Nilah
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Epic Relics
Nilah occupies a difficult position in the current meta. While her mechanical identity around duplicating fleeting cards is unique and potentially powerful, she suffers from a lack of inherent win conditions and a deck list that many consider inconsistent. Her power level is heavily dependent on specific relic interactions rather than her base kit, and she requires significant level and star investment to handle high-difficulty adventures without feeling overwhelmed by hand-size constraints or deck-out risks.
The Golden Guardian
Nilah is the premiere user of this relic. By shuffling high-statted Level 2 champions into the deck, she gains the definitive win conditions her base deck lacks.
Essential for lowering the cost of the champions generated by Oath of the Guardians, allowing for explosive turns where multiple high-impact units are played simultaneously.- A second instance of this relic ensures that generated champions often cost zero or near-zero mana, maximizing the value of Nilah's duplication mechanic.
Strategy
This strategy focuses on bypassing Nilah's internal deck synergies in favor of high-value champion generation. By playing Nilah early, you populate your deck with powerful units that can then be duplicated using her fleeting draw mechanics. This build is widely considered her most reliable path for clearing late-game content like Aurelion Sol or Lissandra.
Fleeting Duplication Engine
On summon, this discards the hand to create a full hand of fleeting spells, which immediately triggers Nilah's duplication powers and levels her up instantly.
Provides a consistent source of fleeting champion spells every round, ensuring Nilah always has cards to duplicate and maintaining board pressure.
Grants the entire board Overwhelm, which is necessary to convert Nilah's wide, duplicated boards into lethal Nexus damage.
Strategy
This build leans into Nilah's core identity of hand cycling and fleeting card manipulation. It requires careful hand management to avoid burning key cards but excels at generating massive value through duplicated spells and units.
Other Relic Options
Nilah's ability to duplicate herself while fleeting allows for multiple summon triggers, rapidly stacking Epic items across the deck.
Reduces the cost of her champion spell and increases draw consistency, which is vital for maintaining her fleeting engine without decking out.
Provides significant late-game scaling by tripling or quadrupling spell casts when combined with Nilah's innate duplication.
Nilah is highly sensitive to relic choices. Without specific Epic relics, she often relies on 'Guardian's Orb' or 'The Grand General's Counterplan' to generate enough value to compete with higher-statted enemies.
Constellation
Nilah's current constellation focuses heavily on her 'fleeting' and 'draw' archetypes. While her 1-star and 3-star powers provide the foundation for her gameplay, she is often cited as a champion who feels incomplete compared to newer releases with more robust 4-6 star paths.
Joy Unbound
Each round, copy the first Fleeting unit or spell you play.
Water Recycler
+1 Starting Mana. When you discard a card, create a copy of it in your deck and draw 1 Fleeting at next Round Start.Review
This upgrade provides essential deck longevity. By shuffling copies of discarded cards back into the deck, Nilah can mitigate the risk of decking out, which is a significant threat given her high draw velocity.
Joy Unbound II
Each round, copy the first 2 Fleeting units or spells you play.Review
The jump to duplicating the first two fleeting cards is a massive power spike. It allows for exponential value growth, especially when duplicating cards that generate further resources or buffs.
Gameplay Tips
- Monitor Hand Size Constraints
Nilah’s engine generates a significant number of fleeting cards. You must play these cards proactively to avoid overdrawing and obliterating important deck assets, as obliterated cards do not trigger her duplication or shuffle mechanics.
- Manage Deck Velocity Carefully
Because Nilah draws and discards at an accelerated rate, you are at constant risk of decking out in longer encounters. Prioritize cards like 'Slipstream' to maintain deck size, and avoid drafting unnecessary draw-heavy support champions unless you have a definitive win condition in hand.
- Leverage Duplicate Champions
When using relics like 'Oath of the Guardians,' Nilah can duplicate the Level 2 champions she draws. If a champion is drawn as a fleeting card, playing it will trigger Nilah's power to summon an exact copy, doubling your board presence and on-summon effects immediately.
- Strategic Use of Brash
While Brash is often less impactful in high-difficulty encounters where enemies have high health, it can be used to force favorable trades. Use Nilah’s damaging spells to reduce enemy health to 1, effectively removing their ability to block your Brash units.