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

Nidalee vs Ezreal

How to Beat Ezreal as Nidalee in LoLNidalee is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Ezreal as Nidalee

based on 1,513 Nidalee vs Ezreal matchups
Win Rate
48.5 %
K/D/A
2.37
Pick Rate
5.8 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion evaluate millions of ranked League matches each week. In our data, Nidalee faced off against Ezreal 1513 times. Including so many matchups for Nidalee vs Ezreal gives us confidence in our ability to prepare informative data and a recommended build to annihilate your opposition. This counter matchup is relatively uncommon. Nidalee has to counter Ezreal in only 5.8% of her rounds.

Nidalee vs Ezreal Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Nidalee has done a dismal job of beating Ezreal. Normally, she wins a acceptable 48.5% of matches the champs face off with each other in. In Nidalee versus Ezreal rounds, Nidalee’s team is 0.0% more expected to obtain first blood. This indicates that she most likely will get first blood against Ezreal.

Best Nidalee vs Ezreal Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Gustwalker HatchlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Aether WispHextech Alternator

Core Nidalee Items

~22 Mins
Rabadon's DeathcapLich BaneStormsurge

Optional Items

Zhonya's HourglassVoid StaffZaz'Zak's RealmspikeHextech 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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Guide to Countering Ezreal as Nidalee

Tips for Playing as Nidalee against Ezreal

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 Ezreal

Ezreal is a very fragile champion so take the fight to him.

Ezreal is completely skill shot based, so make sure to keep minions in between you.

Mystic Shot applies on-hit effects including the Crest of Cinders.

Nidalee vs Ezreal Counter Stats

Nidalee Image
Win Rate
48.5 %
VS
Win Rate
51.5 %
Ezreal Image
7.2
< Kills >
6.6
6.2
< Deaths >
5.7
7.5
< Assists >
6.7
1.65
< Killing Sprees >
1.54
43
< Minions Killed >
173
1.07
< Dragons Killed >
0.17
0.47
< Inhibitors >
0.51
1,392
< Physical Damage >
15,686
16,838
< Magic Damage >
7,202
1,020
< True Damage >
569
19,251
< Damage Dealt >
23,457
32,200
< Damage Taken >
20,541
11,670
< Gold Earned >
11,862
1.54
< Towers >
2.27
0.25
< Baron Takedowns >
0.05
17,039
< Total Healing >
5,560
13,229
< Experience >
12,757
25
< Vision Score >
16
7
< Wards Placed >
8
151
< Time Dealing CC >
83

How to Counter Ezreal with Nidalee in LoL

The stat comparisons shown on this page clarify some important Nidalee against Ezreal counter statistics that may help you realize the differences between the pair. For instance, Nidalee’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Ezreal’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Nidalee may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Ezreal..

Nidalee often has a similar longest killing spree as her enemy does. Commonly, she takes more damage than Ezreal. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also illustrate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Nidalee and Ezreal

Damage Types Compared

Nidalee
Ezreal
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Nidalee
Ezreal

Who is Better, Nidalee or Ezreal?

Both League champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Nidalee usually loses when facing off against Ezreal, with a 48.5% win rate. Thus, Nidalee makes a bad counter for Ezreal.

While Nidalee does have a lower win rate than Ezreal, when facing one another, Nidalee also has a greater difficulty level that makes her a more time consuming character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Nidalee into Ezrealas her relative depth means that you may not be able to reach her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Furthermore, Nidalee has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Ezreal. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.

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

Nidalee is a somewhat poor counter to Ezreal. Make sure you focus your play on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Nidalee against Ezreal.

Additional Information for Nidalee Players

How We Calculated Our Nidalee vs Ezreal Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Ezreal as Nidalee, we analyzed 1,513 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 Ezreal 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

To truly master Nidalee in order to counter Ezreal during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Nidalee on average picks up a lot less CS as Ezreal. Champions who typically don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers shown on this page to do well.

The most important items to use in your Nidalee versus Ezreal build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Lich Bane, and Stormsurge. When Nidalee incorporated at least these three items in her build, she performed a lot better countering Ezreal than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Nidalee had an average win rate of 48.5% when countering Ezreal with these items in her kit.

To have the best likelihood of vanquishing Ezreal 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 combinations players picked for Nidalee vs Ezreal counter picks, this blending of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 48.5% winrate overall.

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