How to win lane as Kalista against Nilah · 48.48% win rate over 328 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Kalista | As a melee ADC Nilah can't contest your level 1 ranged poke and CS control. |
| Level 2 | Kalista | At level 2 your Martial Poise kite keeps her out of auto range while you chip her. |
| Level 3 | Kalista | Level 3 lets you stack Rend on her farm walk-ups from a safe distance. |
| Levels 4-5 | Kalista | At levels 4-5 you still out-range her and punish every gap-close attempt. |
| Level 6 | Kalista | Nilah's level 6 Apotheosis, Slipstream, and lifesteal sustain flip the all-in in her favor. |
| First item | Nilah | Her first-item healing and Jubilant Veil dodge windows out-scale your poke. |
| Two+ items | Nilah | At two-plus items her sustain and team-clumping ult win the extended fights. |
You dominate levels 1-3 against a melee Nilah: keep max distance, hop-kite with Martial Poise, and poke with Pierce every time she has to step into auto range to farm, stacking Rend so her eventual all-in starts from a health deficit.
The full Kalista vs Nilah report continues with the mid-game plan, the late-game and teamfight plan, every power spike to play around, and the win conditions for both sides — plus cooldown tracking and the live enemy-jungle tracker inside the app.
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