Nilah Quotes

Champion Select

Pick

• "Joy, unceasing and forever!"

Ban

• "I don't blame you. I'm quite strong."

Movement

First Move

• "I am unbound from the world, mighty and joyous. May evil tremble before me."
• "In death, Ashlesh, my spirit is yours. But in life, your strength and joy belong to me."
• "Ashlesh, Lord of Joy, for stealing my name and my fate, I claim your power."

Moving

• "When you flow as water, nothing can harm you."
• "Bring me more foes to defeat."
• "Triumph and exaltation."
• "Master one evil, then destroy the rest."
• "The bigger they are, the better the fight."
• "River of fate, guide me to greatness."
• "My epic will be long and joyous."
• "Water binds us, as it binds the demon."
• "Bliss in life, and bliss for ever after."
• "Turn darkness against itself."
• "I will topple giants."
• "There is great power behind this smile… Be wary."
• "Joy was my choice. I would choose it again."
• "Rage in your prison, demon! I am in control."
• "No god nor devil can stop me!"
• "All I feel is joy! It is… difficult."
• "I need only three weapons: water, muscle, mind."
• "May these battles ink the pages of history."
• "No adversary is too powerful for me."
• "Cast away fear and spit in the eye of evil."
• "It is thrilling to face the beasts of old!"
• "For this strength, I gave everything."
• "May we lose ourselves to joy."

Long Move

• "Bilgewater is nice. There's always something big to kill."
• "Raging demigods, dragons, the age of the world… *scoffs* Not enough. Who's next?"
• "I exist in but a single moment: eternal, unbreaking bliss."
• "My past is gone, traded for the strength to do good."
• "Seven hands reach for seven locks, yearning to break free."
• "I will face the great villains of myth, and live forever in song."
• "Evil hides in every corner of the world, but I always find it."
• "They can't remember the woman I was, but will know the hero I am."
• "The Lord of Joy rages in his prison, his power taken… by me."
• "I prefer my enemies several stories tall… keeps things fair."
• "Joy is not an easy power to master. It infects you, becomes you."

First Encounter

• "Prepare yourself, joy will not falter."
• "I am Nilah of the Seventh Layer. Let us begin."
• "True happiness lies in the heart of battle! Let us claim it."

First Encounter with Fiddlesticks

• "Lord of Fear, I know what you really are and I know how to kill you."

First Encounter with Graves

• "How many times must I embarrass you, Malcolm Graves?"

First Encounter with Illaoi

• "Test me, Illaoi. I know I will prevail."

First Encounter with Kalista

• "To think, the brave Kalista of Camavor, reduced to this…"

First Encounter with Karma

• "Your ancestors and mine once shared a homeland, Darha."

First Encounter with Kindred

• "Twin faces of death, I test my mettle against the end itself!"

First Encounter with Mordekaiser

• "I know your name, Sahn-Uzal. You are weak to fear death."

First Encounter with Pantheon

• "Atreus, is it? Few are worthy to hold power such as ours."

First Encounter with Senna

• "You left Viego on our doorstep, Sentinel. Not very neighborly."

First Encounter with Swain

• "We are not alike, Jericho Swain. I know the price I paid."

First Encounter with Twisted Fate

• "Tobias Felix. You're a cheat and a bad friend, and I don't like you."

First Encounter with Viego

• "Viego, we didn't fall to Camavor when you lived and I won't fall now!"

First Encounter with Volibear

• "You have begun to fade, Thousand-Pierced Bear, but I will give you one last battle."

First Encounter with an Aspect

• "Is this a test, gods? I hope you don't mind losing your Aspect."

First Encounter with a Darkin

• "Fallen lords of light, now flesh and rage, will you face me?"

First Encounter with a Demon

• "You are nothing, demon! I've crushed hundreds of your kind."

Taunt

• "I am Nilah of the Seventh Layer! Accept my challenge!"

Taunt Response

• "You speak with great passion, but zero brain. Where have you left your mind?"

Joke

• "Give me five, demon— OWW! What are you doing!? That was way too hard!"

Joke Response

• "You sound nervous. Are you compensating? Do you need a moment?"

Attack

Attacking

• "Elation!"
• "Leave your mark on the world!"
• "A worthy adversary!"
• "My bliss is battle."
• "Water, to me!"
• "Joy in all things!"
• "The river swells!"
• "Demon, obey me!"
• "And how strong are you?"
• "They will write songs about this!"
• "Water, take shape!"
• "Yes! Claim your joy!"
• "My waters cut deep!"
• "Find your form, water!"
• "Such happiness!"
• "Let us fight as equals."
• "There's only you and me."
• "Let the heavens bear witness!"
• "I will not fall to you."

Attacking › Attacking Baron Nashor

• "Baron Nashor. I wonder which of us is stronger."
• "A perfect enemy to test my skill!"

Attacking › Attacking a Dragon

• "Beast of ancient legend, face me!"
• "I have slain greater dragons than you."
• "Give my regards to the viper worms."

Attacking › Attacking Elder Dragon

• "Finally, a true monster of the old world."
• "I've waited a long time to fight a myth like you."

Attacking › Attacking Rift Herald

• "Prepare yourself, Herald of the Rift."
• "Don't hold back, Void-born. I want this to be fair."

Ability Casting

Triggering Joy Unending

• "Embrace joy!"
• "Joy protect you!"
• "Gentle waters."
• "Cover them!"
• "The river carries you!"
• "Feel bliss!"

Using Formless Blade

• "Water, strike!"
• "Delightful."
• "Joyous!"
• "Flow!"
• "With speed!"
• "Again!"
• "Surge!"

Using Jubilant Veil

• "Water, rise!"
• "This is my domain!"
• "Move like the river!"
• "No foe can match me!"
• "Dance upon the lake!"
• "Challenge me here!"

Using Slipstream

• "The time is now!"
• "Joy has found you!"
• "Advance!"
• "Face me!"
• "Prepare for death!"
• "Here I am!"
• "Close in!"

Using Apotheosis

• "Felicity!"
• "Jubilation!"

Kills and Objectives

Killing a Champion

• "May you find joy in the world beyond."
• "Another chapter in the epic of Nilah!"
• "An enemy of skill and worth—I thank you."
• "I am a power far beyond you, I'm afraid."
• "When you meet the demon, warn him of my strength."
• "I slay foes the size of mountains! You were… fine, I guess."
• "The river of fate drowns the unworthy."

Killing Fiddlesticks

• "HA! First of nothing! Tell the other eight where to find me."

Killing Graves

• "Call me when you need me, Malcolm Graves, but I tire of this."

Killing Kindred

• "Strange, I feel a third presence. Something far older."

Killing Twisted Fate

• "Hmm… Malcolm Graves deserved better."

Killing Viego

• "Old Camavor's evil ends where it began… with a broken heart."

Scoring First Blood

• "Conquer the foe before you, no matter how great."
• "Now you know what you're up against."
• "That was fast. Should I have held back?"

Scoring a Pentakill

• "I am the living joy! Remember my name: Nilah!"

Stealing the Dragon from the enemy team

• "The greatest foes are mine alone. Let no one forget."

Recall

• "Cast down he fell, reaching upward with his seven hands."
• "Ashlesh turned to gaze upon the stars, and his hungers only grew."
• "He rests now, trapped in the Seventh Layer deep beneath the waters."

Death

• "Remember… my name…"

Respawn

• "Ha! My joy endures!"
• "My legend remains unwritten."
• "The epic of Nilah does not end here."