Galio vs Nidalee
How to Beat Nidalee as Galio
based on 659 Galio vs Nidalee matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Galio vs Nidalee Matchup Summary
Best Galio vs Nidalee Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nidalee as Galio
Tips for Playing as Galio against Nidalee
You can release Shield of Durand even while crowd controlled.
You can use the minimap ally icons to cast Hero's Entrance.
You can use the step back from Justice Punch to dodge enemy spells.
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.
Galio vs Nidalee Counter Stats
How to Counter Nidalee with Galio in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page underscore some influential Galio against Nidalee counter stats that can help us explain the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Galio’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Nidalee’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Galio may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Nidalee..
Galio typically has a similar longest killing spree as his foe does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Nidalee. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the champion with increased HP has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Galio and Nidalee
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Who is Better, Galio or Nidalee?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Galio usually wins when taking on Nidalee, with a 56.1% win rate. Thus, Galio makes a fantastic counter for Nidalee.
While Galio does have a much higher win rate than Nidalee, when they face off with one another, Galio also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less time consuming character to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Galio into Nidalee.
Additionally, Galio also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Nidalee. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Galio vs Nidalee matchups, Galio is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Galio is a great counter to Nidalee. Make sure you focus your strategy on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Galio against Nidalee.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Galio to counter Nidalee during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Galio often racks up much more CS compared to Nidalee. Champs who on average don't take much CS usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values shown here to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Galio versus Nidalee build include Zhonya's Hourglass, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Galio combined at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better against Nidalee than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Galio boasted an average winrate of 56.1% when playing against Nidalee with this counter build.
To have the best likelihood of vanquishing Nidalee as Galio, you should take the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Nimbus Cloak, and Scorch runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the runes players chose for Galio vs Nidalee counter picks, this set of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 56.1% winrate overall.
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