Nilah gains increased experience from last-hitting minions along with the ability to enhance and share nearby healing and shielding from her allies.
QFormless Blade4s30
With a snap of her whip-blade, Nilah damages any enemies she hits in a straight line in her chosen direction. This action extends her attack range for a short duration.
WJubilant Veil26/25/24/23/22s60/45/30/15/0
Nilah envelops herself in mist, increasing her movement speed and allowing her to gracefully dodge all incoming attacks. Any allies she touches during the mist's duration will also gain this effect.
ESlipstream0.5s40
Patch history
26.15 · Jul 29, 2026
General
Bug Fix: Fixed a bug where her attacks immediately after Formless Blade or Slipstream may not trigger Hail of Blades.
26.3 · Feb 4, 2026
Stats
Base attack damage reduced to 58 from 60.
Armor growth reduced to 4.2 from 4.5.
26.1 · Jan 8, 2026
Stats
Attack speed growth reduced to 1.25% from 2%.
Formless Blade
Base stats
Health570 +101/lvl
Mana350 +35/lvl
Attack Damage58 +2/lvl
Attack Speed0.697 +1.25/lvl
Armor27 +4.2/lvl
Magic Resist32 +2.05/lvl
Base Health Regen6 +0.9/lvl
Base Mana Regen8.2 +0.7/lvl
Move Speed340
Range225
Melee · Resource: Mana
Nilah enthusiastically dashes toward her target, dealing damage to any enemies she passes through on the way.
RApotheosis110/95/80s100
Twirling her whip-blade in joyful exuberance, Nilah deals damage to enemies around her before pulling them closer with her weapon.
Damage critical strike chance ratio reduced to 0% to 70% from 0% to 80%.
Damage bonus critical damage ratio reduced to 0% to 70%bonus critical damage from 0% to 80%.
Stats
Attack speed growth reduced to 2% from 2.25%.
Formless Blade
Base damage changed 0 to 40 from 5 to 25.
AD ratio changed to 100% AD at all ranks from 90 to 110% AD.
Damage critical strike chance ratio reduced to 0% to 80% from 0% to 100%.
New Effect: Damage now also scales with 0% to 80%bonus critical damage.
Armor penetration critical strike chance ratio reduced to 0% to 30% from 0% to 33%.
Apotheosis
Mana cost increased to 100 from 80.
25.19 · Sep 24, 2025
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.
25.18 · Sep 10, 2025
Jubilant Veil
Bug Fix: VFX no longer renders over impassable terrain and structures.
15 older patches
25.17 · Aug 27, 2025
Formless Blade
Cone monster damage increased to 100% from 10%.
25.15 · Jul 30, 2025
Stats
Base attack damage increased to 60 from 58.
Attack speed growth reduced to 2.25% from 3%.
14.21
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.
14.20
Slipstream
Base damage reduced to 60 to 100 from 65 to 165.
Apotheosis
Base damage per tick reduced to 15 to 35 from 15 to 45.
Maximum total base damage reduced to 185 to 465 from 185 to 505.
Bonus AD ratio per tick reduced to 10% bonus AD from 20%.
Burst bonus AD ratio reduced to 100% bonus AD from 120%.
Maximum total bonus AD ratio reduced to 140% bonus AD from
14.12
Stats
Base health regeneration increased to 6 from 4.
Armor growth increased to 4.5 from 4.2.
14.9
Stats
Selection radius increased to 120 units from 75.
Formless Blade
AD ratio reduced to 90 to 110% AD from 90 to 120% AD.
Damage critical strike chance ratio reduced to 0% to 100% from 0% to 120%.
Bonus attack speed increased to 10% to 60% from 10% to 50%.
14.2
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.
13.22
Formless Blade
Bonus attack speed reduced to 10% to 50% from 10% to 60%.
Apotheosis
Bonus AD ratio per tick reduced to 20% bonus AD from 28%.
Maximum total bonus AD ratio reduced to 200% bonus AD from 232%.
Bug Fix: VFX when cast during Slipstream adjusted to not look similar to the VFX of Coven Morgana's Dark Binding.
12.23
Formless Blade
AD ratio reduced to 90 to 120% AD from 90 to 130% AD.
Damage critical strike chance ratio increased to 0% to 120% from 0% to 100%.
Healing increased to 0% to 20% of damage dealt from 0% to 15%.
Apotheosis
Bonus AD ratio per tick reduced to 28% bonus AD from 35%.
Maximum total bonus AD ratio reduced to 232% bonus AD from
12.22
Stats
Base mana regeneration increased to 8.2 from 8.18.
12.21
Formless Blade
Bug Fix: Passive shield duration now properly matches the ability tooltip.
12.15
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.
12.14
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.
12.13
Stats
Base health reduced to 570 from 590.
Base armor reduced to 27 from 30.
Joy Unending
Increased healing modifier reduced to 7.5% from 10%.
Increased shielding modifier reduced to 15% from 20%.
Formless Blade
Empowered attack AD ratio reduced to 100% AD from 110% AD.
Secondary minion AD ratio reduced to 33% AD from 36.3% AD.
Secondary monster AD ratio reduced to 10% AD from 11% AD
200%
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Slipstream
Cast time reduced to 0 seconds from 0.01.
260%
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Healing changed to 20% to 50% of damage dealt from 30% to 45%.
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Bonus attack speed reduced to 10% to 60% from 15% to 65%.
Slipstream
Recharge cooldown increased to 26 to 12 seconds from 24 to 12.
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 healing and 20% bonusshield 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%armor penetration. Her basic attacks and Formless Bladeheal her for 0% to 15% 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 to 25(+ 90 to 130% AD)physical damage to all enemies struck, increased by 0% to 100%. 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%bonus attack speed and causing her basic attacks to strike in a cone, dealing 110% ADphysical 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.
Active:Nilah envelops herself in mist for 2.25 seconds, during which she becomes ghosted, gains 15 to 25% bonus movement speed, dodges all non-turret basic attacks, and reduces all incoming magic damage taken by 25%.
While active, touching allied champions also envelops them in the mist, granting them the same effects for 1.5 seconds.
Mana Cost:60 to 0.
Cooldown:26 to 22 seconds.
Cast Time: None.
Slipstream (E)
Active:Nilahdashes a fixed distance towards or through the target unit, dealing 65 to 165(+ 20% AD)physical damage to enemies she passes through.
Nilah periodically stocks a Slipstream charge, up to a maximum of 2.
Slipstream resetsNilah's basic attack timer. Formless Blade and Apotheosis can be cast during the dash.
Active:Nilah whirls her whip-blade over 1 second, dealing 15 to 45(+ 35% bonus AD)physical damage to nearby enemies every 0.25 seconds. Afterwards, she bursts to deal them 125 to 325(+ 120% bonus AD)physical damage and pull them 250 units towards her. Each hit slows the targets by 10% for 3 seconds, refreshing on subsequent hits.
Nilahheals herself and nearby allied champions for 30% to 45% 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.
