Wukong vs Nidalee
How to Beat Nidalee as Wukong
based on 294 Wukong vs Nidalee matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Wukong vs Nidalee Matchup Summary
Best Wukong vs Nidalee Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nidalee as Wukong
Tips for Playing as Wukong against Nidalee
Decoy and Nimbus Strike work well together to quickly strike your enemy and get out before they can retaliate.
Try using Decoy near brush to make an enemy overreact to your movement.
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.
Wukong vs Nidalee Counter Stats
How to Counter Nidalee with Wukong in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here emphasize several critical Wukong versus Nidalee matchup statistics that can help us appreciate the differences and similarities between this set of champs. For instance, Wukong’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Nidalee’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Wukong may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Nidalee..
Wukong often has a similar longest kill spree as his counter does. Typically, he takes a similar amount of damage to Nidalee. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also show that the champ with higher HP has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Wukong and Nidalee
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Who is Better, Wukong or Nidalee?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Wukong usually wins when playing against Nidalee, with a 53.1% win rate. Thus, Wukong makes a great counter for Nidalee.
While Wukong does have a higher winrate compared to Nidalee, when they face off with one another, Wukong also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes him a less challenging character to learn and master. You should be be fine when picking Wukong into Nidalee.
Moreover, Wukong has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Nidalee. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Wukong vs Nidalee matchups, Wukong 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 teamfights.
Wukong is a great counter for Nidalee. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Wukong against Nidalee.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Wukong to counter Nidalee during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Wukong often accumulates more CS compared to Nidalee. Champions who typically don't get much CS usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Wukong versus Nidalee build include Trinity Force, Spear of Shojin, and Sundered Sky. When Wukong bought at least these three items in his build, he did much better when facing Nidalee than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Wukong boasted an average winrate of 53.1% when countering Nidalee with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of annihilating Nidalee as Wukong, you should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the runes players used for Wukong vs Nidalee battles, this mix of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 53.1% win rate overall.
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