Nilah ARAM Mayhem Build

The Joy Unbound. A strong pick in ARAM Mayhem on patch 26.21: #32 of 173 champions.

APatch 26.21FighterAssassinNo runes in Mayhem

Tier: A
Win rate: 51.9%
Pick rate: 0.9%
Rank: #32 of 173
Games: 202,712
Patch: 26.21

How to play Nilah in ARAM Mayhem

Nilah is a strong pick in ARAM Mayhem on patch 26.21: tier A, #32 of 173 champions, with a 51.9% win rate over 202,712 games. Few players take it (0.9% of games), so enemies will rarely know the matchup well. Riot rates it 10/10 for difficulty, so give it a few games before you judge it.

91% of Nilah's damage to champions is physical, so enemy armor is what slows it down. It brings almost no crowd control, so it relies on teammates to set up kills.

The Crit build, critical strike and attack speed items, is both the most played and the top-ranked path: The Collector, Infinity Edge and Lord Dominik's Regards, with a 53.8% win rate over 146,542 games. For boots, Gluttonous Greaves are both the most bought and the top-ranked pair.

The cards that do best on Nilah are Jeweled Gauntlet, Back To Basics and Hand of Baron. Cards built around ability power fill most of the top of its list, followed by attack speed and on-hit. Most of its S-tier cards are prismatic, so a prismatic offer is often the pick that shapes the game. Skip Snowblast and Dashing when you can: they do worst on Nilah. A pair to look for: Jeweled Gauntlet with Heavy Is The Crown.

Take Flash and Mark (82% of players); Ghost is the common alternative. Max Q (Formless Blade) first, then E, then W.

Nilah ARAM Mayhem build

ARAMKit groups every Nilah game by build path. The top-ranked path comes first, with the items most players start with, buy first and add later.

Crit build · top ranked

53.8% win rate · 85% of Nilah games · 146,542 games

Start

Long Sword
Pickaxe

Core items, in buying order

The Collector
Infinity Edge
Lord Dominik's Regards

Boots on the Crit build for Nilah, top ranked first, with the share of players who buy them
Boots, best first	Players
Gluttonous Greaves	20%
No boots	36%
Berserker's Greaves	32%

Situational, after the core

Endless Hunger4% buy it
Death's Dance15% buy it
Yun Tal Wildarrows5% buy it
Bloodthirster36% buy it
Phantom Dancer3% buy it
Ravenous Hydra3% buy it

Other build paths

Other Nilah build paths with share of games, win rate and core items
Path	Core items	Games	Win rate
LethalityHubris, The Collector, Death's Dance		0.2%	52.9%

Games: the share of all Nilah games that went this way.

Most bought items

The Collector86% of games
Infinity Edge85% of games
Lord Dominik's Regards55% of games
Berserker's Greaves32% of games
Navori Flickerblade29% of games
Bloodthirster27% of games
Yun Tal Wildarrows22% of games
Gluttonous Greaves18% of games
Blade of The Ruined King17% of games
Immortal Shieldbow16% of games

Best augments for Nilah

Every card with enough Nilah games, by tier and best first within each tier. Tiers are Nilah's own: a card can be S tier here and C tier on another champion. As Riot's policy asks, cards are shown by tier and order only, never with a win rate. Click a card for its own page; the augment tier list ranks them over all champions.

PrismaticBest prismatic cards

GoldBest gold cards

SilverBest silver cards

1Blunt ForceTier S
2ZealotTier S
3Flow of SpiritTier A

S- and A-tier cards for Nilah

11 S tier and 41 A tier, best first.

The S- and A-tier augments for Nilah in ARAM Mayhem, best first, with their rarity and what they do
Augment	Rarity	Tier	What it does
Jeweled Gauntlet	Prismatic	Tier S	Your Abilities can Critically Strike for 45% increased damage. Gain Critical Strike Chance (25%+4.5% Ability Power) Crit Chance.
Back To Basics	Prismatic	Tier S	Your Ultimate Ability is sealed. Gain 35% Ability Damage, Healing, Shielding, and 70 Ability Haste.
Hand of Baron	Prismatic	Tier S	Gain 25% Adaptive Force. Nearby allied minions are greatly empowered.
Weapon of Destiny	Gold	Tier S	Your first Legendary Item becomes the Weapon of Destiny. When a champion you damaged within the last 3 seconds dies, increase the Weapon of…
Mad Scientist	Prismatic	Tier S	On each Revive, you grow large (gaining 30% Adaptive Force and 20% Health) or tiny (gaining 70 Ability Haste and 40% Movement Speed).
Blunt Force	Silver	Tier S	–
The Boom and the Bass	Gold	Tier S	After casting an Ability, your next Attack within 6 seconds is faster, deals Melee (50–200 (by level) +50% Bonus Attack Damage+30% Ability…
Still Here	Gold	Tier S	Gain 2% Attack Speed and 0.35% Lifesteal for each 1% of missing Health.
Urf's Champion	Prismatic	Tier S	QUEST: Score 18 takedowns. REWARD: Gain The Golden Spatula.
Zealot	Silver	Tier S	Gain (25%+5% Ability Power) Critical Strike Chance and (35%+5% Ability Power) Attack Speed.
Clown College	Prismatic	Tier S	Backstab: You deal (20–35 (by level) +35% Ability Power +50% Bonus Attack Damage) bonus physical damage when striking from behind. Deceive…
Heavy Is The Crown	Gold	Tier A	Gain 10 Attack Damage, 25 Ability Power, and increase your Bonus Attack Damage, Bonus Ability Power, and Total Attack Speed by 10%. Decrease…
Critical Healing	Gold	Tier A	Your healing and Shields can Critically Strike for 40% bonus amount. Gain Critical Strike Chance 25% Crit Chance.
Windspeaker's Blessing	Prismatic	Tier A	Your Healing and Shielding also increases the target's Armor and Magic Resist by 30–60 (by level) for 3 seconds.
Flow of Spirit	Silver	Tier A	Casting selected ability grants you 60–120 (by level) % Attack Speed for 4 seconds.
Soul Siphon	Gold	Tier A	Gain 25% Crit Chance and 12% Lifesteal on Critical Strikes.
Take'em Down Down Down	Gold	Tier A	Attacks and Abilities apply a stack to enemy champions for 5 seconds and deal Melee (5–30 (by level) +35% Bonus Attack Damage+15% Ability…
Tooth Fairy	Gold	Tier A	When you deal more than 25% of an enemy champion's Health in less than 2.5 seconds, they drop a Tooth. 4 seconds cooldown per target
Escape Plan	Silver	Tier A	Gain a massive (65% Max Health) decaying Shield, decaying 150% Movement Speed, and a decaying shrink effect upon reaching 35% Health (75…
Ultra Hydra	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain a Tiamat when completing a Hydra Item. QUEST: Possess Titanic Hydra, Ravenous Hydra and Profane Hydra. REWARD: Get Ultra Hydra.
Tank It Or Leave It	Silver	Tier A	You can Critically Defend using your Crit Chance (max 50% chance), giving you a chance to reduce damage taken by 20%. Gain 25% Crit Chance.
Symphony of War	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain the Lethal Tempo and Conqueror Keystone Runes. Lethal Tempo - Attacking champions grants Attack Speed, stacking up to 6 times. At 6…
Upgrade Death's Dance	Silver	Tier A	Gain 250. Death's Dance's Ignore Pain is increased to Melee 40% / Ranged 15% of damage received, and heals for (125% Bonus Attack Damage)…
Pursuit of Power	Gold	Tier A	QUEST: Hit enemy champions with selected ability 10 times. REWARD: Permanently increase selected ability damage by 30%.
It's Critical	Gold	Tier A	Gain Critical Strike Chance 50% Crit chance.
Stats on Stats!	Gold	Tier A	Gain 3 Stat Anvils, with a higher chance of Gold and Prismatic Anvils!
Giant Slayer	Prismatic	Tier A	Become tiny, gain 20% Movement Speed, and deal between 10% and 30% bonus damage to champions based on how much larger they are than you.
Transmute: Chaos	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain 2 random Augment Tier Augments.
Jeweled Bracelet	Gold	Tier A	selected ability can Critically Strike for 45% increased damage. Gain 25% Critical Strike Chance.
Mind to Matter	Silver	Tier A	Gain (50% Max Mana) Health.
From Beginning To End	Gold	Tier A	Gain the First Strike and Dark Harvest Keystone Runes. First Strike: When you initiate champion combat, deal 10% extra damage for 3 seconds…
Stats on Stats on Stats!	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain 4 Stat Anvils, with a higher chance of Gold and Prismatic Anvils! On your next Augment selection, gain one additional reroll per slot.
Stats!	Silver	Tier A	Gain 2 Stat Anvils!
Goredrink	Silver	Tier A	Gain 15% Omnivamp.
Donation	Gold	Tier A	Receive 1750 Gold. Thanks chat!:)
Twin Fire	Silver	Tier A	On ability damage, fire 1 plus (3% Critical Strike Chance) missiles that deal (10–30 (by level) +7% Bonus Attack Damage+7% Ability Power)…
Lonely Warrior	Silver	Tier A	Gain 15% Attack Speed, 10 Armor, and 10 Magic Resist for each nearby enemy champion within 600 Range.
Dual Wield	Prismatic	Tier A	When you Attack, fire a bolt that deals 40% damage and applies your On-Hit Effects On-Hit effects at 40% effectiveness. Gain 10% total…
Goliath	Prismatic	Tier A	Become large, gaining 35% Health and 15% Adaptive Force.
Transmute: Prismatic	Gold	Tier A	Gain a random Augment Tier Prismatic Augment.
Deft	Silver	Tier A	Gain Attack Speed 60% Attack Speed.
Final Form	Prismatic	Tier A	After casting your Ultimate, gain a 50% max Health Shield, 20% Omnivamp and 30% bonus Movement Speed for 10 seconds. (20 seconds Cooldown).
Critical Rhythm	Gold	Tier A	Your basic Attack stacks 6% Attack Speed on Critical Strikes up to 10 stacks. Gain Critical Strike Chance 25% Crit chance.
Spin To Win	Silver	Tier A	Your spin Abilities gain 30 Ability Haste and deal 30% more damage, increase to 50% for Ultimates
Hellbent	Prismatic	Tier A	Striking enemy champions with Attacks or Abilities grants you a stack of Revivemaxxing for 6 seconds (max: 10). At max stacks become…
Upgrade Collector	Silver	Tier A	Executing enemies with The Collector's Passive increases execute threshold by 0.5% and grant additional 50 Gold. Gain 250 Gold.
Upgrade Infinity Edge	Gold	Tier A	Gain 500 Gold. Having Infinity Edge allows your Critical Strikes to deal random bonus Critical Strike Damage, scaling up to 50% of your…
Shadow Runner	Silver	Tier A	After using a Dash, Blink, or Teleport Ability or exiting Stealth, gain 300 Movement Speed for 2 seconds.
Kill Secured	Silver	Tier A	Gain 60% Movement Speed towards enemies below 40% health.
Big Shot	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain 35% Critical Strike Damage and 25% bonus Attack Damage. 75% of your Attack Speed is converted into Critical Strike Damage. (1% Attack…
Flashy	Gold	Tier A	Your Flash has 3 charges. After 120 seconds, regain all charges.
Fruitify	Silver	Tier A	Scoring a Takedown causes the slain champion to explode into 3–6 (by level) Fruit. Fruit restores 6% of your maximum health and restores 6%…

Average on Nilah
55 cards, best first

Below average on Nilah
31 cards, best first

Weakest on Nilah
15 cards, best first

Best first augment for Nilah

Your first card decides the early fights, and a card that is great as a first pick can be a weak fourth. ARAMKit ranks Nilah's cards for each pick on its own; these are the top five per pick, with their tier in that pick. For the first pick, Zealot, Jeweled Gauntlet and Fruitify come out on top.

The best augments for Nilah in each pick of an ARAM Mayhem game, best first, with their tier in that pick
#	First pick	Second pick	Third pick	Fourth pick
1	ZealotTier S	Back To BasicsTier S	Jeweled GauntletTier S	Jeweled GauntletTier S
2	Jeweled GauntletTier S	Weapon of DestinyTier S	Wee Woo Wee WooTier S	Hand of BaronTier S
3	FruitifyTier S	Jeweled GauntletTier S	The Boom and the BassTier S	FruitifyTier S
4	Back To BasicsTier S	Mad ScientistTier S	Back To BasicsTier S	Back To BasicsTier A
5	Urf's ChampionTier S	Clown CollegeTier S	HellbentTier S	The Boom and the BassTier A

Strong card pairs

Two cards that do especially well together on Nilah, best pair first.

Summoner spells and skill order

Summoner spells

Flash + Mark82% of players · 52.5% win rate
Flash + Ghost16% of players · 49.4% win rate
Ghost + Mark0% of players · 53.5% win rate

Skill order

QFormless Blade
ESlipstream
WJubilant Veil

Max Q first. 91% of players use this order (53.5% win rate); put points in R whenever you can.

Nilah in an average Mayhem game

Averages per game over every game on this patch.

K / D / A: 13.9 / 12.7 / 20.8
KDA: 2.94
Damage to champions: 38,548
Damage taken: 37,680
Self-mitigated: 32,863
Healing on allies: 885
Shielding on allies: 965
Crowd control: 9 s
Kill participation: 64%
Game length: 16:31

Damage type

Physical 91%Magic 3%True 6%

Questions and answers

What is the best Nilah build in ARAM Mayhem?

On patch 26.21 ARAMKit ranks the Crit build first for Nilah: The Collector, Infinity Edge and Lord Dominik's Regards. It is also the most played build.

What are the best augments for Nilah in ARAM Mayhem?

The S-tier cards for Nilah, best first: Jeweled Gauntlet, Back To Basics, Hand of Baron, Weapon of Destiny and Mad Scientist. The full list by tier is on this page.

Is Nilah good in ARAM Mayhem?

Nilah is tier A on patch 26.21, #32 of 173 champions, with a 51.9% win rate over 202,712 games. That makes it a strong pick in ARAM Mayhem right now.

What is the best first augment for Nilah in ARAM Mayhem?

For Nilah's first pick on patch 26.21: Zealot, Jeweled Gauntlet, Fruitify, Back To Basics and Urf's Champion, best first. Cards rank differently in later picks; the table on this page has all four.

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ARAM Mayhem tier list
Every champion by tier on patch 26.21.
ARAM Mayhem augment tier list
Every card from S to D over all champions.
All Mayhem builds
Pick a champion from the full list.
ARAM Mayhem rules
Augment levels, rerolls and why there are no runes.
ARAM Mayhem guide
How the mode, the cards and the picks work.
Nilah counters
Its lane matchups on Summoner's Rift.
ARAM Mayhem overlay
The card picker and build in the app.

Source: ARAMKit, used with permission. Patch 26.21, 23,177,263 ARAM Mayhem games, data of October 28, 2026. Riot keeps Mayhem games out of its public match API, so these aggregates come from ARAMKit. Card tiers are shown without win rates, as Riot's developer policy asks.