Gwen vs Nidalee
How to Beat Nidalee as Gwen
based on 529 Gwen vs Nidalee matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Gwen vs Nidalee Matchup Summary
Best Gwen vs Nidalee Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nidalee as Gwen
Tips for Playing as Gwen against Nidalee
Gwen can still damage enemies outside her Hallowed Mists, especially with her Ultimate's range.
Some of Gwen's Abilities can apply her passive to multiple enemies, so aim them at groups to get maximum damage and healing.
Always be Attacking - In addition to dealing bonus damage, Gwen's Attacks empower or reset many of her Abilities.
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.
Gwen vs Nidalee Counter Stats
How to Counter Nidalee with Gwen in LoL
The stats shown here underscore some significant Gwen versus Nidalee counter stats that can help us figure out the differences and similarities between this pair of champions. Gwen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Nidalee’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Gwen may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Nidalee..
Gwen normally has a similar longest killing spree as her opponent does. Typically, she receives a similar amount of damage to Nidalee. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also illustrate that the champ with increased health has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Gwen and Nidalee
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Who is Better, Gwen or Nidalee?
Both League champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Gwen usually wins when taking on Nidalee, with a 53.1% win rate. Thus, Gwen makes a great counter for Nidalee.
While Gwen does have a higher win rate compared to Nidalee, when on opposite teams, Gwen also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less difficult champ to learn and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Gwen into Nidalee.
Furthermore, Gwen also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Nidalee. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Gwen vs Nidalee matchups, Gwen 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 team fights.
Gwen is a great counter to Nidalee. Focus your actions on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Gwen against Nidalee.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Gwen to counter Nidalee during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and tips presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Gwen usually gets much more CS relative to Nidalee. Champs who typically don't get much CS usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers shown here to do well.
The ideal items to use in your Gwen versus Nidalee build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Nashor's Tooth, and Riftmaker. When Gwen included at least these three pieces in her build, she performed significantly better when facing Nidalee than with most other common builds. In fact, Gwen boasted an average winrate of 53.1% battling Nidalee with this counter build.
To have the highest likelihood of crushing Nidalee as Gwen, Gwen players should equip the Conqueror, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the runes that we analyzed for Gwen vs Nidalee face-offs, this combination of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 53.1% winrate overall.
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