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

Nidalee vs Lissandra

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

based on 270 Nidalee vs Lissandra matchups
Win Rate
44.4 %
K/D/A
2.22
Pick Rate
1 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we summarize millions of ranked LoL rounds each week. In our database, Nidalee faced Lissandra in 270 matches. With so many games with Nidalee vs Lissandra gives us a lot of confidence in our capacity to provide informative data and a recommended build to destroy your opponent. This matchup is somewhat rare. Nidalee fights Lissandra in only 1.0% of her matches.

Nidalee vs Lissandra Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Nidalee does a pathetic job of beating Lissandra. On average, she wins a lowly 44.4% of the time the champions fight each other in. In Nidalee versus Lissandra rounds, Nidalee’s team is 0.2% more expected to earn first blood, implying that she probably will get first blood versus Lissandra.

Best Nidalee vs Lissandra Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Scorchclaw PupHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsAmplifying Tome

Core Nidalee Items

~22 Mins
Lich BaneShadowflameStormsurge

Optional Items

Hextech 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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W
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Q
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Q
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R
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Guide to Countering Lissandra as Nidalee

Tips for Playing as Nidalee against Lissandra

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 Lissandra

Lissandra's Ring of Frost has a long cooldown at early ranks; engage her while it's on cooldown.

Lissandra's Ice Shard only slows the first unit it hits. Approach Lissandra from behind your team's minions to avoid being slowed.

The best way to stop Lissandra from moving using her Glacial Path is to immobilize her before she reactivates it.

Nidalee vs Lissandra Counter Stats

Nidalee Image
Win Rate
44.4 %
VS
Win Rate
55.6 %
Lissandra Image
6.6
< Kills >
5.6
6.5
< Deaths >
6
7.8
< Assists >
8.4
1.48
< Killing Sprees >
1.36
43
< Minions Killed >
168
0.91
< Dragons Killed >
0.02
0.41
< Inhibitors >
0.43
1,317
< Physical Damage >
1,177
15,974
< Magic Damage >
19,121
987
< True Damage >
915
18,278
< Damage Dealt >
21,214
30,963
< Damage Taken >
21,970
11,396
< Gold Earned >
11,185
1.47
< Towers >
1.88
0.22
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
15,619
< Total Healing >
3,380
12,853
< Experience >
14,012
27
< Vision Score >
21
8
< Wards Placed >
10
155
< Time Dealing CC >
490

How to Counter Lissandra with Nidalee in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here underscore several strategic Nidalee versus Lissandra matchup statistics that can help us understand the distinctions between this pair of champions. For instance, Nidalee’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Lissandra’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Nidalee may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Lissandra..

Nidalee usually has a similar longest killing spree as her matchup does. Commonly, she receives more damage than Lissandra. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the champion with higher HP has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Nidalee and Lissandra

Damage Types Compared

Nidalee
Lissandra
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Nidalee
Lissandra

Who is Better, Nidalee or Lissandra?

Both League champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Nidalee usually loses when trying to fight Lissandra, with a 44.4% win rate. Thus, Nidalee makes a poor counter for Lissandra.

While Nidalee does have a much lower win rate compared to Lissandra, when facing one another, Nidalee also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more complex character to learn. You should be very concerned when picking Nidalee into Lissandraas her relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.

Furthermore, Nidalee has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Lissandra. 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 in League of Legends, in Nidalee vs Lissandra matchups, Lissandra is the better champion with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.

Nidalee is a terribly counter to Lissandra. Focus your gameplay on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Nidalee against Lissandra.

Additional Information for Nidalee Players

How We Calculated Our Nidalee vs Lissandra Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Lissandra as Nidalee, we analyzed 270 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 Lissandra 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 Lissandra during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Nidalee often racks up a lot less CS as Lissandra. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values displayed on this page to do well.

The most important items to focus on in your Nidalee versus Lissandra build consist of Lich Bane, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Nidalee included at least these three items in her build, she did a lot better vs. Lissandra than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Nidalee boasted an average win rate of 44.4% when playing against Lissandra with this counter build.

To have the best likelihood of annihilating Lissandra as Nidalee, you 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 runes we have analyed for Nidalee vs Lissandra battles, this order of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 44.4% winrate overall.

If you would like to get Nidalee versus Lissandra tips and matchup stats and build suggestions for a a particular rank, feel free to select one from the selection menu displayed above. If viewing for the first time, the stats and guides displayed are calculated using all rounds with data with both champs.