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League of Legends Champion NidaleeNidalee is in the b tier of champions

Nidalee

AssassinMage
Nidalee is a assassinRoleassassin
DifficultyHard
Power SpikeEarly-Game
Prowl abilityp
Javelin Toss / Takedown abilityq
Bushwhack / Pounce abilityw
Primal Surge / Swipe abilitye
Aspect Of The Cougar abilityr
StatsBuildCounters
Runes
Synergies
jungle

Nidalee Build

based on 23,310 matches
Win Rate
45.6 %
Pick Rate
2.3 %
Ban Rate
0.4 %

How We Come Up with Our Nidalee Builds

We process over 1 Million League of Legends games every day to bring you the most accurate Nidalee build so you can destroy your enemies and improve you win rate. We've broken down our Nidalee builds by rank, position, and enemy team type, so you can find the most accurate set of Nidalee core items and runes for any situation.

Nidalee Build Summary

Nidalee is a a below average jungle champ in League of Legends. Her best rune sets are Domination Precision. Including the highlighted runes shown below into your Nidalee build will help provide you with the additional bonuses to guarantee she plays well through the laning phase of the round and into the late game. You should start by building up her q ability first.

Best vsAll Build for Nidalee

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Gustwalker HatchlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Sorcerer's ShoesHextech Alternator

Core Nidalee Items

~22 Mins
Hextech RocketbeltRabadon's DeathcapShadowflameSorcerer's Shoes

Optional Items

Banshee's VeilLich BaneVoid StaffZhonya's Hourglass

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Nidalee to level upq
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Second ability for Nidalee to level upe
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Last skill for Nidalee to max outw

Runes

DominationElectrocuteSudden ImpactEyeball CollectionTreasure Hunter
PrecisionTriumphCoup de Grace
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceArmor
Nidalee's passive ability p
Nidalee's q ability q
Nidalee's w ability w
Nidalee's e ability e
Nidalee's ultimate ability r
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Q
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W
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E
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Q
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Q
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R
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Q
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E
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W
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Nidalee Matchups Overview

Nidalee is Weak Against

SkarnerSkarner38.3% winrateZacZac40.1% winrateAmumuAmumu42% winrateMaokaiMaokai42.6% winrate

Nidalee is Strong Against

KarthusKarthus52.7% winrateSejuaniSejuani49.4% winrateEvelynnEvelynn48.8% winrateBel'VethBel'Veth48.8% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

Aniviamiddle+ 51.3% 265 GamesKledtop+ 51.8% 276 GamesKog'Mawbottom+ 52.8% 235 GamesRenata Glascsupport+ 53% 151 Games

More Gameplay Tips for Nidalee Players

Tips and Tricks

Try hard to land Javelin Toss to initiate as it deals good damage and gives you a movement speed boost.

Switch to Cougar Form to chase down Hunted targets.

Place Bushwhack in choke points to make it hard to avoid.

Additional Nidalee Build Insights

League of Legends Nidalee players may find her to be a challenging champion to build out properly. You will see that her build is modified when she is playing against either diversified or homogenous team compositions, demonstrating you shouldn't take the same Nidalee build every single round of League of Legends

The most essential items to incorporate into your champion's build are: Hextech Rocketbelt, Rabadon's Deathcap, and Shadowflame. Those who added these items in their setups had a much better win rate than players who tried for other builds for Nidalee. Similarly, if you are battling a varied enemy team arrangement, you should really consider grabbing Nidalee the Domination, and Precision runes. In recent games, she won the largest number of her matches when equipped with these runes.

We calculated our Nidalee build recommendations by analyzing 23,310 recently ranked League games with her selected. We only advise the top winrate Nidalee builds that have been used by ranked League players enough times for us to advise them. With so many matches in our data, we are quite confident in our recommended builds.