Brand vs Nidalee
How to Beat Nidalee as Brand
based on 1,649 Brand vs Nidalee matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Brand vs Nidalee Matchup Summary
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Guide to Countering Nidalee as Brand
Tips for Playing as Brand against Nidalee
You can use Brand's abilities in a variety of combinations to maximize his damage in different situations.
You can deter enemies from standing near their minions by setting them ablaze, due to Conflagration.
Pyroclasm bounces randomly between enemies, so try to cast it on a small group of enemies if you want to hit the same target multiple times.
Advice to Win Against Nidalee
Nidalee's Javelin Toss deals more damage the farther she is. If she is far away, it's imperative to dodge it.
Nidalee's Takedown deals extreme damage to Hunted targets, but she has to get close to use it. Save your crowd control or defensive abilities for when she goes in for the kill.
Nidalee's Hunt debuff is only applied with Javelin Toss and Bushwhack. Avoiding being hit by these abilities will impair her ability to deal follow-up damage.
Brand vs Nidalee Counter Stats
How to Counter Nidalee with Brand in LoL
The stats shown on this page feature some important Brand against Nidalee matchup stats that may help you realize the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Brand’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Nidalee’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Brand may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Nidalee..
Brand typically has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his enemy does. Typically, he receives less damage than Nidalee. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Brand and Nidalee
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Who is Better, Brand or Nidalee?
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Brand usually wins when facing off against Nidalee, with a 57.2% win rate. Thus, Brand makes a fantastic counter to Nidalee.
While Brand does have a much higher winrate than Nidalee, when on opposite teams, Brand also has a much lower learning curve that makes him a less difficult character to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Brand into Nidalee.
Moreover, Brand also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Nidalee. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Brand vs Nidalee matchups, Brand is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Brand is a great counter for Nidalee. Make sure you focus your actions on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Brand against Nidalee.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Brand in order to counter Nidalee during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Brand on average gets more CS as Nidalee. Champs who on average don't get much CS typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers shown here to do well.
The most important items to use in your Brand versus Nidalee build include Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, and Liandry's Torment. When Brand used at least these three items in his build, he did much better against Nidalee than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Brand had an average win rate of 57.2% when playing against Nidalee with this build.
To have the best likelihood of beating Nidalee as Brand, Brand players should take the Dark Harvest, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Domination and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players chose for Brand vs Nidalee counters, this composite of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 57.2% winrate overall.
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