Nike

How to play Nike

Nike is a melee warrior from the Greek pantheon who deals physical damage. Top players play Nike in the Solo lane.

In your kit, Valiant Leap (leap, area knock-up) is your way in and out of fights. Rend (triple line, shred and disarm) is your main crowd control. Barrier Formation (channeled barrier, collapse) adds damage and pressure. Your ultimate is Sentinel of Zeus (slow, health shield), on a long cooldown (about 90s at rank 1), so save it for fights that matter. Your passive is To Victory!: shared laurels, attack payoff.

Community guides level Barrier Formation, Rend and Valiant Leap first. Max Rend first, then Barrier Formation, then Valiant Leap.

You are a front line fighter who deals damage and takes it. Walk into the fight first, start it with your crowd control, and stay on the enemy your team is focusing. Sentinel of Zeus keeps you in the fight longer than they expect. In the solo lane you will often fight one on one, so attack when their key ability is on cooldown.

Start with Bluestone Brooch, then buy Devourer's Gauntlet. Buy it early so it finishes stacking. Your core is Shifter's Shield and Jotunn's Revenge, and you finish with Sanguine Lash, Kinetic Cuirass and Freya's Tears. A good relic is Blink Rune. If the enemy team heals a lot or you keep dying, open the full tool and enter the enemy gods for the exact swaps.

If you own Aspect of Victorious Conquest, it reworks how Nike plays. It changes what to build, so turn on Aspect in the tool when you play it.

Top players win most often against Nox, Kuzenbo and Yemoja, and struggle against Chiron, Zeus or Bellona. Against those, play safer and consider a defensive item earlier.