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

Nidalee vs Hecarim

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

based on 659 Nidalee vs Hecarim matchups
Win Rate
46.4 %
K/D/A
2.31
Pick Rate
2.5 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion summarize millions of recently ranked League of Legends rounds every week. Within our database, Nidalee fought Hecarim in 659 rounds. Including so many matchups for Nidalee versus Hecarim provides us a lot of faith in our capability to prepare informative stats and a solid build to suppress Hecarim. This particular champ pairing is relatively rare. Nidalee has to counter Hecarim in only 2.5% of her matches.

Nidalee vs Hecarim Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Nidalee does a awful job of countering Hecarim. Typically, she wins a lowly 46.4% of the time the champs clash against each other in. In Nidalee vs Hecarim matches, Nidalee’s team is 0.1% more likely to earn first blood, indicating that she probably will get first blood against Hecarim.

Best Nidalee vs Hecarim 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 DeathcapZhonya's HourglassHextech 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 Hecarim as Nidalee

Tips for Playing as Nidalee against Hecarim

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 Hecarim

Hecarim's ultimate causes opponents to flee in terror. Spread out to reduce his power in fights.

Hecarim gains life from nearby enemies with Spirit of Dread but lacks durability, use burst damage.

Nidalee vs Hecarim Counter Stats

Nidalee Image
Win Rate
46.4 %
VS
Win Rate
53.6 %
Hecarim Image
6.8
< Kills >
6.7
6.2
< Deaths >
6
7.5
< Assists >
7.7
1.53
< Killing Sprees >
1.51
39
< Minions Killed >
33
1.11
< Dragons Killed >
1.54
0.45
< Inhibitors >
0.35
1,269
< Physical Damage >
13,911
16,238
< Magic Damage >
2,648
1,052
< True Damage >
750
18,559
< Damage Dealt >
17,310
30,689
< Damage Taken >
40,566
11,266
< Gold Earned >
11,993
1.49
< Towers >
1.17
0.25
< Baron Takedowns >
0.38
15,991
< Total Healing >
20,992
12,741
< Experience >
13,957
25
< Vision Score >
19
7
< Wards Placed >
5
147
< Time Dealing CC >
220

How to Counter Hecarim with Nidalee in LoL

The stats shown here show several critical Nidalee versus Hecarim matchup statistics that may help you figure out the differences between the pair. Nidalee’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Hecarim’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Nidalee may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Hecarim..

Nidalee typically has a similar longest kill spree as her opponent does. Commonly, she takes less damage than Hecarim. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also show that the champ with more HP has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Nidalee and Hecarim

Damage Types Compared

Nidalee
Hecarim
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Nidalee
Hecarim

Who is Better, Nidalee or Hecarim?

Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Nidalee usually loses when playing against Hecarim, with a 46.4% win rate. Therefore, Nidalee makes a bad counter to Hecarim.

While Nidalee does have a lower win rate compared to Hecarim, when they face off with one another, Nidalee also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more challenging champ to pick up and master. You may get destroyed when picking Nidalee into Hecarimas her relative depth means you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Furthermore, Nidalee also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Hecarim. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.

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

Nidalee is a bad counter for Hecarim. You will do well by focussing your play on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Nidalee against Hecarim.

Additional Information for Nidalee Players

How We Calculated Our Nidalee vs Hecarim Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Hecarim as Nidalee, we analyzed 659 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 Hecarim 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 Hecarim during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and tips displayed above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Nidalee usually gets a similar amount of CS compared to Hecarim. Champions who typically don't take much CS typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers displayed on this page to do well.

The top items to use in your Nidalee versus Hecarim build include Lich Bane, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Nidalee included at least these three items in her build, she performed much better countering Hecarim than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Nidalee had an average winrate of 46.4% battling Hecarim with this counter build.

To have the best chance of coming out on top against Hecarim as Nidalee, Nidalee players should take the Dark Harvest, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Transcendence, and Waterwalking runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Nidalee vs Hecarim fights, this mixture of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 46.4% win rate overall.

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