaser and all the easter eggs like the tags on Vi's page on the official website

[@ProsyMe]

Nilahs passive is taking the joy out of the game

[@Jerrbearr0520]

Nilah Q: Passive Armor pen that scales with crit, damaging skill shot, empowered auto attack Jax Q: Leaps onto the target

[@hi-i-am-atan]

why do you say "scales with crit" as if it's anything but a downside in a game where champs can get pen just by putting points into their abilities

[@signalbeams]

imagine how boring this game would be if every champion were as simple as jax

[@martinivanov1319]

Singed Q: farts

[@B-l-a-z-z-e-R]

Nasus passive: Lifesteal

[@lonefire333]

Jax E is her dodge plus her Ult. And his jump is a better version of her dash

[@windowwax]

Champions can be complicated thats okay, but overloaded is a problem. This champ just has waaaaay to much. Imagine getting and giving extra xp just from existing.

[@windowwax]

@Nix Seth last hitting minions is literally the goal of adc role. So she gets extra exp from doing the thing every adc should do. If she's behind or ahead, she can always catch up or push her lead considering she literally creates extra exp for her team. Also let's not forget all the healing, overhealing, armor pen, dashes, etc. I can't believe you are trying to defend the fact this character literally gets the privilege of just getting more experience not only for herself but her team lol.

[@seylord2391]

Meanwhile zilean....

[@windowwax]

@@seylord2391 who knew you just had to be full of joy to increase exp? Zilean really overworked himself with all that "time" stuff. Maybe next time he will just try being happy.

[@charlieluscombe9074]

@Nix Seth If you think thats a valid skill floor for that effect then you need to learn how to cs, buddy

[@EmrysMerlin8807]

@@seylord2391 "Time flies like an arrow... Fruit flies like banana!" -Crazy old guy

[@erickne1906]

You didnt show any weaknesses of Nilah. In range lanes when she is poke, she could stay back and lasthit to stay in the same range level, and outscalate them eventually. And yes, any ADC would have died if it is caught in the jungle with no vision, thats is true to all of them.

[@seren7173]

unbelievable R ability.Her number of the shield beyond her health.

[@Dacnomaniak]

Lethality Poppy is the only thing we need against champs like this.

[@samukynhagameplays]

With more and more dash champions coming out, poppy is going to be the ultimate counter pick, and that's a good thing, because most of these new champions don't sound fun at all

[@lmaoquan9534]

And buff vex

[@darkgoblin5681]

@@samukynhagameplays Poppy pick or ban soon :D

[@evildeadspace]

Did you forget about "adjusted" Taliyah? Best antidash ability rn.

[@lyg483]

@@evildeadspace Remember Veigar too

[@moderater2.048]

Riot: morde giving extra exp is too op, no more of that. Samira dashing to allies is too op for an adc no more of that. Riot 2022: *SO HEY GUYS LOOK AT THIS NEW ADC*

[@chiidybang370]

Nerf healing and shielding because its to op----> give nilah a passive that increases healing and shielding from all allies.

[@saintlucifer4131]

Gives it to BOTH allies, not just self. 2 dashes vs. samira's 1. JEsus christ

[@SquaulDuNeant]

Her dash aren't real dash tho.

[@hoanganh8778]

@@saintlucifer4131 well sarima dash is better cause it reset on kill but nilah got 2 that it no more

[@saintlucifer4131]

@@hoanganh8778 Nah, that's not a reason to ever consider it better. Getting a reset already assumes an advantage state, and abilities should first be considered from a neutral/equal state from a balance perspective. 5v5, not a 5v4/5v3/ect. In order to get that first kill which changes the state of the teamfight, samira only has one dash which can only be used towards enemies/monsters. But in order to get that first kill, Nilah has 2 dashes, both of which can be used on enemies, monsters, and allies. Samira would need to get 2 kills in order to get potentially superior value from her E in a teamfight (it's only potentially as well since she cannot go to allies), but by the point the teamfight would likely already have been won guaranteed. Nilah has superior means of getting that first kill or two to change the state of the teamfight completely in her team's favor due to have two superior samira Es. You can have all the utility in a reset in the world, but it's irrelevant if your kit provides an inferior version of another champion's kit in securing that first kill or two in the first place. Think of it like this. What's better? A champion with a passive, a Q, a W, an E that resets on kill, and an R? Or is a champion with the exact same passive, Q, W, and R, but a stronger version of the E that can be used twice? Put those two champions in a 1v1, and the champion with the non resetting but superior E generally wins 60-70% of the time. Put them in a teamfight together, and the champion with the superior E ends up killing the first target or two maybe a couple of seconds or three earlier than the champion with the inferior but resetting E, which is more than enough time the swing the state of the teamfight before the resetting champion's E can ever make up for it. If you need an example to further explain this concept, I'm going to actually use valorant since I can use a relevant example. Reyna. While her kit is great for smurfing or if you are clearly better than your opponents, ultimately an agent's kit should be balanced around a neutral state assuming you and your opponents are of equal skill. Furthermore, in order to provide at least neutral value for your team, you need to get at least a 1 for 1. But while Reyna is great after securing kills, assuming the reyna player is equally skilled to the enemy, her kit is vastly inferior to the rest of the agents. After all, while is able to get a vast amount of utility after having gotten a kill, more than likely she will have died to the enemy before she even gets one, as her abilities are vastly inferior to the enemy assuming a pure and even 1v1 state, assuming equal player skill.

[@12371eric]

Overloaded doesn't necessarily mean more fun. Champs with simpler kits often have higher skill ceilings and feel a lot more rewarding to play. Idk fire whoevers in charge of champ design please.

[@PhlegTed]

This champ has CertainlyT written all over it, the worst person that ever happened to League.

[@burpbot7555]

Sadly, that's just not true. The higher the complexity, the higher the skill ceiling. There's a good reason you're not in charge of champ design.

[@jinx.love.you.]

@@burpbot7555 it is true if it is active... so it would be situational, but we talking about a Passive after-cast. The last hit gains Extra exp... I don't see the point of it. Make up the loss in minions because of a shorter range with the whip? I don't get it... and why doesn't get damaged when in the water form? tell me the skills in gain extra heal/shield from another player. I think they making the game easier... especially in these moments of hype with Arcane, Music video and other stuff more player play casually and the game is not easy to learn.

[@rexroselo5060]

@@jinx.love.you. kayle also has an awful early game, having a small auto dmg at melee range, yet you dont see her kit being as overloaded as this now do you? Nilah's kit just has so much potential that if 2 veterans or pros juke it out in bot with full builds, it will no longer be a skill diff, it'll be a champ and kit diff.

[@anaklose2558]

@@burpbot7555 nope, nilah's Q is very complex. But what you do with it is super simple. Hit as many enemies as possible and get a lot of buffs from that. Not really much variation is it? Now take Jhin R. Much more simple "shoot 4 missiles at enemies in a big cone" but what you do with it is much more complex: Positioning, right timing, sniping objectives etc. Now tell us again that complex design means high skill ceiling.

[@Ataturkinator]

Can't help but realize that literally every ability of hers is just Samira's but better

[@TimeTraveler-hk5xo]

And we used to think Samira was overloaded... Oh how foolish we were.

[@Sakke108]

So basically a samiras kit with extra shield and heals. Right. I can smell the balance on this one.

[@focke-wulfta-1528]

And more xp

[@focke-wulfta-1528]

And extra dash plus Ori R

[@samikaislasalo3947]

Old mordes exp passive

[@wqweqwet1804]

No no. Original kit. Samir’s can no longer dash to allies.

[@ExtBeast]

Diana R yas w

[@farchii3024]

INNATE: Nasus gains 9 / 14 / 19% (based on level) life steal.

[@mangebytheway2426]

Out of 13 champion releases in 3 years, this is like the 11th basic human with unorthodox weapon design. The design team is really keeping it super fresh!

[@justanuff]

Its basically a lightsaber whip made of water. Not very original tbh. I know you are being sarcastic.

[@mangebytheway2426]

@@justanuff she looks like a 1 for 1 copy down to some of the abilities of Lumiya from star wars legends to me but I could be reaching

[@abstractperfection8168]

@@justanuff Garen has a big sword, not really original tbh.

[@jacobwolf9012]

For me a League champ should have a kit that makes the champ unique to play and makes him being good in certain aspects. For example Cassiopeia is all about poison and slows and controlling the opponent with it. Or Rek'Sai is all about dashing with tunnels and spotting someone out of vision to find a good flank to burst him. But Nilah just got her spells just filled with too many extra stuff. Whats even her identity? Being good in everything doesn't work, so you have to nerf her to being ok or being bad in everything. Thats just poor champ design. And Riot definetly can make good new champs, something like Volibear rework has its defined strengths and is a cool design and the playstyle makes sense.

[@cosmicbard6998]

That's pretty much how I felt about Nilah too. I just don't really see what she brings into the game other than "yet another overloaded hypercarry". It feels like she was intended to something like a physical damage Kayle (a lategame hypercarry with team utility and a gamechanging ult) who is melee, but has mobility to make up for it. But Riot didn't really do anything to make playing as or against her a special experience. Neither side will really do anything that they wouldn't do if the Nilah player would have locked in Samira instead. So what did even get from her being added to the game? Which is a shame, because Riot still releases champions that offer new things to the game, with the best example being Renata Glasc. It just seems like they're kind of running out of ideas when it comes to hypercarry champions, so I really wouldn't mind it if they would stop releasing new ones for the next 2 or 3 years. (Seriously though, since 2020, we've got 6 skirmishers: Lillia, Yone, Viego, Gwen, Bel'Veth and Nilah, while we got a grand total of 0 battlemages and 0 wardens. I get that skirmishers are popular, but maybe, spamming them out like this isn't a good idea, Riot)

[@vnshngpnt]

True. Played her a bit, she just lacks good skills loop, she literally feels like samira but without strong ult.

[@pirraxer6973]

"but be sure to stick with friends, who can keep her alive" 2 clips later: *Nilah casually 1v3s*

[@shieldoftess]

They literally show how ineffective grevious wounds is in this video with that 3v1

[@evgeniblanchard675]

Also : front a yone 3 item yone without loosing any hp.

[@julianuribe9734]

I really love how Rell's ult basically does nothing (as a engage tank support) if she doesn't have her other abilities ready, but then they give this fkn ult to an ADC. Damage, stun, AOE damage, utility And then they wonder why nobody plays other champions and just exploit new broken champions until they have to nerf them to oblivion.

[@TK--ce6hp]

let's be honest, no one besides these 10 people who play Rell, would mind her just getting deleted from the game. She's an absolute failure when it comes to both character design and gameplay. Just like Nilah and Bel'veth

[@donutdog4127]

@@TK--ce6hp so that justifies making her ult better and heal and shield? On a champion eith huge aoe?

[@TK--ce6hp]

@@donutdog4127 can you read bro? I have pointed out that Nilah is an absolute failure and i'd prefer to have her removed from the game lmao

[@haelioe2895]

I really love how you completely ignore how overpowered Rell's ult is when she does have abilities to make your point.

[@danielribeiro1433]

@@haelioe2895 it is strong, but it ridiculous to give that to an adc and have it also heal, not just herself, but every teammate around her

[@willardrenee7118]

every game ive had to endure against this champ has been agonizing. you can win botlane and Nilah will be even in level with you, lose the lane and she's two levels up. unreal

[@Mrgurps]

i love how it says she needs teammates for fights then just shows her 1v3 a ww a yone and a cammile not overloaded at all

[@nattobaby]

splash atk ✅ ignore armour ✅ healing, shield ✅ exp boost ✅ ms boost ✅ dodge ✅ dash ✅

[@marixsunnyotp3142]

Don't forget the Diana ultimate

[@XUIW]

Don't forget about another dash and ANOTHER dash.

[@Aleph3575]

Oh yeah its 200 years time

[@voided5788]

forgot the q damage to towers and sharing the dodge, healing and shielding

[@Nicklas5342]

RIOT WHERE IS THE 3 HIT PASSIVE!?

[@hfweuiofnweuio500]

cant wait to see her in every patchnote for the next 6 months taking hundreds if not thousands of hours of developing resources that could be put into more urgent cases.

[@ip5676]

Next 6 months? How about next 2 seasons?

[@minglin2814]

zeri only took 6 months and 3 weeks

[@ip5676]

@@minglin2814 Senna's still "work in progress"

[@ninehundredxd8833]

She will be nerfed to death after just 1 split! KEKW

[@justanuff]

Riot: This is the way.

[@sinfulwrath666]

Sad they didn't added the: Jax enters a defensive stance for up to 2 seconds, dodging incoming attacks and taking 25% less damage from area of effect abilities. After 2 seconds or recasting, Jax deals 55 / 80 / 105 / 130 / 155 (+0.5 per bonus attack damage) physical damage and stuns nearby enemies for 1 second. Deals 20% increased damage for each attack Jax dodged (Max increase of 100%).

[@SacrilegeCorporation]

"we don't think our champions have overloaded kits overall" Let me see once again what her Q actually does... Seems absolutly legit !

[@chi9178]

"Everyone´s happier when Nilah´s around." Enemy team: ....

[@pesci20002010]

Not even allies would be happy to play alongside this champ and I'm one of them. I dont care if one of my allies wants to play her, I will ban her

[@_Sebille_]

@@pesci20002010 lmao yep as far as I'm concerned, Nilah doesn't exist

[@jamildacalos6381]

Lmaoo

[@hildebrand2252]

@@_Sebille_ i cant pretend beth and nilah dont exist at the same time unless someone cooperates though.

[@gothbfdiff3056]

@@hildebrand2252 I can't pretend that Nilah, Bel'veth, Yuumi doesnt exist and I can't even triple que in ranked to do that

[@agustinfandino8950]

I can't believe people are actually getting paid in the balance team, and see nothing wrong with this champ

[@crownyyJ]

what a joke they are, the xp thing is f up

[@laughingstock7638]

don't blame the balance team, they probably dont get paid enough to care.

[@Saintphoenix86]

Its the character design team that has the problem they make the characters with broken kits

[@temmie191]

@@crownyyJ this is going to be perma pick if you can out level your enemies

[@Swampert919]

The balance team only works on balancing the live server, they’ve got no say in what the champion creation team does.

[@isaacchung8985]

Never before have I been so sure a champions going to be busted on release, yet so underwhelmed by their kit and design.

[@jager3886]

Active: Jax enters Evasion for 2 seconds: a defensive stance that causes him to dodge all incoming non- turret basic attacks and take 25% Damage reduction and educed damage from all area of effect abilities sourced from champions. Counter Strike can be recast after 1 second, and does so automatically after the duration. Recast: Jax deals physical damage to nearby enemies, increased by 20% for each attack dodged up to a 100% increase, and stuns them for 1 second.

[@maruseron]

and yet, jax is significantly harder to balance than any new, three-paragraph passive champion. his simplicity is a problem

[@justanuff]

@@maruseron I think adding more champions to an already overcrowded pool is the real problem.

[@Keram-io8hv]

We need more reworks than new champs

[@geckosarecute6304]

Gargus oh Boi he needs a re work wild rift made him look amazing. I love playing him there but not the original LOL. :( Karthus doesn't have legendary. They need to calm making new champions and redesign old ones. Too many in 2 years of champions. It's not bad but we just got bel veth now a new one. Still enjoying the game tho just need some fixing for some champions that feel out of place now.

[@justanuff]

Cho Gath needs a visual update at LEAST.

[@jordanhuang1945]

that's not what makes money unfortunately 😂😂😂

[@quantomsquirrelleap]

Imagine a new champ that doesn’t have insane mobility

[@n1c34y0u]

actually renata

[@darkmatter3112]

Vex, Sett, Renata, Rell.... I'm sure I forgot others

[@n1c34y0u]

@@darkmatter3112 vex can be insane with r reset but yes basicly its not that good

[@smashrosa8111]

@@n1c34y0u That's not what insane mobility btw.

[@jjade7989]

@@darkmatter3112 and that's why no one plays rell lol

[@happythoughts700]

Yo her Q is a whole champion by itself bro

[@AN-vs5pb]

Watching this 11 months later since i havent seen her in ages and suddenly there's one in my ranked game.

[@pedrocorporation6661]

Shielding healing just for existing. Seems skillfull balanced and fun.

[@TheDisquietingNight]

Perfect for "particiation trophy" generation

[@afarensis9720]

I already get cancer trading with Gwen in top, and seeing her heal half her health back just for using abilities. Can't wait to see it with an even more cancer champion!!!

[@valrhonaar5486]

I wish champs as simple as singed would one day be released again :(

[@malekhariri7003]

sett

[@joevero4568]

Simple kits are a smaller design space than complex kits

[@elizabethtyler9351]

Vex

[@chakradarrat8832]

sett, vex, maybe udyr soon

[@kami97754]

Mundo

[@SeloTSM]

If you look closely, her ult actually pulls enemies just like Orianna's one does when Orianna have the ball attached to her. I bet it even has the same range

[@WifeOfTheBeast]

Riot is trying to raise their ECG rating quick

[@halcyon01nate]

As if one Samira wasn't enough 😀

[@uruxul1991]

Today'sSamira is nerfed garbage. I dont even see anyone pick Samira if he can Pick Nillah instead 🤷‍♂️

[@dad7702]

@@uruxul1991 of course you don't, she is the most banned ADC globally. You seem like a sussy samira player... 🤔

[@uruxul1991]

@@dad7702 I play Samira but my most played ADC are Xayah, Ashe Kai'Sa and Caitlyn. So nope, you didn't guess. And what I'm talking about - you don't choose between Samia and Nilah if thats your turn to pick and neither of them are banned. You simply pick Nilah and dont need Samira.

[@dad7702]

@@uruxul1991 thanks for your response boss, but Nilah is "supposedly" going to leave the door open for Samira to run loose. It's an issue of too many unbearable champs and the scenario of both samira and nilah being avaliable is too perfect too happen on a regular basis, it's an issue of too many unbearable champs more to deal with. I guessed you play samira because I am certain that you agree that people (you might not be one of them) always defend their mains saying their terrible. Usually they play a lot of Samira, Zeri, and Kai'sa. Apologies if I sounded rude.

[@jaspervermeer659]

@@uruxul1991 50% wr?

[@YeahLowful]

someone remind riot not every champion needs invulnerability, passive healing, overshield, and on hit damage

[@justanuff]

They don't listen to fans, they listen to sounds of CHA-CHING $

[@hastavista1527]

@@justanuff i thought only moneytoon (moonton) tht only care for chaching sounds

[@Pantoulis]

And dush!!

[@johncalderon7881]

Wow, some champion lores are shorter than Nilah's skill descriptions

[@joshchaplin3705]

i havent watched a champion spotlight in a bit, so happy phreak is still voicing them.

[@Bishie4Bara]

Her abilities got more text than Corkis lore

[@abstractperfection8168]

😹

[@thedewritos]

Samira but all her weaknesses have been removed, very epic

[@justanuff]

This champion has more in her abilities than Shaco does in his entire lore.

[@leoniekpp8436]

Gaining extra xp (same as your sup) in laning phase sounds really op. Who gets the lvl up early wins the fight 2v2

[@skynorde9999]

I wish I was Nilah, so I can still be happy as I play League of Legends.

[@zoomgle7954]

Stolen

[@skynorde9999]

@@zoomgle7954 i reposted bc i thought it got deleted, turns out i posted it on the diff vids. still the same guy tho. xD

[@rudolphbeasley5652]

Me listening to the abilities; “Oh that’s a cool abiliWHY ARE YOU STILL GOING STOP IT ALREADY HAS ENOUGH WHAT ARE YOU DOING.”

[@BlackLightningDragon]

love how they made it look like you could ever be even in levels to nilah

[@rickyismyuncle4485]

I cant wait to play against scaling ad who has insane sustain and dash. Such joy, much tears, well done Rito! Clap clap clap

[@Nolamer454]

Nilah enters a defensivr stance for up to 2 seconds, dodging incommong Attacks and taking 25% less damage from area of effect Abilities. After 2 seconds or Recasting, Nilah deals physical damage and Stuns nearby enemies for 1 second. Deals 20% increased damage for each Attack Nilah dodged (max: 100%).

[@terry_the_terrible]

Nilah doesn't stun. What are you talking about?

[@LilliaInflationFetish]

@@terry_the_terrible its a joke

[@tatmmw1]

druttut enjoyer

[@warnocity3633]

@@terry_the_terrible That's Jax's E, explained as a joke

[@Agentmonkey09]

@@terry_the_terrible THATS THE JOKE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@LethalProductionsFR]

Jax enters a defensive stance for up to 2 seconds, dodging incoming attacks and taking 25% less damage from area of effect abilities. After 2 seconds or recasting, Jax deals 55 / 80 / 105 / 130 / 155 (+0.5 per bonus attack damage) physical damage and stuns nearby enemies for 1 second. Deals 20% increased damage for each attack Jax dodged (Max increase of 100%).

[@minemaker2340]

Now just think if he had: Built in healing, ranged skills and AA and could give the buff to other people Than you get close to the levels of chepms today P.S if you split the defensive cooldown from the cc its better.

[@javiton11]

Nilah’s passive is on every skill 😂

[@murkel7634]

1:35 I'm sorry but how can riot look at that damage and think it's fine, Nautilus is supposed to be a tank!

[@regulareric8759]

if she can stand there and 1v1 yone with auto attacks, she's a broken champion. you cannot convince me of otherwise.

[@hungryforatoms19]

She can't lets be honest here

[@matipereyra4986]

She can't. If it's an even match, Yone will win

[@Mishakeet]

these videos are never actually representative of the actual champion in game lol

[@zapleaf]

But can she 1 vs 5 Yones? Checkmate nerd.

[@godofgames6366]

Time To Perma Ban

[@Y0oUrMama]

Or just play something else

[@flaminggaming9609]

Lmfao

[@onlyoneverde]

😂

[@salvadorvega3805]

Honestly same

[@haywirewindgod]

Ah, kinda powerful. Better nerf irellia.

[@IgorDeoliMD]

So many references in this video! I love it

[@pierrepradel3902]

Giving news characters an overloaded kit add a lot more opportunity and counterplay possibility, its sad that some champ are still very basic/weak but in a few time it will be more common to see these "op" champ and may add a lot of new mechanics to play around

[@memr1a]

0:50 "Everyone's happy when Nilah's around" Naahh that has got to be intentional at this point 😭😭

[@rxuhwxx4tmly9xvcktcn2znpsx4]

"melee marksman" when the dictionary defines a "marksman" as "a person skilled in shooting at a mark or target" and the LoL wikis as "ranged champion"

[@plteltronix7085]

dont worry her melee attacks are basically ranged

[@Dat_Jonx]

Samira is a melee marksman, idk what's this 300 years monster.

[@MyNextTrickLoL]

Whips serve that sort of purpose with that range. I thought about it too, but it makes sense.

[@Invisius1]

@@MyNextTrickLoL but then at the same time, having a whip at close range will severely decrease the damage you can increase. which is missing here.

[@MrWilson812]

@@Dat_Jonx That's because samira has two attack ranges using a sword and a gun. Nilah is literally just a ranged champion.

[@N3mdraz]

Can't we just give all new champions a extra 5th ability to make sure they are always OP on release?

[@flache1086]

She has 2 dashes... she already has 5 abilities...

[@benhoffman2725]

I loved the 3d10 damage water whip monk joke from D&D! Suprised more people aren’t mentioning it.

[@jinx.love.you.]

we just overwhelmed by the kit.

[@TrippyTimesTwo]

Imagine seeing the comments criticizing this champ on your last vid then releasing her like this. So balanced.

[@warlis4767]

Not to mention the video has 6.4K likes compared to 7.6K dislikes XD There is no way they think what they're doing is a good idea.

[@smashrosa8111]

@@warlis4767 Ah yes, the dislike extention that will probably collect your data and sell it. The things isn't even accurate.

[@dieptrieu6564]

@@warlis4767 People complain about every single new champs, lol. This is nothing new for them. They probally use to it at this point. And often time those complaints doesn't mean anything. Case in point look at akshan

[@warlis4767]

@@dieptrieu6564 At least the complaint is valid. The new champion is literally not a good idea at all.

[@warlis4767]

@@smashrosa8111 What's interesting is your reply is shadow banned. But while it's not accurate because it's an add-on to the browser, it can't read it 100% since KZbin removed dislikes. But it still shows a good idea how well or badly a video is taken. And this one is not being taken well.

[@mropti6350]

They stopped power creeping old champs and started power creeping new ones. Hello better Samira.

[@northwind2538]

"Nilah's Slipstream can be used to dash to allies as well." Samira: Am I a joke to you?

[@bopDS]

was this released on 1st april as joke? i dont see any 1 playing it any ways

[@EineChillkroete]

Nice! A melee marksman with the range of a ranged marksman. Gonna enjoy the melee playstyle :^)

[@danielk.5864]

*coughs in urgot*

[@alex2005z]

Dont forget that she will be able to use melle items, so divine sunderer might be preety stupid, depending on what her q cooldown ends up being

[@BioTheHuman]

@@alex2005z Typical new conqueror champ.

[@alex2005z]

@@BioTheHuman yey. Another champion that just runs conqueror. Why not make it just base for everyone at this point?

[@BioTheHuman]

@@alex2005z Yeah, funny how 99% of conqueror champs are 200 years design ahahah

[@yucaoximi665]

Nilah: “remember summoners, J in ‘League of Legends’ stand for joy”

[@Neeqwo]

Love how they give every new champion at least 2 or 3 passives yet Kog'Maw still has his useless explosion after death

[@devildogkogg8353]

Useless? Kog is vulnerable and likely to be the main target due to overwhelming dps. If he gets caught out and assassinated, it allows him to contribute at least some team fight damage

[@professorweeb]

another prime example of Rito's amazing 200 years of game development experience, and yet here i am still reading Aphelios' passive

[@fabiopauli420]

My current leading theory: Riot took all the dashes they origina wanted to give Renata and just put them on Nilah

[@edsha4291]

dashes aren’t even the issue at this point lol

[@elizabethtyler9351]

They literally gave Nilah exactly two dashes. Compare with older champs such as Riven with her three dashes or Jax with a dash on a 4-5 sec cooldown

[@uruxul1991]

@@elizabethtyler9351 but hey, look at Diana for example, yes she can dash twice but at least she needs to hit her mark. Samira can dash more but she needs a kill or assist. Katarine can dash, but she needs to pick up her dagger... And what Nilah need to do? Nothing. She just have two dashes which she can cast even on allies ..

[@tharealestinhurr]

I thought they put them on belveth..

[@uruxul1991]

@@tharealestinhurr belveth is actually okay. Nothing op with her dashes

[@depressedkermit5337]

Can’t wait to never see her one of my rift games because I’m hitting that ban button hella quick.

[@hentacletentai2160]

I like how he talk about Nilah needing her team to work or she will die, then shows 1v3 clip just after

[@Peachsweets]

Can you guys give buffs to the older champs you've ignored? Like compare older champs kits with newer ones with similar roles....like power creep much? Thought I was playing Yu-Gi-Oh!

[@Flechashe]

"melee marksman" is an oxymoron. And you know that a melee champion is most likely not gonna be played adc so you give her a ton of interactions with a lane partner to force her into it. Also she's literally Samira 2

[@alex2005z]

Yeah she is only melle by name. She has the same range as gnar lvl 1

[@tomasimellamo]

Ah yes Samira but with support kit like Rakan, Reel and the older Mordekaiser

[@prakharranjan5208]

The amount of feature creep is insane

[@Am_in_u_lah]

"We don't think our champions have overloaded kits overall" Nilah and Samira: yes

[@boyloftus]

I actually think Samira isn’t as overloaded now as she was on release now that she’s been nerfed and her dash to allies has been removed

[@PhlegTed]

@@boyloftus Which is funny because Nilah can do exactly that. Twice. And with more range, if I'm not mistaken.