Nilah

Nilah has pared her existence down to one goal: locating foes big and dangerous enough to be worth confronting and tearing apart. That single-mindedness wasn’t part of who she was before. It grew out of a meeting with a demon of joy that had been sealed away for ages before she came across it.

Her deal with that demon cost her every feeling except one, an unbroken elation that holds no matter what is happening around her. She considers it a strange price for the sheer power it gave her, though by her own reckoning it was a square trade. She feeds the demon’s liquid form straight into her blade, which lets her face ancient dangers that most of Runeterra has long since forgotten. In the game world she is tied to Bilgewater, yet her own history starts in a faraway country that the port has never reached.

Her passive, Joy Unending, rewards her with extra experience for hunting minions and strengthens the healing and shields she gives nearby allies. Formless Blade stretches her reach in whatever direction she picks. Jubilant Veil wraps her in a mist that lets her slip past incoming attacks and passes its benefits to any ally she touches on the way. Slipstream launches her at a target and carries her through everything standing in the path, and Apotheosis sends her blade spinning to deal damage and pull in every enemy nearby.

On the field, Nilah is a Fighter-Assassin who usually goes Top or Mid. Her origin is unusual, but she runs on regular mana to power her whip-blade. Each ability carries the same restless drive that defines her: Formless Blade snaps her weapon outward to extend its range, Jubilant Veil lets her glide through attacks while spreading its effects to allies close by, Slipstream closes the gap by passing through whoever is in the way, and Apotheosis hits and gathers a whole group together. The kit is designed to dive a single overwhelming target instead of trading carefully from range, which suits a fighter who only measures herself against the biggest threats she can find.