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

Nidalee vs Tristana

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

based on 830 Nidalee vs Tristana matchups
Win Rate
44.1 %
K/D/A
2.3
Pick Rate
3.2 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we evaluate millions of ranked League rounds each week. In our database, Nidalee fought Tristana in 830 matches. Using so many matchups for Nidalee versus Tristana gives us a lot of faith in our capability to provide enlightening data and a recommended build to defeat your foe. This counter matchup is somewhat rare. Nidalee has to counter Tristana in only 3.2% of her rounds.

Nidalee vs Tristana Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Nidalee does a pathetic job of countering Tristana. Normally, she wins a lowly 44.1% of games the champions fight one another in. In Nidalee vs Tristana matches, Nidalee’s team is 0.1% more likely to earn first blood, implying that she most likely will get first blood against Tristana.

Best Nidalee vs Tristana Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Scorchclaw PupHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeDark Seal

Core Nidalee Items

~22 Mins
Rabadon's DeathcapLich BaneStormsurge

Optional Items

Hextech RocketbeltShadowflameZhonya's Hourglass

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 Tristana as Nidalee

Tips for Playing as Nidalee against Tristana

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 Tristana

Stand away from your creeps in a lane to take less collateral damage from Explosive Charge.

If you see Tristana activate Rapid Fire in a fight, stun her and try to back off until the spell dissipates.

Nidalee vs Tristana Counter Stats

Nidalee Image
Win Rate
44.1 %
VS
Win Rate
55.9 %
Tristana Image
7.1
< Kills >
7.2
6.1
< Deaths >
5.8
6.9
< Assists >
5.3
1.66
< Killing Sprees >
1.67
40
< Minions Killed >
161
1.02
< Dragons Killed >
0.25
0.42
< Inhibitors >
0.59
1,119
< Physical Damage >
16,251
16,069
< Magic Damage >
2,234
870
< True Damage >
430
18,059
< Damage Dealt >
18,916
29,499
< Damage Taken >
20,638
11,104
< Gold Earned >
12,189
1.45
< Towers >
2.85
0.21
< Baron Takedowns >
0.08
15,181
< Total Healing >
5,910
12,327
< Experience >
12,476
23
< Vision Score >
18
7
< Wards Placed >
9
135
< Time Dealing CC >
64

How to Counter Tristana with Nidalee in LoL

The stats shown on this page show several vital Nidalee against Tristana counter stats that may help us grasp the differences and similarities between these two champions. As an example, Nidalee’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Tristana’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Nidalee may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Tristana..

Nidalee normally has a similar longest killing spree as her enemy does. Commonly, she takes more damage than Tristana. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the champion with increased health has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Nidalee and Tristana

Damage Types Compared

Nidalee
Tristana
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Nidalee
Tristana

Who is Better, Nidalee or Tristana?

Both League champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Nidalee usually loses when trying to fight Tristana, with a 44.1% win rate. Thus, Nidalee makes a poor counter to Tristana.

While Nidalee does have a much lower win rate compared to Tristana, when on opposite teams, Nidalee also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes her a more difficult champion to learn. You may get destroyed when picking Nidalee into Tristanaas her relative depth means that you may not be able to reach her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.

Additionally, Nidalee also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Tristana. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, 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 Tristana matchups, Tristana 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 late stage team fights.

Nidalee is a trash counter to Tristana. Focus your strategy on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Nidalee against Tristana.

Additional Information for Nidalee Players

How We Calculated Our Nidalee vs Tristana Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Tristana as Nidalee, we analyzed 830 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 Tristana 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 to counter Tristana during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and stats displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Nidalee often picks up a lot less CS as Tristana. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values reported on this page to do well.

The best items to use in your Nidalee versus Tristana build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Lich Bane, and Stormsurge. When Nidalee bought at least these three items in her build, she did a lot better when fighting Tristana than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Nidalee boasted an average winrate of 44.1% battling Tristana with these items in her kit.

To have the greatest chance of coming out on top against Tristana 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 chose for Nidalee vs Tristana face-offs, this composite of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 44.1% win rate overall.

If you would like to see Nidalee versus Tristana tips and matchup stats and build suggestions for a an individual rank, please select one from the selection menu above. If viewing for the first time, the stats and strategies displayed are calculated using every round with data with these champions.