Nilah
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Good (6/10)
Epic Relics
High Investment Required
Nilah is a polarizing champion often described as 'ineffective' or 'painful' in her base state due to the poor scaling of her 'Brash' keyword in PvE. However, she transforms into a potent engine when equipped with specific Epic relics like Oath of the Guardians. While she excels in niche scenarios (such as the Twisted Fate adventure due to fleeting mechanics), she requires significant investment and specific setups to perform consistently outside of them.
Oath of the Stars
The definitive relic for Nilah. It shuffles Level 2 champions into the deck, providing the win condition and board presence her base kit lacks.
Reduces the cost of the champions created by Oath. Stacking two allows for rapid deployment of powerful units.- A second copy maximizes the cost reduction, often allowing you to flood the board with champions immediately after playing Nilah.
Strategy
This build bypasses Nilah's weak combat stats by using her as a cheap engine to cheat out overpowered champions. Her inherent draw capabilities ensure you find the champions generated by Oath, allowing you to win through sheer value and stats.
Fleeting Payload
Discarding your hand on summon triggers significant damage and removal. Nilah's 2-star power recycles discarded fleeting cards back into the deck, mitigating the downside.
Adds Epic items to cards in your deck on summon. Since Nilah is cheap and often replayed or copied, this generates scaling value.
Allows Nilah to consume supported allies (often fleeting copies of herself or Orb targets) to grow her own stats and recycle board space.
Strategy
Capitalize on the interaction between Nilah's discard recycling and Jinx's signature relic. This setup provides board control and burn damage while generating value through Guardian's Orb.
Hexcore Generator (Rare/Common)
Nilah plays many cheap cards, allowing her to quickly grant herself multiple keywords.- Provides scaling by granting Epic items to cards in your deck.
Adds copies of Nilah to the deck to prevent decking out—a common issue due to her high draw rate—and increases the consistency of drawing her.
Strategy
A budget-friendly approach that focuses on Nilah as a keyword engine. The goal is to stack keywords via Hex Core while using Guardian's Orb to buff the deck. Managing deck size is critical to avoid self-milling.
Other Relic Options
A strong alternative for keyword-focused builds, allowing Nilah to scale with Fated and Overwhelm.
Ensures you draw Nilah and creates copies to prevent decking out, though often considered less impactful than Oath.
Generally considered a trap. Nilah already has high draw; this relic often leads to overdrawing and burning key cards or milling yourself.
Ineffective due to Nilah's slow stat scaling and lack of inherent defensive keywords.
Constellation
Nilah is heavily dependent on her star powers to function, as her base deck and 'Brash' keyword struggle against the inflated stats of high-tier PvE enemies. Her powers focus on manipulating fleeting cards, which is unique but requires careful management to avoid decking out.
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
Crucial for her sustainability. It shuffles copies of discarded fleeting cards back into the deck. This prevents you from running out of cards and allows synergy with discard effects without losing resources.
Joy Unbound II
Each round, copy the first 2 Fleeting units or spells you play.Review
Significantly increases value by duplicating fleeting cards. This turns her into a card advantage engine, though it exacerbates her tendency to mill herself if games drag on.
Gameplay Tips
Manage Your Deck Size
Nilah draws cards aggressively, and it is very easy to deck out (lose by running out of cards) in longer encounters. Avoid taking powers or items that force excessive drawing unless you have a way to shuffle cards back (like her 2-star power or Chameleon's Necklace).
Brash is Unreliable
The 'Brash' keyword (can only be blocked by enemies with 3+ Health) is often ineffective in Path of Champions because enemy units frequently have high health pools. Do not rely on Brash for evasion; instead, build for Overwhelm or wide boards using Oath of the Guardians.
The Fleeting Interaction
Nilah's powers interact specifically with Fleeting cards. Her 2-star power ensures that when a Fleeting card is discarded (which happens at round end or via effects), a copy is shuffled into your deck. This means 'discard' effects (like The Loose Cannon's Payload) trigger their benefits while actually adding to your deck size rather than depleting resources.
Twisted Fate Adventure Synergy
Nilah is considered S-Tier for the Twisted Fate adventure specifically. Her ability to duplicate and recycle fleeting cards counters the adventure's mechanics perfectly, allowing her to out-value the encounter or even win via self-mill strategies where applicable.