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

Nidalee vs Blitzcrank

How to Beat Blitzcrank as Nidalee in LoLNidalee is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Blitzcrank as Nidalee

based on 959 Nidalee vs Blitzcrank matchups
Win Rate
44 %
K/D/A
2.26
Pick Rate
3.7 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we analyze millions of recently ranked League of Legends games each week. Within our dataset, Nidalee fought Blitzcrank in 959 rounds. With so many matchups for Nidalee versus Blitzcrank provides us a lot of confidence in our capacity to prepare informative stats and a pro build to shatter Blitzcrank. This particular matchup is relatively rare. Nidalee is forced to battle against Blitzcrank in only 3.7% of her matches.

Nidalee vs Blitzcrank Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Nidalee does a awful job of countering Blitzcrank. Normally, she wins a lowly 44.0% of the time the champs oppose each other in. In Nidalee versus Blitzcrank games, Nidalee’s side is 0.1% less expected to obtain first blood, indicating that she most likely won't get first blood against Blitzcrank.

Best Nidalee vs Blitzcrank Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Scorchclaw PupHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsHextech Alternator

Core Nidalee Items

~22 Mins
Rabadon's DeathcapLich BaneStormsurge

Optional Items

ShadowflameHextech RocketbeltZhonya's Hourglass

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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E
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W
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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 Blitzcrank as Nidalee

Tips for Playing as Nidalee against Blitzcrank

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 Blitzcrank

Staying behind creeps can prevent you from being Rocket Grabbed. Blitzcrank's Rocket Grab only pulls the first enemy target it encounters.

Blitzcrank's passive Mana Barrier grants him a shield when he is low on health.

Nidalee vs Blitzcrank Counter Stats

Nidalee Image
Win Rate
44 %
VS
Win Rate
56 %
Blitzcrank Image
7.1
< Kills >
2.3
6.5
< Deaths >
6.1
7.6
< Assists >
13.2
1.62
< Killing Sprees >
0.42
41
< Minions Killed >
28
1.02
< Dragons Killed >
0.04
0.42
< Inhibitors >
0.4
1,235
< Physical Damage >
2,728
16,599
< Magic Damage >
5,847
1,022
< True Damage >
924
18,857
< Damage Dealt >
9,500
30,203
< Damage Taken >
22,780
11,380
< Gold Earned >
8,487
1.39
< Towers >
1.4
0.23
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
15,120
< Total Healing >
2,365
12,647
< Experience >
10,316
26
< Vision Score >
56
7
< Wards Placed >
25
147
< Time Dealing CC >
294

How to Counter Blitzcrank with Nidalee in LoL

The stat comparisons shown on this page emphasize several valuable Nidalee against Blitzcrank counter statistics that may help you distinguish the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Nidalee’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Blitzcrank’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Nidalee may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Blitzcrank. This observation is largely fueled by the difference in kills.

Nidalee usually has a much larger longest kill spree than her enemy does. Commonly, she receives more damage than Blitzcrank. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Nidalee and Blitzcrank

Damage Types Compared

Nidalee
Blitzcrank
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Nidalee
Blitzcrank

Who is Better, Nidalee or Blitzcrank?

Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Nidalee usually loses when taking on Blitzcrank, with a 44.0% win rate. As a result, Nidalee makes a poor counter to Blitzcrank.

While Nidalee does have a much lower winrate compared to Blitzcrank, when facing one another, Nidalee also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes her a more difficult character to learn and master. You may get destroyed when picking Nidalee into Blitzcrankas her relative depth means that you may not be able to reach her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Additionally, Nidalee also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Blitzcrank. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Nidalee vs Blitzcrank matchups, Blitzcrank is the better champ with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.

Nidalee is a bad counter to Blitzcrank. Focus your strategy on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Nidalee against Blitzcrank.

Additional Information for Nidalee Players

How We Calculated Our Nidalee vs Blitzcrank Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Blitzcrank as Nidalee, we analyzed 959 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 Blitzcrank 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 Blitzcrank during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Nidalee most often picks up a similar amount of CS as Blitzcrank. Champs who on average don't get much CS usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers reported here to do well.

The most important items to prioritize in your Nidalee versus Blitzcrank build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Lich Bane, and Stormsurge. When Nidalee bought at least these three pieces in her build, she performed significantly better vs. Blitzcrank than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Nidalee boasted an average win rate of 44.0% battling Blitzcrank with these items in her kit.

To have the greatest chance of coming out on top against Blitzcrank as Nidalee, Nidalee players should equip 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 sets we have analyed for Nidalee vs Blitzcrank face-offs, this combination of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 44.0% win rate overall.

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