Kayle vs Nidalee
How to Beat Nidalee as Kayle
based on 776 Kayle vs Nidalee matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kayle vs Nidalee Matchup Summary
Best Kayle vs Nidalee Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nidalee as Kayle
Tips for Playing as Kayle against Nidalee
Kayle benefits greatly from Attack Damage and Ability Power, making hybrid items like Nashor's Tooth and Hextech Gunblade very effective on her.
Using Divine Judgment on a high-DPS ally can turn the tides of battle by giving your ally free reign to attack.
Kayle's attacks become incredibly powerful once she gains attack range from Divine Ascent. Play safe until then.
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.
Kayle vs Nidalee Counter Stats
How to Counter Nidalee with Kayle in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here highlight several critical Kayle versus Nidalee counter stats that can help us understand the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Kayle’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Nidalee’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Kayle may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Nidalee..
Kayle typically has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than her counter does. Commonly, she takes less damage than Nidalee. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also indicate that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Kayle and Nidalee
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Who is Better, Kayle or Nidalee?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Kayle usually wins when trying to fight Nidalee, with a 55.4% win rate. As a result, Kayle makes a fantastic counter for Nidalee.
While Kayle does have a much higher win rate than Nidalee, when on opposite teams, Kayle also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less time consuming character to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Kayle into Nidaleeas her relative depth means that you may not be able to reach her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Kayle has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Nidalee. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Kayle vs Nidalee matchups, Kayle 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 teamfights.
Kayle is a great counter for Nidalee. Make sure you focus your tactics on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Kayle against Nidalee.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Kayle in order to counter Nidalee during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips presented above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kayle usually picks up much more CS compared to Nidalee. Champs who typically don't get many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values displayed on this page to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Kayle versus Nidalee build include Guinsoo's Rageblade, Terminus, and Kraken Slayer. When Kayle used at least these three pieces in her build, she performed significantly better vs. Nidalee than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Kayle boasted an average winrate of 55.4% when countering Nidalee with these items in her kit.
To have the greatest chance of coming out on top against Nidalee as Kayle, Kayle players should equip the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Kayle vs Nidalee fights, this blending of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 55.4% winrate overall.
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