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League of Legends' newest AD carry, Nilah, was officially unveiled on June 22. Her hands will be full laning against powerful ranged champions as the game's first full-time melee ADC.
Nilah is designed to play in the bottom lane, typically alongside a support champion as her lane partner. Fortunately, the "Joy Unbound" has a wide range of abilities in her arsenal that let her remain alive while doing massive amounts of damage. However, she will occasionally need some help from a lane buddy.
If the description of her abilities is to be believed, Nilah would consider her support duo to fit into a specific niche. For the best possible partnership, her passive ability desires players to choose enchanters like Nami or Senna.
It appears that whenever Nilah's support team uses heals or shields alongside her, she will also benefit from those abilities for both herself and her lane ally. However, melee supports like Leona and Nautilus do not offer either healing or shielding. Not all enchanter supports comply with her ability, further lowering the number of support pairings available for Nilah.
Support champions that give Nilah a much-needed boost in League of Legends
5) Janna
Nilah performs best when she is sprinting around the bot lane at top speed, and Janna is a champion who can assist her with faster passive movement speed. Nilah will be able to rush back and forth between the heat of a battle and her support's side for healing and safety, thanks to the natural speed she obtains by being close to Janna.
4) Lulu
Lulu is among the best support champions to pair with Nilah in League of Legends. Lulu offers shielding, which is a massive plus for a melee champion like Nilah, who needs to survive in the lane against ranged marksmen like Jinx and Miss Fortune.
Apart from that, Lulu's ultimate will help Nilah fight for longer durations in team fights and thus impact the game towards the later stages. Lastly, Lulu benefits a lot from Nilah's passive ability, where enchanters can gain additional experience. Thus, Lulu can scale much faster, which is a scary prospect in the game's current state.
3) Zilean
Since both Zilean and Nilah have passive abilities that let them store experience and level up faster, the Zilean-Nilah combination is one that will undoubtedly raise some eyebrows and get attention when the new champion officially hits the Summoner's Rift.
Zilean's Time in a Bottle (P) will provide extra XP that can be used in the late game, whereas Nilah's Joy Unending (P) will cancel out the effects of shared experience. The ADC-support pair can outperform each other in the bot lane to get an early edge and guarantee level advantage for any upcoming two-vs-two confrontations.
2) Nami
Water-based duo Nilah and Nami not only have a powerful thematic twinning, but they will also excel in lane. Nilah will probably see a lot of abuse and general harassment from ranged ADCs, but Nami is one of the best enchanters in the game, a trait that is ideal for Nilah.
Using Tidecaller's Blessing (E), Nami can increase Nilah's damage during teamfights and skirmishes while keeping her alive and moving quickly. Additionally, Nilah's ultimate, Apotheosis, imposes CC effects that make it simple for Nami players to hit their Tidal Wave (R)-Aqua Prison (Q) combo.
1) Senna
Senna and Nilah may team up to form one of the most over-powering and high-damage bot lane pairs in League of Legends that will use burst damage and brisk skirmishes to eliminate their opponents. But what makes the Nilah-Senna combination relatively potent is their combined utility.
Nilah's Jubilant Veil (W) and Senna's Curse of the Black Mist (E), for instance, can shield the pair from aggression or incoming damage at the beginning or end of a laning phase battle.
Note: This article is subjective and solely reflects the writer's opinions.
