Nidalee vs LeBlanc
How to Beat LeBlanc as Nidalee
based on 427 Nidalee vs LeBlanc matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nidalee vs LeBlanc Matchup Summary
Best Nidalee vs LeBlanc Counter Build
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Guide to Countering LeBlanc as Nidalee
Tips for Playing as Nidalee against LeBlanc
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 LeBlanc
LeBlanc's ultimate can create fake LeBlancs during her spellcast or, rarely, at a distant position.
The fake LeBlanc created at a distance will always run at the nearest Champion, cast a harmless spell, then immediately disappear.
Attacking LeBlanc first avoids most of her tricks, especially if she's recently used her dash, Distortion.
Stunning or silencing LeBlanc will prevent her from activating the return part of Distortion.
Nidalee vs LeBlanc Counter Stats
How to Counter LeBlanc with Nidalee in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here show several strategic Nidalee vs. LeBlanc matchup statistics that may help you figure out the distinctions between the two. As an example, Nidalee’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than LeBlanc’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Nidalee may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than LeBlanc..
Nidalee usually has a similar longest killing spree as her foe does. Typically, she receives more damage than LeBlanc. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Nidalee and LeBlanc
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Who is Better, Nidalee or LeBlanc?
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Nidalee usually loses when taking on LeBlanc, with a 48.2% win rate. As a result, Nidalee makes a bad counter for LeBlanc.
While Nidalee does have a lower winrate than LeBlanc, when on opposite teams, Nidalee also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less complex champion to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Nidalee into LeBlancas her relative depth means that you may not be able to reach her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Nidalee also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to LeBlanc. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Nidalee vs LeBlanc matchups, LeBlanc is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Nidalee is a somewhat poor counter for LeBlanc. Focus your actions on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Nidalee against LeBlanc.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Nidalee to counter LeBlanc during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nidalee usually accumulates a lot less CS relative to LeBlanc. Champions who on average don't take much CS usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values displayed on this page to do well.
The best items to have in your Nidalee versus LeBlanc build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Nidalee used at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better vs LeBlanc than with many other common item sets. In fact, Nidalee had an average winrate of 48.2% when playing against LeBlanc with these items in her kit.
To have the highest likelihood of beating LeBlanc as Nidalee, you should use the Dark Harvest, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Transcendence, and Waterwalking runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the runes players used for Nidalee vs LeBlanc counterpicks, this mix of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 48.2% win rate overall.
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