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

Nidalee vs Gragas

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

based on 432 Nidalee vs Gragas matchups
Win Rate
46.5 %
K/D/A
2.28
Pick Rate
1.7 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We generate our counter stats from the millions of rated League of Legends rounds that we get from Riot Games every week. This guide on how to beat Gragas as Nidalee resulted from an analysis of 432 ranked games where both champions faced off against each other. This particular champion pairing is relatively rare. Nidalee encounters Gragas in only 1.7% of her rounds.

Nidalee vs Gragas Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Nidalee has done a awful job of countering Gragas. On average, she wins a lowly 46.5% of games the champs face each other in. In Nidalee versus Gragas matches, Nidalee’s team is 0.1% more likely to gain first blood, indicating that she probably will get first blood against Gragas.

Best Nidalee vs Gragas Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Scorchclaw PupHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeDark Seal

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 Gragas as Nidalee

Tips for Playing as Nidalee against Gragas

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 Gragas

Body Slam is on a very low cooldown, making it difficult to pursue Gragas. Don't overextend yourself chasing him.

Gragas can knock everybody away with his ultimate. Be careful that you don't get knocked into him or, worse, an enemy tower.

Nidalee vs Gragas Counter Stats

Nidalee Image
Win Rate
46.5 %
VS
Win Rate
53.5 %
Gragas Image
7
< Kills >
5.9
6.4
< Deaths >
6
7.6
< Assists >
7
1.59
< Killing Sprees >
1.32
45
< Minions Killed >
111
1.08
< Dragons Killed >
0.56
0.5
< Inhibitors >
0.46
1,369
< Physical Damage >
1,449
16,776
< Magic Damage >
18,272
992
< True Damage >
577
19,138
< Damage Dealt >
20,299
31,558
< Damage Taken >
29,540
11,597
< Gold Earned >
11,230
1.55
< Towers >
1.55
0.25
< Baron Takedowns >
0.12
16,294
< Total Healing >
12,209
13,087
< Experience >
13,890
26
< Vision Score >
22
7
< Wards Placed >
9
171
< Time Dealing CC >
391

How to Counter Gragas with Nidalee in LoL

The stats shown on this page feature several strategic Nidalee versus Gragas counter statistics that may help us appreciate the differences and similarities between the pair. Nidalee’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Gragas’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Nidalee may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Gragas..

Nidalee normally has a similar longest killing spree as her matchup does. Commonly, she takes a similar amount of damage to Gragas. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to escape further harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Nidalee and Gragas

Damage Types Compared

Nidalee
Gragas
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Nidalee
Gragas

Who is Better, Nidalee or Gragas?

Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Nidalee usually loses when trying to fight Gragas, with a 46.5% win rate. Therefore, Nidalee makes a poor counter for Gragas.

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

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

While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Nidalee vs Gragas matchups, Gragas is the better champion with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.

Nidalee is a terribly counter for Gragas. Make sure you focus your actions on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Nidalee against Gragas.

Other Champion Matchups Against Nidalee

Nidalee Loses Against

SingedSinged38.7% winrateCassiopeiaCassiopeia38.7% winrateEliseElise38.9% winrateNilahNilah39.3% winrate

Nidalee Wins Against

JayceJayce54.4% winrateHweiHwei51.9% winrateYuumiYuumi51.8% winrateKarthusKarthus51.8% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

JannaJanna+ 50% 612 GamesBriarBriar+ 50.2% 307 GamesZacZac+ 50.2% 263 GamesNilahNilah+ 50.6% 439 Games

Additional Information for Nidalee Players

How We Calculated Our Nidalee vs Gragas Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Gragas as Nidalee, we analyzed 432 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 Gragas 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.

Other Useful Resources

Nidalee Build Gragas Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Nidalee in order to counter Gragas 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 stats shown above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Nidalee most often accumulates less CS as Gragas. Champs who on average don't acquire much CS usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values shown here to do well.

The top items to use in your Nidalee versus Gragas build include Lich Bane, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Nidalee combined at least these three pieces in her build, she performed a lot better countering Gragas than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Nidalee had an average win rate of 46.5% battling Gragas with this build.

To have the best probability of crushing Gragas 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. Of all the rune sets players chose for Nidalee vs Gragas battles, this mix of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 46.5% win rate overall.

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