Lee Sin vs Nidalee
How to Beat Nidalee as Lee Sin
based on 837 Lee Sin vs Nidalee matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Lee Sin vs Nidalee Matchup Summary
Best Lee Sin vs Nidalee Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nidalee as Lee Sin
Tips for Playing as Lee Sin against Nidalee
Take advantage of Flurry by weaving in basic attacks between spell casts - this maximizes damage output and minimizes Energy loss.
Self-casting Safeguard and using Iron Will are powerful tools for killing neutral monsters (in the jungle).
Use Sonic Wave before Dragon's Rage so you can chase the target with Resonating Strike.
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.
Lee Sin vs Nidalee Counter Stats
How to Counter Nidalee with Lee Sin in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here highlight several significant Lee Sin versus Nidalee counter stats that may help you grasp the differences between this pair of champions. As an example, Lee Sin’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Nidalee’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Lee Sin may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Nidalee..
Lee Sin usually has a similar longest kill spree as his opponent does. On average, he takes more damage than Nidalee. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Lee Sin and Nidalee
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Who is Better, Lee Sin or Nidalee?
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Lee Sin usually wins when playing against Nidalee, with a 52.1% win rate. Thus, Lee Sin makes a good counter for Nidalee.
While Lee Sin does have a higher win rate than Nidalee, when facing one another, Lee Sin also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less challenging champ to develop with. You should be be fine when picking Lee Sin into Nidalee.
Additionally, Lee Sin also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Nidalee. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Lee Sin vs Nidalee matchups, Lee Sin is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Lee Sin is a good counter to Nidalee. Focus your tactics on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Lee Sin against Nidalee.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Lee Sin to counter Nidalee during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Lee Sin usually racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Nidalee. Champions who typically don't acquire much CS typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values displayed here to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Lee Sin versus Nidalee build include Black Cleaver, Spear of Shojin, and Sundered Sky. When Lee Sin combined at least these three items in his build, he did much better versus Nidalee than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Lee Sin boasted an average win rate of 52.1% when countering Nidalee with these items in his kit.
To have the highest likelihood of defeating Nidalee as Lee Sin, Lee Sin players should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Lee Sin vs Nidalee fights, this set of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 52.1% win rate overall.
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