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How to Win Nidalee vs Aurelion Sol Counter MatchupNidalee is in the b tier of champions

Nidalee vs Aurelion Sol

How to Beat Aurelion Sol as Nidalee in LoLNidalee is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Aurelion Sol as Nidalee

based on 403 Nidalee vs Aurelion Sol matchups
Win Rate
40 %
K/D/A
2.33
Pick Rate
1.5 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We generate our counter statistics from the millions of ranked League of Legends matches that we analyze every week. This guide on how to beat Aurelion Sol as Nidalee resulted from an examination of 403 ranked games where both champs clashed against each other. This particular counter matchup is somewhat rare. Nidalee has to counter Aurelion Sol in only 1.5% of her rounds.

Nidalee vs Aurelion Sol Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Nidalee has done a pathetic job of beating Aurelion Sol. Typically, she wins a lowly 40.0% of matches the champs face one another in. In Nidalee against Aurelion Sol matches, Nidalee’s team is 0.2% more expected to get first blood, indicating that she most likely will be able to get first blood against Aurelion Sol.

Best Nidalee vs Aurelion Sol Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Scorchclaw PupHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsAmplifying Tome

Core Nidalee Items

~22 Mins
Lich BaneShadowflameStormsurge

Optional Items

Rabadon's DeathcapHextech Rocketbelt

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Nidalee to level upq
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Second ability for Nidalee to level upe
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Last skill for Nidalee to max outw

Runes

DominationDark HarvestSudden ImpactEyeball CollectionTreasure Hunter
SorceryTranscendenceWaterwalking
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Nidalee's passive ability p
Nidalee's q ability q
Nidalee's w ability w
Nidalee's e ability e
Nidalee's ultimate ability r
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Q
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W
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E
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Q
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Q
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R
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Q
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Guide to Countering Aurelion Sol as Nidalee

Tips for Playing as Nidalee against Aurelion Sol

Use brush to your advantage! Moving in and out of brush can heavily alter your effectiveness in battle.

Start team fights by harassing with your Javelin Toss, and then switch to cougar form to chase down Hunted targets.

Bushwhack traps deal damage based on their victim's current Health. Set them up in your team's backline before fights break out during sieges to help your team deal damage to the enemy frontline.

Advice to Win Against Aurelion Sol

He gains speed while chasing in a straight line, but taking damage makes him lose that momentum.

Try to get inside his orbit, since his stars can't hurt you up close.

His stars disappear while stunned or silenced, giving you an easy opportunity to fight him.

His Starsurge ability can grow to cover a huge area - don't stay in the same place too long!

Nidalee vs Aurelion Sol Counter Stats

Nidalee Image
Win Rate
40 %
VS
Win Rate
60 %
Aurelion Sol Image
7
< Kills >
7
6.1
< Deaths >
5.5
7.2
< Assists >
7.7
1.64
< Killing Sprees >
1.56
42
< Minions Killed >
181
1.09
< Dragons Killed >
0.17
0.42
< Inhibitors >
0.47
1,160
< Physical Damage >
324
16,850
< Magic Damage >
22,130
941
< True Damage >
626
18,951
< Damage Dealt >
23,082
32,027
< Damage Taken >
20,576
11,600
< Gold Earned >
12,396
1.38
< Towers >
1.77
0.24
< Baron Takedowns >
0.05
16,566
< Total Healing >
2,653
13,140
< Experience >
14,890
27
< Vision Score >
17
8
< Wards Placed >
9
156
< Time Dealing CC >
352

How to Counter Aurelion Sol with Nidalee in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here feature some significant Nidalee vs. Aurelion Sol counter stats that can help you appreciate the distinctions between the two. For instance, Nidalee’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Aurelion Sol’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Nidalee may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Aurelion Sol..

Nidalee normally has a similar longest kill spree as her counter does. Typically, she takes more damage than Aurelion Sol. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also indicate that the champion with more HP has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Nidalee and Aurelion Sol

Damage Types Compared

Nidalee
Aurelion Sol
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Nidalee
Aurelion Sol

Who is Better, Nidalee or Aurelion Sol?

Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Nidalee usually loses when taking on Aurelion Sol, with a 40.0% win rate. As a result, Nidalee makes a poor counter to Aurelion Sol.

While Nidalee does have a much lower win rate compared to Aurelion Sol, when facing one another, Nidalee also has a greater difficulty level that makes her a more complex character to pick up and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Nidalee into Aurelion Solas her relative depth means that you may not be able to reach her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Additionally, Nidalee has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Aurelion Sol. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Nidalee vs Aurelion Sol matchups, Aurelion Sol is the better champion with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.

Nidalee is a terribly counter to Aurelion Sol. You will do well by focussing your actions on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Nidalee against Aurelion Sol.

Additional Information for Nidalee Players

How We Calculated Our Nidalee vs Aurelion Sol Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Aurelion Sol as Nidalee, we analyzed 403 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Aurelion Sol as Nidalee comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Nidalee to counter Aurelion Sol during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Nidalee usually gets a lot less CS relative to Aurelion Sol. Champs who typically don't earn much CS often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. 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, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values displayed on this page to do well.

The best items to have in your Nidalee versus Aurelion Sol build include Lich Bane, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Nidalee bought at least these three pieces in her build, she did much better countering Aurelion Sol than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Nidalee boasted an average winrate of 40.0% when countering Aurelion Sol with this counter build.

To have the highest likelihood of annihilating Aurelion Sol as Nidalee, you should take the Dark Harvest, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Transcendence, and Waterwalking runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players chose for Nidalee vs Aurelion Sol matchups, this blending of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 40.0% win rate overall.

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